On Sunday, May 4th, Evan Rabeck and I biked the NYC Bike Tour . It was the first time that I ever biked this event (actually, it's the first time I rode my bike for more than 4 miles!), though Evan has done it before. In a nutshell, it was a great event, I had a blast.
I started the morning quite early (for me), I left my house around 6:30am, got my usual coffee at the local Starbucks, and drove to Evan's house in Brooklyn. I saw many cars along the way that had bike racks strapped to their back, just like I did. I parked my car at Evan's house, and we started our ride to Manhattan. Somewhere in Brooklyn, Evan got a phone call from work, we had to stop while he resolved some issue. Truly, in these days, one cannot get away, huh?
We rode over the Brooklyn bridge into Manhattan, and joined the bike tour in progress. I expected this to be a "grownup" kinda thing, I was very happily surprised at the number of parents who brought the kids along! I told my kids that they are coming with me next year.
We rode our bikes up 6th avenue. There was some fun stuff along the way, including this Jamaican band.
There was also a lot of silliness, like this Scottish marching band who cut across the bike tour. We never quite figured out what it was all about, but it was fun!
Next up, the entrance to Central Park. Unfortunately, it was a long wait to get into Central Park, that's what happens when 6 lanes merge down into 2 lanes. Some folks in the bike tour wore amusing costumes! This made it easier for them to find one another in the crowd, but I'm sure also got them a lot of attention.
More to come...
