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Dear Diary:

As I turned the corner of 45th Street and Third Avenue, I noticed a woman of about 60 in a jogging suit pedaling a Citi Bike in a stationary position. She was going at a good rate.

A few passers-by looked and laughed, and one person commented to her that she obviously found a new use for those bikes.

The “biker” responded, “Laugh if you want, but I never have to pay for a spin class again.”

The woman in a jogging suit was pedaling backwards.

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