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Sunday, October 23, 2022 - Recap

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TOUR DE BRONX IS BACK!

If you've signed up below you ALSO need to register with TdB. Do that here…

https://ilovethebronx.com/tour-de-bronx/

And if you haven't done that already, then it's too late - registration has maxed out.

There are 10, 25 and 40 mile versions of the ride. However, only the 25 mile version is happening on Sunday. It is a supported ride with an organized start (as all the versions were in years past). Other versions are unsuported and the routes won't even be released until AFTER Sunday.

As mentioned, but worth repeating - registration has sold out for the 25 mile version of the ride.

It's pretty clear the 10 and 40 mile riders do not get free t-shirts like they did in the past. It's unclear whether 25 mile riders will get free t-shirts.

All in all this year's TdB seems a lot less organized. Not quite sure what to make of that.

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Tour de Bronx

Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson and The Bronx Tourism Council In conjunction with Montefiore Einstein Presents Tour De Bronx 2022

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This fall, Tour De Bronx is back and celebrating 28 years of serving the cycling community in The Bronx and Beyond.  As in the past, Tour De Bronx 2022 highlights the best of the Borough, including Greenways, Residential Neighborhoods, Historical Districts, Waterfronts, and Tourist Attractions.

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The 28th annual Tour De Bronx is back Oct. 23, capped at 1K participants

On Sunday, Oct. 23, the 28th annual Tour De Bronx is back, giving participants the free opportunity to cycle through the borough’s historic districts, greenways and waterfronts with hundreds of companions.

The event, which was founded in 1994 by the Bronx Borough President’s office and the Bronx Tourism Council, has drawn thousands of riders in past years but will be capped at 1,000 participants this year . Borough President Vanessa Gibson said the limit on riders is part of the process of returning to normalcy as the city emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic. Still, the group ride is a peek at pre-pandemic days, with the past two years offering scaled-down, virtual self-guided rides where cyclists could team up with others to conquer one of three routes on their own.

This year’s 25-mile ride will start off at 10 a.m. at East 161st Street and Grand Concourse and finish at the New York Botanical Garden, where participants will be greeted by a free festival and concert. There will also be self-guided virtual 10- and 40-mile tours for those who wish to under- or over-achieve.

According to Gibson, the tour welcomes both skilled and unskilled cyclists — she identified herself as the latter and said she will be participating. The event also promotes alternative modes of transportation and healthy living, she said, pointing to health disparities in the Bronx.

“This is all about health and wellness,” she said at a press conference at the Castle Hill YMCA on Thursday announcing this year’s tour. “And we know that as we talk about food equity and food access and food justice, as we talk about quality health care and stable housing, we also have to talk about alternative modes of transportation. They all work hand in hand together when you talk about building healthy neighborhoods, stabilizing our families and really creating the access and opportunity that we truly know is so important.”

Assemblymember Kenny Burgos, a Soundview Progressive, encouraged people to sign up and explore the beauty of the Bronx. A cyclist himself, he pointed out that the popular annual TD Five Boro Bike Tour through NYC barely touches the Bronx, so Tour De Bronx gives riders a better opportunity to see the northernmost borough.

Marcos Crespo, the senior vice president of community affairs at Montefiore (one of the Tour De Bronx sponsors), emphasized that the group ride is part of an effort to improve health outcomes in the Bronx. The Bronx is notorious for ranking last out of the 62 New York counties in the County Health Rankings.

Register for the ride on the event’s Eventbrite page, which can be accessed through the Bronx Tourism Council website .

Reach Aliya Schneider at  [email protected]  or (718) 260-4597. For more coverage, follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @bronxtimes

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Aliya Schneider is a staff writer for the Bronx Times. She loves asking questions and digging deep to get information the public deserves to know. Aliya graduated from Barnard College of Columbia University in 2020 and reported in the Hudson Valley before joining the Bronx Times as a digital editor. When she’s not reading, writing, researching or taking photos, she is probably showing photos of her cat to anyone who will look.

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“This is my first time riding. I’m excited to do it. I’m doing it with my boy, rocking out,” said first-time participant Paul Ramirez.

More than 4,000 participants show up for the tour that takes them through the borough’s neighborhoods and historic points.

“It’s a beautiful opportunity to boost tourism,” said the Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson.

