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This past Saturday, our Summer Streets ride!

anita — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 18:14:37 +0000

We rode out to Summer Streets this past Saturday from Grand Army Plaza to 72nd St and Central Park. From there we ended the ride at 70th St and Riverside at the Pier Cafe. It was fun to meet so many new faces on this ride and for some folks it was their first bike ride into Manhattan.

Summer Streets is a great introduction to cycling in the city because for 5 miles or so, some of Manhattan’s busiest streets are closed to motor vehicle traffic. We took the Brooklyn Bridge over which connects right to the route. The bridge was the busiest I’ve seen in my 6+ years in NYC! If you missed this ride, you still have one Saturday left. It’s one of my favorite summer events and I highly recommend checking it out. Our route is below.

Thanks to Gudphoto for group portrait! You can find him in front of Bike Habitat again this coming Saturday for your very own bike portrait.

post ride beers and fries

Check our Flickr set for more photos from this ride.

Our route from Brooklyn to Manhattan Summer Streets. Click for map.

Gears & Grub Ride Recap!

anita — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:58:42 +0000

Sunny 60 degree weather in October spent on a bicycle with a group of friendly people had to have been the best way to end a season of rides here on Brooklyn by Bike!

Our Gears & Grub ride with VendrTV hit famed street food spots in Brooklyn from Sunset Park Chinatown to the Red Hook ball fields and the Brooklyn Flea.

[For more photos from the ride check out Flickr. Were you on the ride? Add you photos to our Flickr pool or to our Facebook event page! Map is below.]

Thanks to everyone who came out! I had a blast. We’ll do it again next season (unless I get that winter ride together)!

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Come Ride With Us to Coney Island

anita — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:08:27 +0000

Grab a bike. Grab some friends. Let’s go to Coney Island! Join us for our first inaugural Brooklyn by Bike ride this Sun April 5th at 12 noon. Meet under the Grand Army Plaza arch. This is a casual ride and great opportunity to meet like-minded bike loving folks. The ride to Coney is about 14 mi round trip on a mostly flat terrain. Bring lots of water and a helmet and we’ll see you soon!

It’s free but we are asking for a 5 buck donation to keep the site running and we’ll take anything.

Click here to RSVP for Sun April 5th at noon. [If you are looking to participate in the opening of the Cyclone and other assorted Coney events, this is the trip for you.].