Makes Girls Dance: Biking Around New York City...

When I was eleven I went to Los Angeles to visit family and while riding a bike on a hill, surprise, surprise I got so afraid of the cars whizzing by I feel off the bike and broke my arm. No one was next to me, no one hit me it was just fear that caused me to fall over and injure myself. I had to spend the rest of my summer vacation with a cast on my left arm and even had to start school with it on - that's another story for another time.

Since then the first time I got on a bike and rode around was on vacation with friends in Belize and now that I live back in NYC - yeah another story for another time. I bought a foldable Citizen Bike. It's a great bike although very heavy at 30 lbs so it's not as commuter friendly as I'd hoped but it's mine, it fits into my tiny NYC apartment and most importantly it's cute so between the bike, my new nutcase helmet XL to fit over these locs and a good bike route app I'm ready to go!