I hit the Westchester Bicycle Sunday today, a 6 1/2-mile stretch of the Bronx River Parkway between Yonkers and White Plains. The weather was glorious.

The entry at Yonkers is about 25 miles from my home in Woodhaven, at the Brooklyn/Queens border; so the whole trip was about 64 miles.

I also learnt an important lesson: never take Kimball Avenue. Too damn hilly! I took Bronx River Road / Midland Avenue going up there; but I took Kimball on the way home, from Palmer Road all the way down to McLean Avenue. Bad mistake, as Kimball is painfully hilly, while Bronx River Road / Midland Avenue is relatively flat.