May is Bike Month

As an avid cyclist, I am happy to announce that May is New York City’s Bike Month. Be sure to check out here for events (I do wish they had a more flexible search ability).

Here is a video montage from Street Films with video from the 2010 Bike Month:

One of these years I am going to do the Five Boro Tour:

“Taking place the first Sunday in May each year, the adventure starts in Lower Manhattan. The ride heads north through the heart of Manhattan into Central Park and continues on to historic Harlem and the Bronx, returning south along the East River on the FDR Drive. From there it crosses into Queens and then Brooklyn, where cyclists take over the highway before making the thrilling climb up—and down—the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge to Staten Island. The route is 42 miles, mostly flat except for the bridges.”

Although, I generally prefer biking with less bike traffic (the irony) it does sound like fun to ride on the highways and bridges without any car traffic. I did get to that once on 5th Ave before the Veteran’s day parade…I was meeting a friend and got lucky with timing…the police were blocking off the traffic for 5th Ave at 57th St and I asked if I could go and they allowed me. It was pretty awesome!