Any New York Rivendellish shops?

[Manuel Acosta]

Planning on heading to New York with the lady friend for spring break. Like any good couple we already picked a day "to ourselves" where we get to see the beauty of New York without each other. (It's a interesting relationship I know but hey it works for us.) My general belief is that the best way to see a traffic ridden city is via bike. Not so sure if I want to bring my own bike to New York or if I want to rent one there. Anyone recommend any good bike shops to rent/see/visit/gawk at in the Big Apple? Better yet anyone free to take a spin while I'm there?

-Manny 

[Peter Morgano]

Alas NYC has three kinds of shops. The hipster-tastic in Williamsburg, the touristy rent you a Giant Cruiser bike in Manhattan and the Hammerhead shops in the outerboroughs where HGH fueled muscleheads hang out and talk about how many frames they broke going down a hill really fast. I am sure someone else on here has more positive things to say but I learned to do all my own wrenching after having no luck with any shop in NYC.   I can recommend Waterfront Bikes on the West Side Highway for rentals though, then you can hit the bike path there and see the beautiful people, if you like that sort of thing.

On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 3:32 PM, Manuel Acosta <manueljo...@hotmail.com> wrote:

Planning on heading to New York with the lady friend for spring break. Like any good couple we already picked a day "to ourselves" where we get to see the beauty of New York without each other. (It's a interesting relationship I know but hey it works for us.) My general belief is that the best way to see a traffic ridden city is via bike. Not so sure if I want to bring my own bike to New York or if I want to rent one there. Anyone recommend any good bike shops to rent/see/visit/gawk at in the Big Apple? Better yet anyone free to take a spin while I'm there?

-Manny 

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[Chris]

Try Hudson Urban Bicycles in the West Village.  Definitely not the typical road-bike-centric shops you see mostly in the city.  I can check out the rental selection sometime for you if you are interested.

Bike Works at the Lower East Side is my go-to LBS.  It's a small shop, but you can see Surly, Soma and Nitto stuff.  The owner Dave is a very reputable wheel builder.  One worker there actually rides a RB-2.  I'm not sure if they rent out any bikes though.

What's your size, btw?

Chris

On Tuesday, April 10, 2012 3:32:48 PM UTC-4, Manuel Acosta wrote:

Planning on heading to New York with the lady friend for spring break. Like any good couple we already picked a day "to ourselves" where we get to see the beauty of New York without each other. (It's a interesting relationship I know but hey it works for us.) My general belief is that the best way to see a traffic ridden city is via bike. Not so sure if I want to bring my own bike to New York or if I want to rent one there. Anyone recommend any good bike shops to rent/see/visit/gawk at in the Big Apple? Better yet anyone free to take a spin while I'm there?

-Manny 

[kolbyt]

Bespoke Bicycles in Fort Greene

On Tuesday, April 10, 2012 3:32:48 PM UTC-4, Manuel Acosta wrote:

[Lee Chae]

Hi Manny. I rented some bikes from a shop down near the West Village
(http://www.bikeshopny.com/) and rode up along the Hudson River
Greenway and into Central Park. We had a lot of fun. The shop is not
very Rivendellish, but it's a nice starting and end point for a big
loop of the city.

Here are some pics:
http://tinyurl.com/79c3zsd

Best,
Lee
SF, CA

[grant]

Adeline Adeline?
Seen it from the outside...it was closed.

Might be....toooo Rivish. Worth look, tho.

On Apr 10, 3:32 pm, Manuel Acosta <manueljohnaco...@hotmail.com>
wrote:

[Chris]

I bought a toddler helmet for my son at Adeline.  It's set up more like a fashion/clothing store (which is the owner's background) than a bike shop.  Super comfortable to browse in there.  It lacks the technical inclination of a Rivish shop, though.  Accessories offerings include quite a few baby seats, Brooks accessories and baskets.  Bikes are mostly Linus and Pashley.  

It's somewhat out of the way for out-of-town visitors though.  You can make a stop there after touring Wall St and 9/11 Memorial, I suppose.

[sjauch]

NYC Velo in the East Village is a great shop. They have lots of cool
frames hanging up.

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