5 Boro Bike Tour
Definition
An annual non-competitive cycling event in New York City, officially known as the Five Boro Bike Tour, where participants ride approximately 40 miles through all five boroughs—Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island—typically held in May and attracting around 30,000 riders.
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I signed up for the 5 Boro Bike Tour thinking it'd be a breeze, but those Queensboro Bridge hills had me questioning all my life choices.
Nothing bonds New Yorkers like the 5 Boro Bike Tour—sweaty strangers high-fiving after conquering the Bronx's sneaky inclines.
My dad trained for the 5 Boro Bike Tour on a stationary bike; he arrived fully aero but forgot how to clip out at stoplights.
The 5 Boro Bike Tour ferry ride to Staten Island is the real VIP experience: cyclists in soggy chamois, pretending not to smell each other.