The Best Bike Rides in and around NYC.
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. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Queens Rides Are Up. (If you want to skip the Queens love and get to the rides, scroll down) I’ve been riding through Queens for years. However, starting in Manhattan and crossing the Queensboro Bridge, it was hard to get beyond the idea that the borough is choked with cars driving too fast. One of …
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 …
