New York City Event Guide

Bike Month NYC

Event Information

April 29 thru June 17 2006  8:00A

Where All throughout the City and surrounding areas

More information New York Bike Month

If you look closely at the underlying link in the "More information" line above, you'll notice that the site referred to is Bike Week New York. Yep, the program has dramatically expanded, with the main part occurring over a period of six weeks, many many more scattered through the fall. We're going to concentrate on the main six weeks

Main Events

Kicking off the celebration is Bike New York the great five-Boro Bike Tour from Battery Park City, up through the Bronx, back down through Queens and Brooklyn, over the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge to Staten Island. An exhilarating 42-mile ride on a great Spring day

The 4-day Bicycle Film Festival started what might have been a first for New York a few years ago--valet bicycle parking. You've gotta' love it

Rides & Races

During the spring and summer you can find a ride in or around New York City just about any day, any time

The Five Borough Bicycle Club sponsors the Montauk Century May 21st and a series of training rides leading up to it

Weekday Cyclists in NYC has regular Tuesday rides through Central Park and Thursday destination rides to points in and around the City with a couple of special rides thrown in for good measure. Gotham Bikes Wednesday night rides usually go to the George Washington Bridge, Central Park or Prospect Park; Thursday nights feature team rides around Central Park. The Staten Island Bicycling Association sponsors a regular series of training rides and off-island destination rides

Time's Up sponsors a number of rides, among them the Central Park Moonlight Ride on May 5th; Free Ride to First Saturday, May 6th; Prospect Park Moonlight Ride, May 13th; Cyclone Ride, May 19th; the Folds Up! Folding Bike Ride & Festival, May 20th; History, Mystery, Murder and Money Tour, May 21st; Riverside Ride, May 27th; and quite a few more

More rides and tours:

For speed and competition freaks:

The Kissena Cycling Club has a full schedule of events at the rejuvenated Kissena Velodrome starting May 3rd. If you need a twist in your ride, check out New York Adventure Racing Association's Urban Bike-O, kind of an information scavenger hunt through the City

The Arts & Such

You can't have any type of celebration in NYC without paying at least a bit of homage to the arts. Attend a workshop on May 16th with Bicycling Paintings Taliah Lempert and get insights on drawing the bicycle. On May 20th & 21st, Bike along the SONYA Studio Stroll and discover new artists south of the Navy Yard

Sponsored by the League of American Bicyclists, author David Herlihy signs copies of his new book Bicycle: The History at Coliseum Books Monday May 2nd

And, of course, don't miss out on the Bicycle Film Festival

Neat Stuff

It can't hurt to have an angel on your shoulder. Put in an order at April 22nd's Blessing of the Bikes at the Cathedral of St John the Divine

Meet a Beep! Transportation Alternatives gives riders the opportunity to have breakfast with Bronx BP Adolfo Carrion May 5th; after-work snacks with Queens Borough President Helen Marshall May 10th; breakfast again with Staten Island's James Molinaro, May 16th; an after-work knosh with Manhattan Beep Scott Stringer, May 19th; and breakfast with Brooklyn's own Marty Markowitz, May 25th

There's a heck of a lot more going on. Be sure to visit New York Bike Month for new listings and up to the minute news