The Best Bike Rides in and around NYC.
Now that the Mario Cuomo Tappan Zee Bridge bike path is open, more folks seem interested in riding up the west bank of the Hudson to Nyack, crossing the bridge and exploring Westchester. But then they are stuck; no idea where to go. I can help with that. I’ve been exploring Westchester for years. I’ve …
Los Bronx (Best Bike Rides in the Borough) To skip The Bronx love and get to the rides, scroll down. The only borough attached to the United States mainland*, The Bronx, to an outsider coming from Manhattan on a bicycle, feels like a giant transition zone to the world beyond the city. It’s a simplistic …
I have set up this site to give people the opportunity to download rides onto their bike computers or mobile devices. It’s a pretty cool system I think and provides great riding. The fly in the ointment, the grit in the chain, is Paypal. I needed to upgrade my account because, well, because PayPal doesn’t …
Download Bike Rides. You can purchase the rides here: https://jralong.com/wheretobikenyc/shop/ But first, you need a bit of knowledge. Let me explain… As much as I love paper, getting a ride on your phone or bike computer makes loads of sense. You’re probably carrying it already, it has mapping capabilities, it can tell you where to …
FREE NYC BIKE MAP When I first started working with the publisher on Where To Bike New York City, I asked him if he was familiar with the New York City bike map, which I thought to be pretty good. He replied he had, and it was one of the best, if not the best …
from Sam Roberts: His “Where to Bike New York City” (BA Press, $29.95), the latest in a series of site-specific guidebooks, includes 58 recommended rides accompanied by maps, terrain guides and practical advice, along with safety tips for navigating city traffic. “Most of my city rides were rides to places, not rides where the …
