FIVE BORO BIKE TOUR 2024 PHOTO ALBUM
Bike New York 🇺🇸

In the midst of Japan’s Golden Week. This year, the “FIVE BORO BIKE TOUR 2024” once again took over the streets of New York City.
Unlike the blessed clear skies of 2023, temperatures hovered around 10°C. Near Battery Park at the southern tip of Manhattan, where bike rentals were available in the early morning, the sea breeze made it feel even colder.

Five Boro Bike TOur 2024
5th May 2023/64km

“City Bike,” the rental bicycles scattered throughout the city. An essential means of transportation in New York.

Table of Contents

1. Packet pick up
2. The starting point
3. Fun ride around the five islands of New York.
4. The finish line, and back to Manhattan.

1. Packet pick up

Bike New York entrance
“Global Ride” booth. Next to it is Ehime Prefecture’s “Cycling Shimanami.

2. The starting point

In the VIP area, New York bagels and scones are lined up.
Global Ride rider Karen Maruyama stands in the center of the empty starting line.
The relaxed time before the start.
Over 30,000 participants gathered again this year.

3. Fun ride around the five islands of New York.

In front of the church, they cheer us on every year with gospel.
Racing through Central Park.
Bananas served at the aid stations.
Also, DJs.
Participating with friends or a team makes it even more enjoyable.
Global Ride rider Daisaku Kawase takes a commemorative photo with the NYPD (New York State Police).
While gazing at the graffiti painted across the city.
Scenery visible from the highway, where one wouldn’t normally ride under any circumstances.

4. The finish line, and back to Manhattan.

After the finish line, you can replenish with various foods.
EVENT CULTURE
BIKE TALK 2022 「New York, BNY Edition」
About the state of bicycling in New York City and the tens of thousands of participatory fun-ride events held around the world.

“BIKE TALK” – New York, BNY Edition -, an online talk event organized by Global Ride, was held. Our guest speaker was “KENNETH J. PODZIBA,” President and CEO of BIKE NEW YORK, a non-profit organization that organizes the world’s largest cycling event, the Bike New York (Five Boro Bike Tour).

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Editor M’s laid-back architectural sightseeing ride at Bike New York

I took part in the TD Five Boro Bike Tour held in New York on May 5, 2024! The weather that day was far from ideal. At the start, the temperature was just 10°C, with winds around 20 km/h—freezing cold—and heavy gray clouds overhead. Still, considering the forecast had shown a 91% chance of rain up until the day before, it almost felt lucky that it wasn’t pouring from the morning. Even layered in long-sleeve jerseys, the cold was relentless, and I was still shivering despite wearing a rain jacket. Hoping the ride itself would eventually warm me up, I first headed to Battery Park at the southern tip of Manhattan to pick up my rental bike. As fierce sea winds swept through before sunrise, I cou […]

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