i'm michelle charlesworth. >> i'm rob nelson. welcome back to the show. happening right now, more than they just took off. >> eyewitness news reporter, kristin thorne is right in the middle of it in tribeca as the riders take off on the 40-mile five boro bike tour. >> reporter: good morning to you. we're going to me right now. all right. here we are. so we are here at the starting line. everyone just took off some 32,000 people expected. and you know what, the organizer of bike new york tells me they do think they're going to have a lot of people here despite the rain. you can see it is not keeping people away. they have their ponchos, that's what they're called, right. yes, their ponchos on, and they're just going to do it because they're here and they planned to do it, so that's what they're going to do. i actually spoke to some people earlier this morning who were here from as far as pennsylvania and ohio. we do want to show you a map of where this bike route will be taking them because it is important if you're heading out are going to be going on the

. >>> this is new york's number one news, channel 7 eyewitness news, with michelle charlesworth and rob nelson, and amy freeze with the exclusive accuweather forecast. now, eyewitness news this morning. >>> good morning, 6:00 a.m., happening today, 32,000 cyclists get ready to roll out. 40 miles of city streets will be shut down to traffic for the annual five boro bike tour. what you need to know to get around your boro this morning. >>> with that, i have two more words to say, obama out.