What a ride!
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Yesterday was the 30th anniversary of the 5 Boro Bike Ride and I was a first-time participant. It was amazing! Even though I felt like I stood with my bike (an hour wait at the starting line, a 20 minute wait right before Central Park, random waits at intersections, and even a 20 minute wait to leave the festival at the end) as much as I rode, I was so glad I was able to participate. Riding through NYC, seeing all the neighborhoods up close, crossing bridges and riding on the BQE without traffic on my bicycle was just an incredibly awesome experience.
The 42-mile ride started in downtown (with more than 30,000 cyclists) Manhattan, went north through the heart of Manhattan to Central Park, through Harlem and the Bronx, returned south along the East River on the FDR Drive, into Queens and then Brooklyn and finished with a ride across the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge into Staten Island.
I did the ride this year by myself (and was in awe of the mother that crossed the Verrazano bridge at the same pace as me pulling a trailer with a little one behind her bike - supermom!), but look forward to riding with my husband and daughter next year when she’ll be big enough to use a trail-a-bike, turning my bike into a tandem. Until then, I’ve already scoped out our next rides, the Harlem Valley Rail Ride in July and the Twin Lights Ride along the Jersey shore in September.
