I love bikes!

This Tuesday was Go by Bike Breakfast here in Auckland- or as I like to say because it's shorter "Bike to Work." I have never actually partaken in Bike to Work events back in the States, though I certainly did bike to work. Go by Bike Breakfast was quiet fun and I wish I could bike to work like that everyday.

Nico, Julie, and I were already cycling into to town at 6:45 that morning- hoping to
get to breakfast in the CBD before the lines formed. It was a perfect morning. The sun slowly raised golden pink above the trees, while the air smelled cold and crisp. It was a perfect morning for a group bike ride. We arrived early at 7am and there were already a fair amount of cyclists there.

Loving bikes so, my heart swelled at the site of bike rack after bike rack after bike rack. Below are some photos from the event.










Because I am lazy and have limited time I shall bullet point my favourite aspects of the event.

1) The red carpet to breakfast. Hell yeah! I think it's about time us cyclists received such treatment for our willingness to sweat our asses off for the good of Mother Nature.

2) Cyclops chocolate yogurt. This was fantastic and this is one of the reasons why I could never be vegan.

3) The event included what they termed "cycle buses" which meant large groups of people cycling together who were equip with GPS trackers so we were able to track their progress and see just how long it took people to commute into the city via bike from various locations.

4) Competitions- cyclist racing cars and buses. The event arranged people to take the same route to work by bus, car, or bike. Out of all but one competition the bike beat the car or bus. Woo hoo! One cyclist who beat a car came to talk at the mic looking very tired. She was of course a cycle courier (bike messenger), and so was able to beat a car at 6:30am when there is virtually no traffic, which is impressive. She is my hero. One bus did however beat a cyclist, but I would like to note that they were coming into the CBD from the North Shore so while the bus got to go straight over the bridge the cyclist had to take a round about way to catch a ferry across the bay and then cycle into the CBD.

Today I attended Critical Mass after work and it was exponentially larger than any of us had imagined. Last time it was like 10 people and today it was 100. I hope to get some pictures from Adam and Steve from the event to post.