r/NYCbike

Even the pier by the intrepid is closed off. I can understand they want to avoid issues with pedestrians and crowds but cyclists have as much right to enjoy the waterside events as anyone. They aren't even letting us walk the bikes into the pier area near the Intrepid.

Edit to add: I don’t know how far north it goes but it was closed on the southern half of Manhattan as they try to control crowds. The pedestrian areas are seemingly closed to joggers and strollers so the bike lane itself is very crowded.

I was just hit at 145th and St. Nicholas as I was in a left turn lane. Started turning left and an e-scooter doing mach 12 into oncoming traffic BEHIND me hit me in the back and knocked me off my bike. He looked at me as I stood up and just kept going. It really is time for some sort of city-wide crackdown on reckless e-scooter driving. What can we do?

hi! every shop i’m calling says if i drop off my bike sunday i can’t get it back til like thurs-fri for a tune up… any recs for a reliable place that might have a faster turnaround/same-day service?? willing to literally go anywhere in nyc, i have a race coming up and don’t want to lose out on training time

i need a tune up, my back brake bled, and have my tires swapped + switch to a tubeless set up

help 🙏🏼 pls

I’m currently on a fixie and use it to go on longer rides 25-40miles a few times a week. I have a bike bag that holds my phone that I use Google Maps for navigation and Strava to track everything else. Everywhere else I see posts about how great bike computers are but they all seem to be great for long rides but are they any good for navigating the city day to day and re-routing if I go down the wrong street?

I understand the battery issues with having my phone always on, and risking the actual camera on my phone but I’ve been doing this for years and while it’s been working fine (aside from draining my battery early on in the day) does the computer do just as good a job as Google Maps?

Please share bike computer recs or things I should look out for too if you’re reading this!

The woman on the Citi bike who stopped asked my name and if I needed an ambulance.

The guy who picked up my phone and wallet, the guy who picked up my bike, the guy who put antibiotic ointment on my cuts.

Thank you all so much, don't know if you will see this but faith in humanity leveled up. I'm so greatful, no one stole my stuff.

40 years of riding a bike and it's the worst injury I've had I'm pretty lucky. Writing this from the ER, I think it's a dislocated shoulder.

Recap: after the UN building going up first ave there's a raised part of the bike lane, didn't see it at all, went up onto the curb, hit the metal fence on the left and then slammed into the ground on my right. Left TNSR early becuse I wasn't feeling great and was solo.

Diagnosis: clavicle AC separation, and two fractured ribs, and to think I was going to walk it off at first 😂

I am going to stay in NYC for a week. I ride a bicycle in my city in a daily basis, so quite used to heavy traffic.

I want something slightly more agile than a Citi Bike. I was planning on getting a second-hand single gear to use during my 9 day stay in the city, and probably sell it again (most likely for less than I paid for). I wonder if there are any shops in town I can try to get a deal like that, or at least somewhere willing to buy the bike before I go back to Brazil.

Any ideas?