34 mile sunday cruise

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a humid but nice day for a good adventure. started late after completing errands. good thing we have bike lights as they help visibility as we ride well into the darkness. more so for others (cars) to see us and not hit us. i know the mapped out route looks funny, and yes we sure rode a funny route making several circles and backtracks, but i guess that just how cool it was. that we had to do it twice... enjoy the ride!

 new saddle. comfort fi mi bum bum

 words fail.. i guess that's kinda the point huh...

rode the williamsburg bridge for the first time today. pretty damn nice. i gotta say the city has done a damn fine job with providing safe and adequate spaces for us cyclists. and its only going to get better...

 roof art

chrystie st. taken from our pit stop at grand street park for some water. stop by and check out the guys playing bike polo. its pretty interesting.

 delancy street off the williamsburg

 taken from east river park while going uptown towards the queensboro bridge for ride back to BK this is a nice path but they really need to repave a lot of road surface which i'm sure they're planning to. the east side still has much room for improvement, especially when compared to the west side paths.

 back in BK, at atlantic terminal where the best empanada truck usually is.

sneek peek #2

sneak peek

42 mile tour

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Took a nice tour of the west side today. Started out from our usual route down Ocean Parkway to Prospect Park. Then through downtown BK which is probably my favorite parts of the ride. Hopped on the Manhattan Bridge for the first time. Much improved from what I remember walking it when I was younger. Onward through some of chinatown shooting to the west side. All the way up to the GWB. It was a great ride with great weather and views. Enjoy!

 getting ready to go, rendez-vous at my boy samfish's crib.

 dope flea market at lafayette and vanderbilt. i definitely recommend checking this out. they're there on saturdays and in williamsburg on sundays. support - http://www.brooklynflea.com/

 manhattan bridge has little ramps for you to roll your bike up the stairs. nice touch.

 you can hop on a kayak/canoe on the west side! and its free!! support - http://www.downtownboathouse.org/

and here we are at the George Washington Bridge connecting NJ to us. Pretty nice when you're not stuck in traffic on it.

 stopped at a food cart for some authentic chicharron (fried pork rinds) con tostones (fried green plantain). probably wasn't the greatest thing to eat while doing athletic activity but MAN, good stuff.....

 Brooklyn Bridge bike onramp at centre st. taking a break before the climb up. good spot to do some people watching.

super ace market on 7th ave, park slope. pit stop for some fluids and to appreciate the beautiful rose mural on the window.


I highly encourage everyone to get outdoors and enjoy their city, town, neighborhood, whatever. there's so much, and it costs nothing.