Tour de Brooklyn 2008
Always a diverse funfest of people, the 4th Annual Tour de Brooklyn from Transportation Alternatives was no different this year with over 2,000 joining the cycling fun. This year's event was moved a week early to coincide with the anniversary of the Brooklyn Bridge's 125th birthday and launched from DUMBO. Among the highlights of the jaunt was a ride thru the Evergreen Cemetery and a very rare visit behind the gates of the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
If you haven't seen, we also have the 2006 & 2007 TdBk campaigns up on the site as well as monster coverage of many Bike Month events here and here. Happy Riding!
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Speaker: [0:02] Good morning. Welcome to Tour-de-Brooklyn. Have a safe ride. [music continues]
Speaker: [0:09] Say hello to all my residents, please. Just tell them I send my best.
Speaker: [0:15] I pledge allegiance to the Tour-de-Brooklyn. It's a beautiful day here in DUMBO.
Speaker: [0:16] I pledge allegiance to the Tour-de-Brooklyn.
Speaker: [0:18] I pledge allegiance to the Tour-de-Brooklyn.
Group: [0:20] We pledge allegiance to the Tour-de-Brooklyn.
Speaker: [0:22] I pledge allegiance to the Tour-de-Brooklyn.
Speaker: [0:25] I pledge allegiance to the Tour-de-Brooklyn.
Speaker: [0:27] I pledge allegiance to the Tour-de-Brooklyn.
Speaker: [0:29] I pledge allegiance to the Tour-de-Brooklyn.
Speaker: [0:31] I pledge allegiance to the Tour-de-Brooklyn, from which it stands.
Speaker: [laughs] What do you know, what do you know? [laughs] [0:37]
Speaker: [0:40] I wish to say happy birthday to the Brooklyn Bridge. I love this city.
Speaker: [0:43] We are ready to ride. The Tour-de-Brooklyn is underway. [music continues]
Speaker: [1:00] One of the best rides of the year. [music continues]
Speaker: [1:05] Happy birthday, Brooklyn Bridge.
Speaker: [1:07] Feliz cumpleanos.
Speaker: [1:09] Happy birthday, Brooklyn Bridge. [music continues]
Speaker: [1:12] Happy birthday, Brooklyn Bridge, love ya. [music continues]
Speaker: [1:21] I've never seen it, something so beautiful as this lovely, lovely borough of Brooklyn. [music continues]
Speaker: [1:29] This is my fourth annual Tour-de-Brooklyn, and there have been only four Tour-de-Brooklyns. So I tied the record.
Speaker: [1:35] So, what made you decide to run this?
Speaker: [1:37] Just to see if I can do it. You know to get me started with running the marathons, this is the day to do it. More running in Brooklyn is good.
Speaker: [1:43] Good ride on the Tour-de-Brooklyn.
Speaker: [1:45] It's the bike ride.
Speaker: [1:47] Bikes rule. Now, me and cars, we wait. We wait every day. This day is for us.
Group: [cheers] [1:52] [music continues][whistles] [1:55]
[music continues] [2:12]
Speaker: [2:17] I love how the crowd's cheering us on.
Crowd: [cheers] [2:19] [music continues]
Speaker: [2:34] The Navy Yard welcomes you.
Crowd: [cheers] [2:39] [music continues]
Speaker: [2:46] After I started doing the Tour-de-Brooklyn, I rode my bike to work, to school every day. I started finding places where they have the bike parking. It's definitely changed my life.
Speaker: [2:52] Congratulations.
Group: [2:54] Thank you, thank you.
Speaker: [2:55] That was fantastic time, Brooklyn bike touring, New York City. [music continues]
Speaker: [3:20] From me to you, from Brooklyn, love ya.
Speaker: [3:23] Hope to see you guys next year. Today was a splendid tour. Peace out.
Speaker: [3:27] I'm the only Jet fan in New York City.
Speaker: [3:29] He's the only Jet fan left.
Speaker: [3:30] Number one Jet fan, remember that.
Speaker: [3:31] OK, you see? Mark Ashtano back there. We broke Mark Ashtano out, didn't we?
Speaker: [3:34] Oh, wait a minute. There you go.
Crowd: [cheers and laughs] [3:36]
