A Little Harlem Crit

Harlem Crit aka the Harlem Skyscraper Classic, is a bike race in Harlem that spins tidily around Marcus Garvey Park. I took my LadyBiker self up there to check it out! I was there for a men's division and a the ladies division. I did get a feeling of "Dang, I want a fast bike! I want to be in that race!" But don't count on that happening. I always think when I'm going fast on my single-speed cruiser "This is how fast my skin could be smeared down this pavement" so I slow down a little bit.


A gentleman named Brian took this photo after he gave me this cute flier about the Bicycle Film Festival that's coming up this week. I like their chalkboard paint truck!


That white thing in the trees is a tank top on a guy. I don't know what this stuff is properly called. Bike tricksters? Bike rampers? I don't know, but it's cool!

People were crowded on their stoops watching the racers.


The route of the race was pretty short, just going around that small park, so you didn't have to wait long to see them come back around.


My third day riding on my new tires and my first light-enough basket load to see them from my riding view!


I have a wild allergy/sinus infection-type illness, but I refuse to let that steal my NYC gorgeous weather weekends! And eaves-dropping on people's convos in Harlem cannot be beat!