Not sure where this camera guy was riding but this ride was a total shit show. Felt more like a 4 hour death march with my bike than a tour of the city
I notice almost everyone (if not all) wears a helmet, was it manditory the bike tour? In The Netherlands (where I live) it's mostly not required (when it's recreational), except for very large tours such as the Eleven-Cities-Cycling-Tour (240 km) which has a maximum of 15.000 riders. I'm riding it for the first time. Also take a look at the attached video, or this link BAuRiR7njOg (replace this string from the URL in YouTube).
I've never done more walking on a bike ride than at the 2010 5boro tour. I experienced bike gridlock for the first time, and hope to never experience it again.
I think i walked through half of the central park portion. Granted, i lined up later than i'd hoped to (7:30), and was near the WTC site. I was hoping to average 12-14 mph...instead, it took me 3 hours to get to mile 23 in brooklyn because of all the gridlock and walking.
@dmbaechle and that's not counting the hour i stood around waiting for the start. we literally didn't get rolling until 9 AM. And when we got to the Astoria water stop, it was OUT OF WATER! A friend of mine lined up a couple blocks back from me, and he didn't get to the start line until 9:30. Spent most of central park walking, and by the time he got to the first rest stop, it was 11:30, and they told him it was closed (despite still having bananas and water).
It was my first time this year, and i have to say that it was great. Yes, you have to wait to get started, and stop in the Central Park, but it was not a problem at all. I will definitely do it next year.
Don't listen to complainers, they will complain anyway.
must have been nice to be out frount. i had to wait 2.5hrs to get to the start and then becasue there was so many people in frount of me i was forsed to stop ever 2-5 miles. and walk my bike.
Not sure where this camera guy was riding but this ride was a total shit show. Felt more like a 4 hour death march with my bike than a tour of the city
poobahone 10 months ago
ya quiero 100 grados de temperatura..para andar en bicla y correr al aire libre no mas gym............
TheSaningo 1 year ago
What are the conditions if you would like to get in front? If you're a racer is there any way that you can start first to avoid gridlock?
MrDavidd419 1 year ago
It was probably a condition of entry to wear a helmet... stupid really. Let people make their own choice... helmetfreedom(dot)org
nitramluap 1 year ago
I notice almost everyone (if not all) wears a helmet, was it manditory the bike tour? In The Netherlands (where I live) it's mostly not required (when it's recreational), except for very large tours such as the Eleven-Cities-Cycling-Tour (240 km) which has a maximum of 15.000 riders. I'm riding it for the first time. Also take a look at the attached video, or this link BAuRiR7njOg (replace this string from the URL in YouTube).
xlnetwork 1 year ago
One day I hope to also participate along with my wife! Greetings to everyone here in Brazil!
Jotagece58 1 year ago
I've never done more walking on a bike ride than at the 2010 5boro tour. I experienced bike gridlock for the first time, and hope to never experience it again.
I think i walked through half of the central park portion. Granted, i lined up later than i'd hoped to (7:30), and was near the WTC site. I was hoping to average 12-14 mph...instead, it took me 3 hours to get to mile 23 in brooklyn because of all the gridlock and walking.
dmbaechle 1 year ago
@dmbaechle and that's not counting the hour i stood around waiting for the start. we literally didn't get rolling until 9 AM. And when we got to the Astoria water stop, it was OUT OF WATER! A friend of mine lined up a couple blocks back from me, and he didn't get to the start line until 9:30. Spent most of central park walking, and by the time he got to the first rest stop, it was 11:30, and they told him it was closed (despite still having bananas and water).
dmbaechle 1 year ago
It was my first time this year, and i have to say that it was great. Yes, you have to wait to get started, and stop in the Central Park, but it was not a problem at all. I will definitely do it next year.
Don't listen to complainers, they will complain anyway.
Mariuszewski 1 year ago
There must have been 2 different rides that day. Where's the video of the Bike Walk described below?
eyeball573 1 year ago
We came all the way from the Netherlands to bike along! Wouldn't have missed it for the world --)
wchrmanu 1 year ago
must have been nice to be out frount. i had to wait 2.5hrs to get to the start and then becasue there was so many people in frount of me i was forsed to stop ever 2-5 miles. and walk my bike.
benderxisxgreat 1 year ago
Awesome Video ... Even saw my cousin ... lol. Go Frank !!!
JerseyJoint 1 year ago
This was my 6 time and the weather was the best. Plfd fire dept. represented with four guys
2gsons 1 year ago
Four of us did this on unicycles!
nyc unicycle bridge tour
uninycbridgetour 1 year ago
I was there! Woohoo!
soundsrightprod 1 year ago