Tour de Bronx
10-20-15, 04:18 PM
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Tour de Bronx
i saw this event in NY City this coming Sunday anybody have done this ride im more interested in the 40 miles one.
if you been there how was it?
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if you been there how was it?
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10-20-15, 04:24 PM
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10-21-15, 05:00 AM
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But it's free. 
Seriously, even the "full" ride is by no means a "sportive," just an excuse to get a big bunch of cyclists on the road at one time, "exploring" some part of town, which is fun in its own way sometimes. Like I suspect the 5 Boro Bike Tour was before it got ridiculously huge.
Seriously, even the "full" ride is by no means a "sportive," just an excuse to get a big bunch of cyclists on the road at one time, "exploring" some part of town, which is fun in its own way sometimes. Like I suspect the 5 Boro Bike Tour was before it got ridiculously huge.
10-21-15, 06:21 AM
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It's fun. Good opportunity for just cruising around the borough. I get a kick out of riding on a highway, closed for the event, where normally you would be killed in less than a minute.
But if all you enjoy about cycling is all-out hammering, it's not the event for you.
But if all you enjoy about cycling is all-out hammering, it's not the event for you.
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The following year I was riding with them. It was indeed a lot of fun back in the 70s and early 80s before it got too damn big, although I did one about 2007 or so regardless, just for the nostalgia.
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10-21-15, 08:58 PM
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But it's free.
Seriously, even the "full" ride is by no means a "sportive," just an excuse to get a big bunch of cyclists on the road at one time, "exploring" some part of town, which is fun in its own way sometimes. Like I suspect the 5 Boro Bike Tour was before it got ridiculously huge.
Seriously, even the "full" ride is by no means a "sportive," just an excuse to get a big bunch of cyclists on the road at one time, "exploring" some part of town, which is fun in its own way sometimes. Like I suspect the 5 Boro Bike Tour was before it got ridiculously huge.
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Indeed it was. I remember the very first one as a bunch of cyclists rode through my neighborhood and I wondered "WTF is that? How can I get down with them?"
The following year I was riding with them. It was indeed a lot of fun back in the 70s and early 80s before it got too damn big, although I did one about 2007 or so regardless, just for the nostalgia.
The following year I was riding with them. It was indeed a lot of fun back in the 70s and early 80s before it got too damn big, although I did one about 2007 or so regardless, just for the nostalgia.
