-X- marks the spot! Tour De Bronx!
November 11th, 2013 by Mr. C
I’m a little late on reporting this event but better late than never I suppose! Two weeks ago on Sunday October 27th, we participated in an organized bicycle ride called the Tour De Bronx. This ride was in its 19th edition and it was my first time taking part in this particular sweep through the beautiful borough of the Bronx! I have rode in a few other free events sponsored by this same organization – Transportation Alternatives – such as the Tour De Brooklyn and the Tour De Queens but hands down – the Tour De Bronx takes the cake! Free bicycle helmets were being given out on a first come first serve basis as well as free T-shirts and a slice of pizza if you made it to the end game (finish line) at the Bronx Botanical Garden! There was less congestion and bottlenecking in the ride in the Bx as opposed to her more overly-hyped sister boroughs in Brooklyn and Queens. We rode in the so-called family friendly 25 mile ride but I found that my butt and my cramping muscles didn’t find it so family friendly! Though I must cry out that I haven’t ridden in quite a while. My training session was biking around manhattan on my foldup bike the week prior and that seemed to go pretty well, though the ride was all flatlands and lots of food stops! My sole savior in looking forward to finishing the ride was the jerk and candied chicken wings at the Bronx Ale House that we were going to treat ourselves to and what a reward that was!
All in all it was a great day of riding and enjoying the sights of the Bronx. We must of rode past dozens of beautiful neighborhoods & hoods, historic districts, parks, waterfront, and greenway paths that I never knew existed! The ride started at the Bronx County Building, a stones throw away from Yankee Stadium and we even had breakfast at a pre-Yankee stadium haunt of ours – The Banana Deli on 161st Street! We’re already looking forward to the 20th annual Tour De Bronx next year! Will you join us?
Checkout Transportation Alternatives – they’re our advocate on bicyling, walking, and public transit in the city! Think smarter, greener, healthier, and safer ways for alternative modes of transportation!
(It all began here as I await for comrade curry outside his doorsteps in the Bronx on the morning after a night of Chiller Theatre in NJ!)
(We’re planning to take MetroNorth to Yankee Stadium just a few stops over. Entrance to the Spuyten Duyvil station)
(The views by the train station.)
(5 minutes later we end up at the mecca of baseball in da South Bronx – Yankee Stadium!)
(after a quick and painless check-in for the ride, we arrive at The Banana Deli for breakfast and NO there’s no Yankee game going on today! )
(Breakfast for champions – bacon & egg on a roll before we roll!)
(The anticipation of the ride at the starting point at the Bronx County Building!)
(St. Raymond’s Cemetary)
(First rest stop at Crotona Park, the home of some great outdoor old skool hip hop concerts in the summer!)
(Next rest stop at the Castle Hill YMCA by the East River)
(Great view of the Whitestone Bridge from the Castle Hill YMCA)
(Next to final rest stop at the Pelham Bay Park nature center)
(This guy on the unicycle is surpassing me on the ride to the finish. No way, can’t let that happen!)
(The endgame at the Bronx Botanical Garden – I’m too pooped to get a slice of pizza but I make sure I get my free T-Shirt!)
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