Women's Cycling NYC

Our last Sunset Joyride with to Roosevelt Island started from Chelsea, and though midtown traffic put a wrinkle in getting to the lighthouse in time for sunset, we made a full circle to see the ruins of the small pox memorial hospital at night.

Did you have a favorite sunset joyride from this year? Do you have suggestions for good sunset destinations to navigate to next year? Put them in the comments 📝

The best part of waking up for Rise and Shine in Prospect Park Laps with at 7 in the morning is that it’s the coolest time of the day during this week’s return to sweltering temps!

Today’s riding duo were introduced to the benefits of drafting and rotating pace line and quickly caught on to these important group riding skills for our intermediate riders.

For inquiring minds:
15.5 mph average pace

Powered by key lime pie, we pedaled with purpose to catch the sunset views from the Brooklyn Heights Promenade. ‘s carefully crafted route then squeezed a bit more sightseeing in as the sun set behind the Manhattan skyline.

Want to join in the fun? Register for the next sunset joyride to Roosevelt Island this Thursday 9/7 by going to the link below

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/707181497897

Thanks to for capturing our group photo at the start of ‘s sunset joyride along a mostly bike route to get to for some yummy 🥧 before they closed at 7pm! More photos of our second destination in the next post!

has also planned the next Sunset Joyride for 9/7! We set off from Chelsea to Roosevelt Island.

See link below to register

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sunset-joyrides-with-caro-roosevelt-island-tickets-707181497897

This Thursday’s Sunset Joyride with starts from Prospect Heights with the goal of making it to before they close at 7pm and takes the waterfront way back to the store with a photo op stop to catch views from the Brooklyn Heights promenade 🙂

see link below to register

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sunset-joyrides-with-caro-red-hook-tickets-707178448777

last Thursday led a sunset joyride from Park Slope to views of the Verrazano bridge along the Brooklyn waterfront!

We are open to all people and all bikes on this particular sunset joyride series and start each one from one of Bicycle Habitat’s store locations to be sure you can get your bikes checked and buy any necessary last minute supplies (helmet, lights, bell,etc) to safely join our rides which may involve riding at night.

Follow us on Eventbrite to get automatic updates on when and where the next rides will take place!

https://www.eventbrite.com/o/67219303273

Today’s Rise and Shine riders brought the early bird game with ride leader , starting with:

-a warm up lap
-2 rotating pace line laps (as seen in pictures 2-3), working on smooth movements and regrouping at the top of the hill each time
-finishing with a cool down lap

Average speed : 17.1mph

Next Wednesday 8/16 join Caro for her newest option - intermediate pace laps (14-16mph)! See link below to register.

After leading several weeks of beginner-intermediate laps this season, Caro’s seen great progress amongst our participants and this was proposed as a way to bridge the gap between our beg-int and int-adv pace offerings and challenge folks in a welcoming atmosphere 🙂

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/686721712127

Update: due to rain, we’ve rescheduled for 8/17, stay safe 8/10!

Join us next Thursday 8/17 for Sunset Joyrides with Caro : Verrazzano Bridge Views, start/finish at Bicycle Habitat Park Slope. 6:15pm meetup, 6:30 roll out. See the link below to register on Eventbrite.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sunset-joyrides-with-caro-verrazzano-bridge-views-tickets-692705098597

Thanks to our trio of riders who attended the Rise and Shine laps in Prospect Park yesterday at beginner-intermediate pace (12-14mph), led by Maria Carolina Mardones to whom we warmly wish a happy belated birthday from this past Monday 🥳

Next Wednesday 8/9’s Rise and Shine laps will jump up in speed with Star who will go at the intermediate- advanced pace (16-19mph, depending on the group)

Then in two weeks 8/16 Caro returns with a new offering at intermediate pace (14-16mph) to cater to those who have attended previous weeks as beginners but are looking to push things to the next level.

See our link below to register for these next sessions on Eventbrite!

https://linktr.ee/womenscyclingnyc

What a way to start a Wednesday with perfect attendance for today’s Rise and Shine laps with ! Next week 8/2 will also be beginner-intermediate pace, then in two weeks we’re introducing an intermediate pace ride (14-16mph) on 8/16

We’re excited to announce the next Sunset Joyride with Maria Carolina Mardones on Thursday 7/27 starting from Chelsea and rolling to destinations like Pier 57, Little Island, and Battery Park along the way.

See link below to register.

All bikes and folks welcome on this social paced ride, taking as many bike lanes and greenways as possible, but keeping in mind we are riding in traffic.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sunset-joyrides-with-caro-little-island-and-battery-park-tickets-682367207687