New York In May

lthough a famous song celebrates the Autumnenjoying the cycling and the New York’s
weather in NY, with its colourful foliage and brightcar-free streets.
light, nevertheless, it may be a little further ahead.The Tour is closed by a tour-ending festival with
Let’s say springtime is your chosen periodlive music, entertainment, food and exhibitions.
Nothing better mate!!There is a website which will provide you with all
The energy and the atmosphere you will breathinformation you might need. Bikenewyork.org.
have really little to compare to other places NYCThey say in New York you will spend a fortune. I
will surprise you for the strong wind coming fromsay it’s not completely true! It depends of
north or from the Ocean and channelled along itscourse on what you desire and won’t you
avenues. A relief for pollution. In fact, youcan’t miss but if a breakfast at
won’t really feel pollution and traffic smog,Tiffany’s windows can make your trip,
for these reasons.you’ll see it’s not that expensive.
Not to mention Central Park, the green lungs ofFirst, don’t miss Starbucks, ( you
the city where you can stroll along its leafywon’t as they are everywhere) where a
boulevards, paddle in ponds, jogging or skatinggood breakfast or a break will cost you 3-5
around or even taking a horse-ride lesson Indollars. And secondly, for a stuffing break at lunch
terms of healthy and sporty activities, you wouldyou can either decide to enter a supermarket and
be happy to know that the city of New York hasmake yourself a couple of sandwiches or try an
a major event to feature in May. On the firstAsian ( Thai preferably) deli. You won’t
week and precisely on May 4th, be ready withbelieve how tasty and still genuine can be a soup,
your own or rented bike for the BIKE NEWrise with salted veggies, boiled eggs with chicken
YORK event that takes place every year for annuggets! Please avoid Mc’s and Co. if you
annual marathon. It is the largest mass cyclingcare about your health! With around 6-10 dollars
event in the USA organized with the aim toyou will be very satisfied!
promote and encourage bicycling and bicycleIn terms of accommodation, there are some
safety. The tour route runs for 42miles, throughoptions you can consider. Let’s say you
the five boroughs of New York City and crosseshostels are the cheapest lodging you can find and
over major bridges and under several others,there are a bunch in NYC. For a taste of
including the famous Brooklyn Bridge !Brooklyn, a lively and characteristic neighbourhood
It’s a perfect occasion to take greatrecently revitalized by artists, international
pictures of the city itself invaded by bikers of anystudents, art galleries and libraries, just passed the
kind. And, of course, expect to see any kind ofbridge, we recommend the Lafayette Youth
extravagant means of transportation on 2 wheels!hostel just 1/2 block from the subway station
It takes off from Battery Parking and travelswhich takes you directly into Manhattan! They
through Manhattan, Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn andoffer clean and comfy dorms and private
Staten Island. Before returning to Manhattan, itaccommodation. They also offer the opportunity
crosses the Verrazano Bridge, the word’sto stay for long and have cheap monthly rates. In
longest suspension bridge, so long that theManhattan, there are a few hostels offering quite
curvature of the earth surface had to be a factorreasonable prices for a private double and with
into its design.fantastic location on the West upper Side, behind
For sure The Bike New York is the uniquethe Central Park. Try the West Side Inn, The
occasion to ride through it, because normally itWest End Studios, the Columbus Studios, or the
isn’t allowed to cyclists. From 1977 theContinental Hostel.
BIKE NEW YORK has grown every year andAnd once booked, enjoy this fantastic Metropolis.
today it brings together more than 30.000 riders