With the pseudo-encouragement of seeing friends sign up, I finally took the plunge yesterday and registered for the Five Boro Bike Tour (or Bike New York, as we lazily refer to it). This will be my second time on this 42 mile trek, although the first in about 7 years – which puts me clearly on the opposite side of 30.
I still have to figure out if my current bicycle is up to snuff, or if a new purchase is in my future. I also still have to test my theory that me being slim has absolutely nothing to do with whether or not I am in shape. At least I’ve got 38 days left to worry about it train for it.
Since The Woman is growing ever-larger, she will be unable to accompany our rag-tag group of immature amateur cyclists. However I plan on strapping my camera to my back/handlebars/helmet/face/whatever in order to take photos along the way that will never be shared be immediately posted that night for all to enjoy. Wish me luck or, better yet, join in the humiliation fun!
We’re going to have quite the motley peloton going.
Since we all need some work prepping our bikes for the ride, if you guys want to head over to my place, I got a nice toolkit for my anniversary last year. No, wait, here it is.
I might not need some prepping afterall. It looks like I can get a decent deal at Cycle Craft (sorry I missed the run out to Morristown), and will probably pick up a new ride.
But we’ll definitely want to make sure that we’re all geared up with protein bars and spandex shorts at some point!
You can keep the spandex shorts to yourself.