Biking Adventures: Coney Island

I first want to say thank you all for the tremendous feedback in my last blog. I am sorry I can't respond to the comments (my reason behind this is because I only have so much time, and I have to choose between responding to comments or writing a new blog. I will always choose writing a new blog); but I just want to make sure you all know that I always read everything and appreciate the insight and supportive, encouraging words. If you ever really need an answer to something, email me bitchcakes@nyc.rr.com and I will reply to you directly. But it usually takes a week or two...

Since going back to work after my birthday week off, I've been missing my bike. I had ridden 25+ miles a day for over a week now I was suddenly in withdrawl. This past Sunday I kept the day free so I could get out for a long ride, but I wasn't sure where to go. As luck would have it, I found out the night before that there was a Punk Rope class going on in Coney Island on Sunday afternoon. Perfect! I now had a geographic goal!

Here are some highlights. Enjoy!

Here I am in Greenpoint, just before leaving for Coney Island (I wanted to show off my hair before my helmet messed it up) -

And after a beautiful day and 13.5 mile bike ride, I made it to Coney Island! First, a brief video I took while biking on the boardwalk (please disregard the sad excuse for music that is blaring in the background)-

I wandered around a while and took some shots of the attractions -

I like posing with this guy at the clam bar. I did it last year too.

I briefly visited the punk rope class that was going on in an old theater on the boardwalk (I did not participate)-

Around then realized I was craving something salty. I wanted fries! So I stopped at Nathan's-

And I ordered the "regular" sized fries- which was posted with a staggering 685 calories (hey, how many times do I go to Coney Island?) but I ate them anyway -

After that, it was another 13.5 miles home and a few more miles around the neighborhood. By the time I got home, I had biked 30 miles. Not so bad!

And when I peeled off my clothes, I realized I had gotten some color on the tops of my legs... through my fishnets. How funny is this?

My goal is to get out for one more giant bike ride this coming weekend - 40 miles - because the following weekend is the NYC Century Tour! I signed up for the 55 mile tour (which comes to 65 when I count getting to and from the starting point in Central Park).

I would say that I hope we have nice weather that day, but honestly, I don't care. After riding 10 hours in the rain for the 5 Boro, I feel like I can handle anything!


(Note: The entire day's photos can be seen here)