r/phillycycling

This is bad for pedestrian safety, right?

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i'm against flock, but this seems to basically end things like speed cameras?

Lived in Spring Garden and Nolibs area for years, but now I have moved and I have no idea where the safe bike routes are. Does anyone have recs? Thanks

Hi, moving to Florida for work and I have decided it’s time for my Giant mountain bike to find a new home. It has used maybe twice in the last 4 years (but maintained). I used to have a community of people to ride with in the suburbs and that just hasn’t been the case in recent years.

I really do not know the first thing about how to appropriately price the bike to sell it on Craigslist/not really interested in meeting up with strangers in a random parking lot.

Any advice on resources or bike shops in the city that may help is buying/selling used bikes?

Thanks in advance!

*shocked this post would incite negative feedback. I understand a shop isn’t going to sell it FOR me. I was thinking/ asking if consignment is an option that anyone is aware of.

*also very open to donating to a youth club if anyone knows of such a program. It’s a small frame.

As of 10am today, it’s car free. See link to city announcement for more details

New to city biking and trying to figure out a structured, not-so-busy/hectic route from South Kenzo to Strawberry Mansion. Construction on Cecil plus being super unfamiliar with how busy the Strawberry Mansion part is on bike has me redrawing that route for now. Thinking of just taking it easy by going across on Spring Garden, then following Penn Ave to turn up 29th until I get to Cecil. Just trying to get there today and build some confidence.

So far I’ve mostly been on Spring Garden and along the SRT for weekend fun with friends. But this is a commute I’m gonna have to make pretty often, so any help or input is appreciated.

Wednesday May 20th at 6:45pm. Northside of City Hall.

Slow 8 mile ride to the art museum. Ride is silent. Helmets required.

Rain or shine.

Hello! Looking for any recommendations for where I could find a used bike for my partner who wants to join on some longer trail rides/gravel rides, but is not so into cycling that she wants to get a new bike due to cost. She's about 5'1", so on the smaller side, so we're looking for a shop that would have a variety of options. Will try to check out Neighborhood Bike Works, as i've seen it mentioned a lot, but the hours for their shop don't always work of us since we work like an hour outside the city and they're not open on weekends.

Thanks in advance!

I know what I said

I’ve been getting on longer rides this season (valley forge and beyond). In the past I could usually bank on at least one porta potty between manayunk (I’ll usually stop in Cadence) and VF. Last couple rides there hasn’t been any.

I don’t bring along a lock for my long rides so can’t really stop in town and go anywhere with my bike. Is there any public, bike friendly places I should consider? I’m sure some of yall send it on the side of the trail but it’s pretty active when I’m out there and I’m not trying to flash anyone.

I’m planning a ride out to valley forge, and curious if there are any convenient spots that people recommend that don’t take me too far off the trail.

Hi, I currently have a really old Fuji absolute bike. I just got a new job in the city, which means I can now commute by bike (3 miles each way). I really want to treat myself to a nice bike and I was thinking a urban hybrid bike (Trek, Cannondale Q3 or a dutch style hybrid bike. I would love recs because I want to pick the right bike for me. I noticed most stores do not carry both the cannondale and the Trek. Any suggestions?

https://phila.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=8029006&GUID=CE66787D-5BD4-467C-8259-4E1CCF17F7C6&Options=ID%7CText%7C&Search=260526&FullText=1

https://phila.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=8029005&GUID=FFCC6498-7653-4584-BD70-7DFA04B35722&Options=ID%7CText%7C&Search=260525

This can only go poorly. The things people complain about (sidewalk riding, riding upstream, etc.) are already illegal. As many delivery riders are Latino and African immigrants. ICE would have a heyday with such a database.

A friend and I want to do an easy cycling trip, like, 40 miles or so on a Saturday and less than that on a Sunday. We are happy to drive a couple of hours in any direction from Philly to get started and we would want an air bnb or a motel for the overnight Saturday. Neither of us has ever done any long bike rides—I bike commute daily with a kid on the back, but that’s just a few miles. So if 40 mi in a day is too ambitious, I’m open to hearing that!
Ideally this would be on paved trails and relatively flat, with nature around us. Any ideas? I looked at the east coast greenway but it seems as if a lot of it is on-road near Philly, and I don’t know where it gets pretty.
Thank you.

It’s been SO busy the last few evenings with a few groups of 50 or more people walking and taking up the whole trail. I try yelling “passing on left!” and other similar phrases with no success. I’m newer to cycling and not sure of the etiquette to navigate this. How do you handle this? Do I just need to suck it up? Thanks for any advice.