Five Borough Ride

Shortly after we bought our bikes, we signed up for the NY 5 Borough Bike Ride. I was optimistic at this time, because I knew I wouldn't have to ride the Dahon for this long of a distance (the fold up city bikes with 16 inch tires) This tour is a 42 mile bike ride that, like the title says, tours through the 5 boroughs of NYC. This year it was on Sunday May 2- which happened to be one of the hottest, most humid days we have had here to date. By the time the Tour came around, I had signed up for the JDRF Ride and to be honest, became a little obsessed with cycling. I would go to prospect park a few times a week or to the bike path in Bay Ridge. Brooklyn to ride. I even tried to unsuccessfully convince Billy that we should bring our bikes to Philadelphia for the weekend on a business trip he was going on- the logistics without a car just seemed to be too much so I gave up.
The 5-Borough ride starting time is listed between 8-9 am. The 60 min start frame is given to accommodate the over 30,00 people that take part in this event. The day began early in Battery Park and slowly wove through up 6th Ave, Central Park, Harlem, the Bronx, FDR drive (NY taxes apparently do NOT go to paving the streets or highways here) we crossed over the Queensburough bridge to Queens, over the Kosciuszko Bridge into Brooklyn, through Williamsburg, past our house in Park Slope and over the Verazzano Bridge into Staten Island! Wow, that is a lot of places, and it took a LOT of time. There were so many people at the ride from all skill levels which made it difficult to get into a good pace before we were stopped in traffic, or by a fallen biker a head! By the end of the day we were hungry, overheated and sun burnt-bike short tan lines are a great look! We met up with a few friends at our neighborhood Bar, South, for a nice cold beer before heading home to shower- I am sorry to everyone else!