Originally Posted by
ambitions2o
Alarm went off at 4:30am and I starred at the clock for a half an hour. Beautiful morning for a ride - adjusted my saddle a bit last night and I think it helped a bit. Usually the ride takes me 57 minutes, but today I did it in 40, so that was an achievement. Today was the first day I wore glasses (same type of safety glasses I use when I am working on cars) and it made a huge difference with the wind. Also helps to protect from rock kick up and bugs.
Those metal tops are hell when it rains, it feels like you are on ice when crossing them. It is funny - the more and more I ride in the city the more I realize - it really is a horrible city to ride in. Even though we have the bike lanes and such setup - you have man holes in the bike path, huge divots and large unequal pavement they have yet to fix. Amazing. The East River Esplanade is...a...great...place...to...ride?
Taking the Triboro bridge to the East River Esplanade is far better than riding through Long Island City and taking the 59th st bridge, IMO. When construction on the Esplanade reaches 38th street and the Wards Island bridge re-opens I will only have to ride in traffic for little over a mile. The other 7 miles of my ride would be all MUP and bridge.
For now the above is a fantasy, but expect me to rant about it more and more when next summer arrives.
This mornings ride was nice for the most part.
Somebody who is obviously far superior to me in their 4 door porsche rushed up to make a right off of 5th avenue completely cutting me off only to be held by pedestrians crossing. I went around to his front bumper and cut him off, coming to a complete stop for a moment in a nonchalant manner in hopes that I proved to this jerk the futility of his maneuver.
The high will be 68 today.... crazy.