I awoke this morning to the sound of cars creeping down the block, fresh snow crunching beneath their tires and wheels spinning hopelessly on the unforgiving powder. NYC received almost a foot of snow in places overnight, and the commute was going to be one of 2 things, a slog on the subway, standing amongst 100's of people, on a crammed, overly hot subway car, fighting for a strap, or slogging my way, freely but dangerously on my bike.
I chose the bike, not because I know nothing of fear, but because I can't stand the subway or the feeling of lining the pockets of any mass transit agency. Those same feelings landed me in hot water once when I started fare evading on the London Underground many moons ago and got caught one morning after a hellish commute at Tottenham Court Road by a plain clothes Detective. Fair cop Guv. But up to that point I had saved somewhere in the region of seven million pounds. The Underground was never cheap. So NYC, stop complaining about a $103 unlimited monthly metrocard, you know nothing of a poorly ran, schedule defying, and inexplicably expensive transit system!
The ride in was a lot of fun, some parts were impassable and had to walked, twice was I pitched over the bars (I landed on my feet though - phew) and several billion calories were no doubt burnt. The other wonderful thing about commuting in on a day like today is the roads were a lot emptier, I had the bridge almost completely to myself and I got to see parts of the storm untouched by anyone, and there is nothing like the sight of untouched snow.
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| deep enough for you? |
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| The top deck had been relatively treated, but mostly not. The view and the emptiness made up for this. |
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| Just relax, pedal slowly and smoothly, and you'll be fine. |
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| I want one of these. |
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| Prince St. Soho, January 27 2011 |
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| Prince Street and 6th, close to work. Almost there! |
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