Tenth Tour of the Fireflies

I joined the tenth tour of the fireflies this morning for what is probably the fourth time in my life. The tour is an annual 50 km bike ride around the cities of Manila in celebration of earth day and they encourage participants to come in costumes while riding their bikes. I see the same people who wear wacky costumes every year and I'm pretty sure the best costume award just rotates around the dozen or so cooky people. There were more than 5,000 riders on this year's tour and whenever i join the tour there's always a pattern to the crowd of bikers. The front of the peloton is where all the cooky people are... they set the pace of the tour to make sure that even the kids could finish it. So when u start seeing fairies and a whole living room set on wheels, you know you're in the front. The middle part is where the "regular" people are... but there's still a few cookies in there like a tandem bike riding couple (WTF?!? seriously?) but this is where i like to be. The last part of the peloton is reserved for the hardcore these are the riders with the expensive/ multi shock/ fat tired/ downhill or cross country mountain bikes that usually get to pedal fast due to their distance to the front of the pack, (normally coz they waited long at the numerous stops along the way) So if you're ever in Manila around earth day and you ride a bike, join the rest of us make a BIIIIGGGG traffic jam where all the cars run idle and emit greenhouse gases in celebration of earth day! And remember to choose your crowd in the peloton, the cookies, the regs, and the hippies. Happy earth day!