You may want a gel seat for this one. The country's only all-urban 100-mile bike ride takes over NYC on September 12, 2010, giving you a rare opportunity to bike through Central Park, across bridges, through Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Harlem - surrounded not by cabbies and slow-moving tourists, but by other bicycle enthusiasts.
If you didn't get the Lance Armstrong gene, don't fret: The NYC Century Bike Tour has 15-, 35-, 55-, 75-, and 100-mile options, all of which feature stellar views, stocked rest stops, and safety marshals. The inaugural ride, in 1990, attracted 200 cyclists; today, some 6,000 show up. Proceeds benefit the biking advocacy of Transportation Alternatives, meaning that by riding in New York City, you're helping to make New York City ... safer for bikers the other 364 days a year. And because the ride is an effort to promote the idea that bikers can traverse NYC soundly on two wheels - and deserve to - there are no street closings: You'll ride along city streets and obey all traffic laws. You pick the location that's more convenient for you - either in Prospect Park or on the north side of Central Park, easily accessible from Le Parker Meridien New York, which skirts the park's south end. Don't want to lug a bike there? No worries: There are rental options.
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