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I really enjoy riding in the city and the boroughs. In the good weather months I commute to work by bike. I live on Central Park West up at the north end of the park and I work on 34th, so I enter the park at 100th street and ride through it on my morning commute. It's really pleasant. I don't ride in the park going home. By the early evening the southern sections are crowded with all kinds of mixed use. It doesn't thin out until you reach the reservoir. There's a northbound bike lane on CPW so it's easier to go up that way.

For fun, and with friends I ride to places like City Island, Coney, Flushing Meadows, Staten Island, over the GWB to Jersey...and barely scratched the surface. The Hudson River Greenway runs the entire length of the west side on a mixed use path which is great, but the east side river paths are still not contiguous. I like to head over to Randall's Island, over the Triborough to Astoria, then over onto Roosevelt Island for a loop round that - great views of the city from there - then down to the Queensboro bridge to head back to Manhattan and up through the park to go home. Here's the route and some pics.

Next season I want to explore riding north through the Bronx and Yonkers, there's some really nice riding up there along the Sprain and Saw Mill that I haven't taken advantage of...yet!