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Clockwise from top: Michele Hoo, dressed as Wonder Woman. Bikers cross under the elevated subway platform on Broadway. It rained the night before and riders had to deal with the effects of that rain. A cyclist from the Tour de Bronx rides along Palisades Avenue. Rhondon Charles, 36, stopped at the corner of West 230th street and Riverdale Avenue to fix his third flat of the day. Riders on 231st Street and Riverdale Avenue.
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