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and now I’m going to blog about it. Riding in NYC is a bit tricky - while it’s great to be able to pass tons of traffic and feel the breeze in your hair along the Hudson River Park path, it also sucks to have tourists driving SUVs and insane cab drivers almost kill you, sometimes several times in a single block. The dangers come from both obliviousness and malevolence on the part of (mostly) drivers and (somewhat) pedestrians, and, yes, rarely, other bicyclists.

I started riding into work because I found, upon returning to NYC after 4.5 years in California, that the quality and reliability of the subway system had taken a severe turn for the worse. (seriously, wtf happened in so short a time? am I being nostalgic, or has it really gotten a lot worse?) Now that I’ve known the fun and fresh air of commuting by bike, though, the subway is pretty much intolerable.

I just hate standing around, waiting. The one thing I miss is the amount of time I’d have to read books… but I try to do that at night now; it’s a nice way to wind down from the day.

That’s it for now, expect more news as I learn good routes, which I’ll post via mapmyride.com, and find useful or just cool gear.

my bike, a fuji crosstown 3.0 hybrid: