The Best Bike Rides in and around NYC.
Brooklyn is the old country in so many ways. Not only does it seem to have been the first stop for millions of immigrants, and millions of immigrants still seem to land there first, but much of the borough’s past can still be seen. That’s part of the fun of bike routes in Brooklyn; so …
The Garden State is The Riding State New Jersey comes in for lots of derision from New Yorkers. But for city cyclists, it’s the sixth borough, thanks to much more hospitable riding environments than those in southern Westchester. New Jersey bike rides are a thing. Ambitious riders see the George Washington Bridge as the gateway …
Bike Riding to River Road & Nyack Riding in New York City is great. But getting over the George Washington Bridge to see what life looks like over on the west bank of the Hudson River is not only a rite of passage, but an adventure that helps complete the education of every city cyclist. …
I prefer loops to out-and-back rides. And the bigger the loop, the more distance I feel I’ve covered, the better. This ride creates a perimeter of what’s possible when riding from the Jersey side of the George Washington Bridge. At nearly 85 miles, it’s a long ride, and it creates an edge wherein once you …
Did you know you can ride your bicycle on the Bronx River Parkway? It’s been a tradition for 46 years. On most Sundays between the first Sunday in May to the last Sunday in September, a stretch of highway is closed from Tuckahoe to White Plains from 10am to 2pm. you can ride both north …
You’ve been to Piermont perhaps? But probably not this way. You might have gone to The Orchard, but probably not this way, and almost certainly not this way back. As fall arrives, try out some new roads. https://jralong.com/wheretobikenyc/product/nj13-jra-scenic-route-to-orchard-and-wormhole-back-copy/ https://jralong.com/wheretobikenyc/product/nj13-jra-scenic-route-to-orchard-and-wormhole-back/
I’ve been plying the roads in Northern New Jersey for years. I think it was a friend who started calling rides that totally avoided 9W and the regular haunts of NYC cyclists “wormholes.” I immediately liked it. For me, there are even sections of the rides that feel like wormholes within the ride. So, forthwith, …
Did you know you can ride your bicycle on the Bronx River Parkway? It’s been a tradition for 46 years. On most Sundays between the first Sunday in May to the last Sunday in September, a stretch of highway is closed from Tuckahoe to White Plains from 10am to 2pm. you can ride both north …
When the going is blazing, the smart get prepared.
About developing these rides… The saddest thing about preparing to master the roads and routes of Staten Island (to map the best bike rides on Staten Island) was how dedicated cyclists who lived in the borough told me the riding wasn’t good. I appreciated the honesty, noted the blasé humor as an affect of weary …