There are three routes available: a 10-mile, a 25-mile and a 40-mile route. So, beginners and pro cyclists can all participate. 

“It is a beautiful day. We are all out getting to know each other, getting in shape, and showing the Bronx is the place to be. Let’s get it,” said Andrew Abner.

Some participants said the tour is also a chance to showcase how the roads can be improved.

“It’s really wonderful to see the borough in this way from a bicycle one to enjoy the borough and all the things that we have but also to talk about the serious needs we have as a community,” Sean Garcia said.

“It has come a bit of a way since I was a kid, but there is still a long way to go. Here on the grand concourse, there were 18 cars parked along the bike lane. It’s so pivotal for our community, so many people rely on it as a mode of transport,” said tour participant Julia Ledee.

A way of getting around that many here say brings wellness in many ways.

“It lifts your spirit. It gives you physical and mental the best you can ever be. And I’m very happy that I’m able to do this,” said Edna Davoll. 

Cyclists are encouraged to take pictures along the route and share them on social media with the hashtag #BronxTourism 

The tour culminates at the beautiful New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx.

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The Bronx Community Foundation is proud to partner with The Bronx Tourism Council, supporting our collective vision to see The Bronx become a global destination and showcase the vibrancy of our great borough and spirit of Bronxites.

Every year, over 6,000 riders participate in The Tour de Bronx, riding through the best of our borough, highlighting Bronx greenways, residential neighborhoods, historical districts, waterfronts, and many tourist attractions.

Tour de Bronx is FREE to everyone. And this year our goal is to engage every Bronxite, and people far and wide, to help raise money for Bronx-based nonprofits and health-focused initiatives.

Through a suggested donation of $20.23, help us make an impact in the lives of all Bronxites so that together we can celebrate and enhance all that we love about our borough—its people, its places, and its heart.

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Grab Your Bikes and Strap on Your Helmets—Proud to Support Tour de Bronx 2022

The Tour de Bronx, the largest free bicycle event in New York State, returns for its 28th annual outing on Sunday, October 23. If riding’s not your thing, you can still get involved by volunteering at the event.

Montefiore Einstein has been proud to support the event for more than a decade and will be on-site to provide free giveaways and information about our state-of-the-art services and facilities. We are also proud of our very own Montefiore Einstein cyclists who have participated in this event for many years.

The 25-mile ride starts from Bronx Borough Hall and ends at the New York Botanical Garden. The route includes two planned rest stops offering fruit, water and other healthy drinks. A live band will perform at the end of the course. Please register here .

The Tour de Bronx is a unique way of touring the Bronx’s burgeoning neighborhoods, scenic waterfronts and greenways while also promoting bicycling as a healthy and environment-friendly mode of transportation. It is produced by the Office of the Bronx Borough President, Vanessa L. Gibson, and the Bronx Tourism Council in partnership with Transportation Alternatives, a bicycling and pedestrian advocacy group.

In addition to the 25-mile ride, cyclists can participate at their own time and pace with self-guided, 10-mile and 40-mile rides. All registered participants receive a T-shirt. Those without their own bicycles can rent one at Unlimited Biking for Tour De Bronx Bike Rentals . The event is limited to 1,000 registered riders.

Event volunteers are needed to help carry chairs, tables and water; assist with crowd control; and set up signage and supplies. They will receive a T-shirt and a certificate for their efforts. More information for volunteers is available via [email protected] or iLovetheBronx.org .

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Cycling activists say that this year’s Tour de Bronx, a 25-mile ride through the borough, was planned without enough input from the biking community.

It’s the first in-person Tour de Bronx since the pandemic hit — and the first since Vanessa Gibson became Bronx Borough President. 

But two Bronx organizers told THE CITY that they aren’t happy with the tour’s outreach to community members and transit groups. 

Transportation Alternatives organizer Shawn Garcia said that while events like the Tour de Bronx are a “big part of the puzzle” in elevating biking awareness, this year’s tour hasn’t felt as community-driven as in previous years. 

“We’ll see how it goes. I don’t want to be a pessimist and all that kind of stuff, but I would say the community engagement and working with community members has been the weakest it has ever been,” Garcia said, noting that community engagement has started to wane under Gibson’s predecessor, Ruben Diaz Jr. 

