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An Expressway Speed Record

Dear Diary:

Overheard during the Five Boro Bike Tour on May 5, at about the 37-mile mark of the 40-mile ride, on the B.Q.E., heading toward the Verrazano Bridge, one bike rider to another:

“You know, I’ve driven on this road hundreds of times, but I think this is the fastest I’ve ever gone.”

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