The Rocket Ride is known for its fast pace and speed, it's another one of those unorganized group rides that like to "Hammer Hard!"
It leaves from Collado at 8am every Sunday in the summer and 9:15am in the winter.
It heads through Nyack, Grandview and Piermont along the river and out to 340/501 to Englewood. It crosses over to 505 through Tenafly, Demarest, Norwood, Harrington Park, Rivervale, Pearl River, Nanuet, New City to South Mountain Road across to 9W and over Hook to Nyack.
The summer ride is about 75 miles, coming from NYC and the winter version is 50-60 miles.
It's a heavy training ride with a intermediate sprint to the "smokestack" and a final sprint to the top of the Rockland Lake hill in the summer. The winter version is all flat with the same intermediate sprint, but finishes with a sprint to the top of the hill directly after you cross under the Tappan Zee Bridge. The average speed is 22-23 mph.