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Title: Short Bike Rides in and around New York City, 3rd by Phil Harrington ISBN: 0-7627-0333-4 Publisher: Globe Pequot Pr Pub. Date: 01 January, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Nice Guide--Better For Areas Outside of Manhattan
Comment: This book serves as a decent guide for cycling beyond theconfines of New York City. It is definitely geared towards the tourist or out-of-towner who is looking to tour certain areas of New York via a bicycle. However, as a longtime resident and cyclist of this fine city, I would hightly recommend AGAINST such an endeavor. As anyone who's at least visited New York City can tell you, traffic and other cyclists wait for no one, and pedestrians are even more of a hazard than anything on wheels. Pedaling slowly and taking the time to stop and view the sites is extremely dangerous.
All that aside, the detailed descriptions and historical explanations of what you encounter on these trails is very interesting. Listing the facilities that are available to the rider is a plus. After downing liters of water it's always good to know where that public restroom is! The maps are easy to read and the authors give you clear instructions of where and how to get to the trails, either by car or public transportation. I found that this guide serves better for the sections dealing with the counties and boroughs outside of Manhattan. Since there was so much great detail into the sights and surrounds along these rides, I wish that there had been just a bit more about biking the routes, not just the basic explanation of "hilly", etc. Overall this is a nice book to have for easy weekend rides.
Just as a little footnote. The authors say to ride on the right side with traffic. In New York City this is only partially usefull advice. While biking in NYC, yes, always ride with the traffic. If it's a two-way street, stay on the right. However, if it's a one-way, (which most of the streets and avenues are), stay on the left. The drivers see you better and you have less of a chance of getting "doored." Also, the bike lanes are always on the left... They have a link from their website that will lead you to some city-issued throughly detailed maps of New York City, complete with all the bike paths, all color coded so that you know which are bikes only, which are shared roadways, and which are shared but pecarious, etc. Plus the maps are free!
Rating: 5
Summary: Very thorough ride guide to the Big Apple and beyond
Comment: I've been a cyclist for more than 20 years and there are few ride guide for the New York Ciity that presents detailed routes as well as this book does. The authors are obviously seasoned veterans who have spent more than their fair time pedaling the NY-NJ-CT tri-state region. Maps are clear and the step-by-step "Directions at a Glance" make following the routes almost foolproof. This is a far better way of bringing the reader along for the ride than many other books on the subject.
Highly recommended!
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Title: Short Bike Rides on Long Island, 5th by Phillip Angelillo ISBN: 0762702087 Publisher: Globe Pequot Pr Pub. Date: 01 April, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Best Bike Rides New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania by Trudy Bell, Dale Lally ISBN: 0762704756 Publisher: Globe Pequot Pr Pub. Date: 01 August, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Ride Guide : Mountain Biking in the New York Metro Area by Joel D. Sendek ISBN: 093385515X Publisher: Anacus Pr Inc Pub. Date: 15 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: 25 Bicycle Tours in the Hudson Valley: Scenic Rides from Saratoga to Northern Westchester County (25 Bicycle Tours Guide) by Howard Stone ISBN: 0881503665 Publisher: Backcountry Pubns Pub. Date: January, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Paths Along the Hudson: A Guide to Walking and Biking by Jeffrey Perls ISBN: 0813526574 Publisher: Rutgers University Press Pub. Date: November, 1999 List Price(USD): $17.88 |
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