Today is May 1st and the beginning of Bike Month.
Check out this spread I did for Time Out NYC.
Some suggestions on bike shops and places to eat and drink as well.
Also in this weeks issue online, four suggested bike routes.
from the editor,
“The next few pages feature four tours of New York, offering terrific views, with a few rough patches for fun. We also cover bike shops and community rides, like the Five Boro. Our goal is to celebrate the city as a bikeable landscape. See you there—and bring your helmets.”
Michael Freidson
Editor, Time Out New York
Check it out here.
Also some suggestions on where to get cheap bikes in NYC:
Cheap bikes!!!
The two-wheeler is already a waist-friendly alternative to that monthly MetroCard. Find out where to get great rides that won’t slim down your wallet as well. (We looked for places with models under $200.)
By Flannery Hill
Read more HERE.
Time out seems to be embracing what we’ve known all along…BIKES RULE!
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did you mean to say 8th avenue is like a bike superhighway? the 6th avenue bike lane ends at 42nd street. the 8th avenue bike lane is protected until 23rd, and ends at 57th street – how is 6th avenue better for riding?