Immediately is an auspicious day. Not solely is it Nationwide Ingesting Straw Day:

But it surely’s additionally the day registration for the TD 5 Boro Bike Tour opens!

When Bike New York first requested Terry Barentsen and me to make a promotional video for the 2022 version of the TD 5 Boro Bike Tour, it was an obscure occasion that attracted perhaps 5 or ten riders. Since then we’ve made a video yearly and it now attracts over 30,000 riders, and it’s protected to say that Terry and I are completely answerable for that:

In fact what’s true is that the primary video we made for the 2022 couldn’t carry official Tour branding as a result of I wasn’t carrying a helmet–nicely, aside from this memorable scene:

That’s what you name velocity personified. Simply ask this man, he’ll inform you:

Anyway, whereas I could solely be 50-75% answerable for the TD 5 Boro Bike Tour’s exceptional success, I’m grateful to Bike New York for persevering with to incorporate me in it–a lot in order that I’ll even don a helmet so as to take action:

[Amazing, that kid is bigger than me now.]

And that features for driving the subway:

So for those who’re serious about doing the trip you’d higher register now, as a result of it fills up fast.

Oh, and for those who’re questioning how Terry will get these extremely easy driving photographs, that is how:

It’s a privilege to observe him work.

Oh, and for those who’re in search of a motorcycle upon which to dominate the trip, hopefully the brand new Trek highway bike is out by then:

I’m not exaggerating once I say that this groundbreaking new bike could change the face of biking perpetually;

See, it’s acquired this notch thingy:

What does it do? Sorry, the proper query is what doesn’t it do?

Certainly, preliminary analysis signifies it’s so efficient that if sufficient individuals begin driving these items it is going to alter the route of the jet stream and both repair or speed up local weather change, relying on who you ask.

And like increasingly more highway bikes, it gained’t settle for cables and the brake hoses run by way of the headset:

There’s more and more little distinction between constructing a highway bike and performing an endoscopy.