I will have to take your word for it. I've never been to NY. I would like to see that place some day. I guess when I do make it up there I don't have to worry about water.

I know I will get some kind of hell for saying this, but I would like to try my hand at being a bike messenger, at least for a day or something. I don't know why, its just something I've wanted to do for a while now. I couldn't do it on a fixie though. I just don't understand how people can ride those. I've never tried to ride one, and to me it seems physically impossible. How do their legs ever get a rest? It seems like those bikes would tear up a persons knees real fast like. I don't get it because if your going down hill do you keep pedaling real fast, or do you relax your legs? They just don't seem practical for long distances.