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Although the idea of riding through crowded New York City streets may seem intimidating, New York is actually a very bike friendly city. Bicycling Magazine recently rated New York as the 3rd best city (with a population over 1 million) for biking in the country. Biking is a fun, eco-friendly, efficient and healthy way to get around. Below are some resources that can help make for a fun and safe ride.
Bike New York
Bike New York promotes biking and bike safety through education, events, and partnerships with community and governments.
How Bicycles Work
From the How Stuff Works website, information on the mechanics of bicycles.
League of American Bicyclists
The advocacy group offers tips and techniques for bicycle maintenance and safe riding.
MapMyRide
MapMyRide allows users to create their own biking maps, share them with the online community, and search for routes that others have created. Distance and elevation can automatically be determined. There are over 100 user generated maps for Brooklyn bike rides alone.
NYC Bike Maps
Borough by borough maps of bike paths, bike lanes, and greenways, facilitated by Google Maps technology.
NYC Department of Transportation's Bicyclists page
Information on bicycling in New York city. Includes information on helmet giveaways and free bicycle racks, bike maps, as well as tips, rules and regulations.
Recycle-a-Bicycle
Recycle-a-Bicycle is "an innovative, fun youth training and environmental education initiative that has taken root in New York City public schools and respected after-school youth programs." In addition to selling used bikes, this organization trains youth on how to repair bicycles, in the process providing valuable mechanical skills and work experience.
Transportation Alternatives: cycling resources
Transportation Alternatives is a nonprofit whose mission is to "reclaim New York City's streets from the automobile, and to advocate for bicycling, walking and public transit as the best transportation alternatives." Their website contains a page of .pdf bicycling maps (and ordering information) as well as a list of cycling resources.
Backroad bicycling in the Hudson Valley and Catskills
Peter Kick & Dori O'Connell
A guidebook to scenic upstate rides, for mountain and road bikes.
Bike repair manual
Chris Sidwells
A basic but useful bicycle repair and maintenance guide.
Kids' easy bike care : tune-ups, tools & quick fixes
Steve Cole
A child's guide to maintaining a bicycle in good operating condition including step-by-step tune-up instructions, a before-every-ride safety checklist, preparing an emergency kit, and making simple roadside repairs.
Mountain bike maintenance : the illustrated manual
Mel Allwood
A guide to mountain bike repair and maintenance.
The Bicycling guide to complete bicycle maintenance & repair : for road & mountain bikes
Todd Downs
Written for school age audiences, this handbook describes basic maintenance and repair of road and mountain bikes.
Zinn & the art of road bike maintenance
Lennard Zinn
A guidebook to maintenance and simple repair of road bicycles. Features detailed illustrations and charts.
The 1st move toward easier, faster, & safer riding is knowing how the parts of your bike work together. This video gives an overview of bicycle form & function by showing the assembly of a modern bike piece-by-piece. Also shows how to install, adjust and care for your mountain bike.
The 1st move toward easier, faster, & safer riding is knowing how the parts of your bike work together. This video gives an overview of bicycle form & function by showing the assembly of a modern bike piece-by-piece. Also shows how to install, adjust and care for your mountain bike.
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