Bike New York Recap

I meant to post about this sooner, but this week has been so crazy. I rode in the TD Bank Five Boro Bike tour this past weekend and it was a lot of fun. I was really disappointed to wake up to rain on Sunday, but it was only spitting when we got up, so I was really optimistic about the weather. We were lucky to get VIP Passes, so we were up front for the start of the Tour.

This is the start of the tour. There were 30,000 bikers. My friends were in the back of the pack of bikers and they were about two hours behind us the whole way. Those VIP passes were worth gold for the time it saved!

The tour starts around the intersection of White St and Church St. You then ride up the Avenue of the Americas to Central Park. Then you go through the park to Madison Ave. You go over the Madison Ave Bridge into Queens and the make a small loop, exiting Queens on the 3rd Ave Bridge. From there you bike down FDR Drive to the Queensboro (59th Street) Bridge.


This is FDR drive. I basically biked the entire tour with my camera in my hand, that is why I am making you all look at so many pictures. So just enjoy it!
At the entrance ramp to the bridge, they made us all stop, so I was able to get this picture. Not that glamorous as you can tell.

We biked over the bridge and into Queens. We came down this entrance ramp and to a park, under the Tri-boro bridge, where everyone had to stop. This was a really big rest stop with lots of toilets!
It poured all through Queens and Brooklyn. By the time we got to the Brooklyn Bridge I was soaked and freezing. You have the option to ride through Booklyn to the Verranzano Bridge (Staten Island) or to cross the Brooklyn Bridge back into Manhattan. I made the decision to bail out at this point. We had biked about 30+ miles at this point and my dad and I were cold and really wet.

We had to carry our bikes up stairs to the bridge and then we biked over the Brooklyn Bridge. It was really weird because you are riding on a Boardwalk on top of the cars. Kind of freaky. I was really disappointed that it was pouring at this point because I couldn't take my camera out for any pictures!

Overall, the tour was a lot of fun. It was disappointing about the weather but I still had a great time. I would recommend you sign up if you enjoy biking. It is a great way to see New York, without all the traffic!!!