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Best Bike Rides Manhattan

Manhattan Rides Are Up

Best Bike Rides Manhattan While New York might have the most diverse population of any city in the world (Queens is actually the most diverse borough), it is not immune to the lures of provincialism. As Manhattan is my home province, I hope my location hasn’t clouded my judgment. It’s a great place to ride. …

Riding South on River Road, Fort Lee, NJ

Northern NJ Rides Are Up to be downloaded

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 …

Just Riding Along (JRA) Badge

Just put up two of my favorite Jersey Wormholes

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, …

Bronx River Parkway Map 1922

Ride to and on The Bronx River Parkway

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 …

Fort Wadsworth embankment. Staten Island, NY

Staten Island Rides Are Up

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 …

Download a Ride. Or Two. Or All.

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 …