Taking the subway lately has seemed more practical than riding, and it did today, too, but dammit, I don't like not riding. I don't relish the idea of a 6-mile ride on Citi Bike, but that's what I did, and I'm glad I did. I had a tailwind, so that helps. The bike I got didn't have any high ratios. This seems to happen with a lot of the bikes with the NuVinci hub. I couldn't go very fast. Halfway through the ride, I docked the bike and waited the required 3 minutes to get another bike. I chose one with a Sturmey Archer 3-speed hub. Much better. 3rd gear is the cruising gear for me.

On the way to pick up the first bike, there was this guy walking four dachshunds. Cute. The guy next to him caught up and said hello to the dog walker/owner. Did you ever notice how dogs behave better when they have other dogs to walk with shoulder to shoulder?



While waiting the three minutes, I shot some pictures on the pier. Two homeless women sat together, all bundled up. It's so sad. There is visibly great wealth and great poverty in this city, more of both than in other places.



A tugboat pulls a barge from right to left. A ferry moves from left to right. It's hard to describe just how wide this river is. It might be as much as a mile and a half wide here. That's New Jersey on the other side.