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Your Favorite Bike Blogs

By Seth @ nyc bike maps • Sep 25th, 2008

A few of our favorite blogs on bikes and/or bicycling in New York City…
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please share yours in the comments



Summer Streets Photo Gallery

By Seth @ nyc bike maps • Aug 31st, 2008

Photos taken during the Summer Streets events.
Three Saturdays in August, New York City had a 6.9 mile car-free path leading from the Brooklyn Bridge in Lower Manhattan to the East 72nd Street entrance of Central Park. The street closures occured from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. on three consecutive Saturdays in August, the 9th, 16th [...]



Car-Free Summer Streets in August

By Seth @ nyc bike maps • Aug 1st, 2008

For three Saturdays in August, New York City will have a 6.9 mile car-free path leading from the Brooklyn Bridge in Lower Manhattan to the East 72nd Street entrance of Central Park. The street closures will occur from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. on three consecutive Saturdays in August, the 9th, 16th and 23rd. [...]



NYC Century Bike Tour - September 7th, 2008

By Seth @ nyc bike maps • Aug 1st, 2008

The NYC Century offers five route options (ranging from 15 to 100 miles) to provide all cyclists a great way to see New York City and explore some of the City’s best greenways and parks.
NYC Century starts
view NYC Century 100 Mile Route Map

Choose your distance, Ride your Pace
15 mile: Lead by T.A. Marshals, this [...]



14th Annual Tour de Bronx - October 19, 2008

By Seth @ nyc bike maps • Jul 20th, 2008

The Tour de Bronx gives riders the choice between a 25 mile and 40 mile route (and the choice of several starting locations and options to extend the ride). Since the Tour de Bronx offers cyclists of all skill levels a great ride it is no surprise that it is New York [...]



New York Bike Share Project 2008

By Seth @ nyc bike maps • Jul 10th, 2008

July 10–14: Free Bikes
The NYC DOT continues to impress announcing that it will experiment with a bike share program to “create a network of publicly accessible bicycles at minimal cost, and could provide an important transportation link at transit hubs and commercial and social areas”.
More info at NYbikeshare.orgMore info at NY Bike Share .org [...]



Bike the New York City Waterfalls

By Seth @ nyc bike maps • Jun 26th, 2008

New York City will be home to four man-made waterfalls in the East River and New York Harbor thanks to artist Olaf Eliasson’s “New York City Waterfalls” project. The temporary art installation will be place from June 26th to October 13th, 2008. The DOT has put out a great map for cyclists [...]



Countdown to the 2008 Tour de France

By Seth @ nyc bike maps • Jun 23rd, 2008

While the Tour de France has little to do with bicycling in New York City, it certainly inspires many riders to hit the streets of New York every July and to get you excited for the upcoming Tour here is map of the route, plus a list of the 30 most defining moments of the [...]



Ride the City: Bicycle Routing for NYC

By Seth @ nyc bike maps • Jun 10th, 2008

Ride the City is a new NYC bike routing site that allows you to enter two addresses and it will provide the best route to take by bicycle. Kind of like if NYC Bike Maps merged with Mapquest. Check it out at www.RideTheCity.com



4th Annual Tour de Brooklyn - May 25th, 2008

By Seth @ nyc bike maps • May 25th, 2008

The Tour de Brooklyn is a leisurely paced, 18-mile bike tour along a relatively flat route that starts May 25, 2008 at 9:00am.
Registration is free and required. [there's a 2000 person limit on the ride]
Day-of Event Registration will be available at New Dock St. and Water St. in Dumbo from 8-9 am on Sunday, [...]