Bikin' in the Park

Central Park that is! My southern friend and I decided to organize a bike trip in central park. The loop is a six mile loop and you feel like you are in the Tour de France because you got those serious bikers with the shorts and fancy bikes whizzin all over the place. We decided to keep it real - mountain bikes and helmets! There were four us who went on this adventure, and to begin with, all the girls wouldn't even ride their bikes on the street, they wanted to walk them - WHY? Do NY drivers have a bad rap? We all made it safe to the Park(we crossed 3 avenues) and began the loop. We stopped here and there, had a picnic, took pictures and I personally watched my southern gal Kristin try and fix her backpack and ride right into some other biker! She will never try that manuever again. To top the 3 hour biking event, Amanda, our new friend decided to get lost. I ended up racing after her and caught her at 77th, the rest of the gang was at 96th ST. We then got to ride down Central Park West with all the cabbies, what a hoot!!