Five Boro Bike Ride

May 6, 2007, New York City.

Why spend 12 hours driving 640 miles to ride a bike 40 miles? Well, guess it takes a certain type. Joe, Kyle and I being that types loaded the bikes on the Subaru (115,000 miles and counting) and left Portland at 6:45 am Sat. May 5. Arrived at Larry's place on Washington Park around noon. Weather was warm and perfect.

Here's the route

Got up early Sunday for the ride. Was in line at 7:30. This should not be a suprise. 32,000 bikers on the streets of NYC tends to jam things up. Not just for the cars (steets are closed for this), but for the bikers. We went nowhere for over an hour after the first bikes left. That was the first of many long waits.


You end up coming back to the start on the Staten Island Ferry. That too was a couple hours of wait time. Not counting. Really.



But, what the hell. Great day. Fun crossing town and over a number of excellent bridges with views of the city. Do we look happy?