“And that’s not from lack of trying on our end as community members. We tried to be more involved and get into the organizing of this earlier.” 

Edmundo Martinez, a long-time attendee of the Tour de Bronx, told THE CITY at a Soundview block party promoting biking he’d like to see more local food vendors at the festival concluding the event. In years past, he would see Domino’s Pizza instead of local vendors who could offer healthier options. 

“Why you can’t figure out food vouchers for local businesses or caterers?” asked Martinez. 

Garcia added he would have liked to see the event spotlight larger, related issues as well. 

“The intersection of environmental justice and transit justice is so strong, especially in The Bronx,” he said. 

Garcia noted that the event definitely helps draw attention to bike access and safety in the borough, where some cyclists feel like their life is threatened just by pedaling along neighborhood streets. 

“That’s the reason why ridership is not as high in The Bronx as it is compared to other parts of the city,” he said, “Not because people don’t want to ride bikes or don’t see it as a viable form of transportation, it’s because the streets aren’t safe.”

Martinez, who volunteers with Transportation Alternatives, Bronx River Alliance and Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice, similarly said,  “We’ve got some nice parks and greenways, which is great. But there’s not a whole lot of protected bike lanes. Although you can have a bike lane and some paint on the ground, it’s not protected. Cars can still veer into it or double park.” 

He added that he was asked by a third party to speak at a press conference for the ride on Oct. 13—just two-and-a half hours before it was scheduled to kick off. He was the only person affiliated with biking groups to speak at the event.

A spokesperson for the borough president told THE CITY in an email on Friday, after the deadline to comment, their office had been working in unison with Transportation Alternatives, one of the event’s sponsors, since July and said it has been a priority to have cyclists participate in the press conference to highlight The Bronx, alternative modes of transportation and road safety. While the borough president’s office is grateful to have had Martinez speak, many other riders were not able to make it, the spokesperson said.

Overall, just six percent of the city’s protected bike lanes are in the Bronx, a ccording to data from Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets—a lack of infrastructure that has discouraged some potential riders from two-wheeling the road. 

Speaking with THE CITY last week after the press conference, Gibson cited hilly areas in the Northwest Bronx as areas with challenging terrain for cyclists, while also encouraging riders to use the High Bridge (the city’s oldest bridge) that connects the Highbridge neighborhood in the Bronx and Washington Heights in Manhattan.

“We are far from done,” she said. “This borough is very hilly, the infrastructure is not where it should be. We have a lot of uneven and unsurfaced streets that are very dangerous for cyclists and pedestrians alike.”

The Tour Rides On

Stretching across 25 miles, the 28th Tour de Bronx, set for this Sunday Oct. 23, is capped at 1,000 registered participants — a limit Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson said was a decision she made along with the Bronx Tourism Counsel and that the Bronx Times said she’d explained as “part of the process of returning to normalcy as the city emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic.”

About 400 riders had registered for the event as of last week, Gibson told THE CITY at the time. Her office did not respond to requests for an updated number, but as of Thursday evening, people could still register on the Eventbrite website.

 There were between 6,000 and 8,000 participants in 2019, according to a spokesperson from the borough president’s office. Martinez similarly estimated there had been at least 5,000 participants in pre-pandemic years. 

“I think the Tour de Bronx can highlight a lot of good that we’ve done in The Bronx in terms of infrastructure, in terms of dedicated bike lanes and better access along the waterfront,” said Gibson, pointing to the Harlem and Bronx rivers. 

More than two dozen sponsors have signed on, including Montefiore Einstein, Villagecare Max, Transportation Alternatives and The Bronx Tourism Council. 

The ride is set to begin on 161st Street and Grand Concourse, in front of Bronx Borough Hall at 10 a.m., and concludes at The Bronx Botanical Garden in Fordham Heights with a festival and concert on its Daffodil Hill. 

Gibson told THE CITY last week the revenue generated would be in the “thousands [of dollars].” 

“It’s not in the millions and billions like the New York Yankees being in the playoffs. But nonetheless, I definitely think that the jobs impact, the people that are working, stimulating the economy, a lot of the thoroughfares that you’re going through, there will be businesses, the business improvement districts and merchants,” said Gibson. 

Her office did not respond to a request for a more specific revenue projection.

Updated on October 21, 2022 with comment from the office of The Bronx Borough President.

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