Today is an auspicious day. Not only is it National Drinking Straw Day:
But it’s also the day registration for the TD Five Boro Bike Tour opens!
When Bike New York first asked Terry Barentsen and me to make a promotional video for the 2022 edition of the TD Five Boro Bike Tour, it was an obscure event that attracted maybe five or ten riders. Since then we’ve made a video every year and it now attracts over 30,000 riders, and it’s safe to say that Terry and I are entirely responsible for that:
Of course what is true is that the first video we made for the 2022 couldn’t carry official Tour branding because I wasn’t wearing a helmet–well, except for this memorable scene:
That’s what you call speed personified. Just ask this guy, he’ll tell you:
Anyway, while I may only be 50-75% responsible for the TD Five Boro Bike Tour’s remarkable success, I’m grateful to Bike New York for continuing to include me in it–so much so that I’ll even don a helmet in order to do so:
[Amazing, that kid is bigger than me now.]
And that includes for riding the subway:
So if you’re thinking about doing the ride you’d better register now, because it fills up quick.
Oh, and if you’re wondering how Terry gets those incredibly smooth riding shots, this is how:
It’s a privilege to watch him work.
Oh, and if you’re looking for a bike upon which to dominate the ride, hopefully the new Trek road bike is out by then:
I’m not exaggerating when I say that this groundbreaking new bike may change the face of cycling forever;
See, it’s got this notch thingy:
What does it do? Sorry, the correct question is what doesn’t it do?
Indeed, preliminary research indicates it’s so effective that if enough people start riding these things it will alter the direction of the jet stream and either fix or accelerate climate change, depending on who you ask.
And like more and more road bikes, it won’t accept cables and the brake hoses run through the headset:
There’s increasingly little difference between building a road bike and performing an endoscopy.