If you are hesitant about taking off on solo bike trips, riding in a group or in a tour is a great way to build your confidence and learn from more experienced cyclists. Below are links to various bike groups and tours that will allow you to see parts of the city and area that you might not explore on your own.

Cycling Groups: New York City

NYC Cycling -- Recreational and Racing




• Five Borough Bicycle Club Large recreational touring club
  
  
• Times Up! Regular schedule of rides and actions including Critical Mass and the Central Park Moonlight Ride
  
  
• The Weekday Cyclists Want to ride during the week? Trudy can help you out!
  
  
• NYCC -- New York Cycle Club
  
  
Large recreational touring club


• Staten Island Bicycling Assoc Recreational touring club
  
  
• Fast and Fabulous Gay and Lesbian Bicycle Club
  
  
• Brooklyn Velo Club "Team Pavillion" Racing Club in Brooklyn
  
  
• Kissena Cycling Club Home Page Racing Club
  
  
• Sierra Club Outings Bike, hike, canoe, camping etc. Most accessible by public transportation.
  
  
• New York Bike Messenger Association
  
  

NYC Cycling -- Events and Rides




• NYC Century Bike Tour T.A.'s own fundraiser
  
  
• Tour de Brooklyn T.A.'s free ride around Brooklyn
  
  
• Tour de Bronx T.A.'s free ride around the Bronx
  
  
• Bike New York! The Great Five-Borough Bike Tour
  
  
• Tour de Cure Diabetes Fundraiser
  
  
• Montauk Century Five Borough Bike Club
  
  
• MS Bike Tour Multiple Sclerosis Fundraiser
  
  
• New York to the Hamptons Challenge Fundraiser to fight AIDS and bias crimes
  
  
• Escape from New York Century Sponsored by NYCC
  
  
• Tour de Bronx Sponsored by T.A.
  
  
• Bike the Beach Fairfield, CT
  
  
• Cyclotour Bicycling Events Lists bicycling events throughout New York State
  
  
• Hazon's New York Jewish Environmental Bike Ride Open to riders of any religious background
  
  
• Team in TrainingOffers training in how to ride a Century
  
  
• Bicycle Film Festival Bicycle-themed films from around the world
  
  
• Golden Apple 2006 Bike RideWestchester Cycle Club
  
  

NYC Cycling -- Lists of Links




• Active.com List of clubs in NYC, or anywhere
  
  
• Toga Bike Shop list of Local Cycling Clubs
  
  
• Other Bicycle Clubs and Organizations
  
  
• Local Cycling Clubs
  
  
• Yahoo! -- Sports and Recreation:Cycling New York cycling links
  
  

Cycling Groups: Tri-State (NY, CT, NJ)

Recreational Clubs




• Bicycle Long Island Web site for all the Long Island bike clubs including Paumanok, CLIMB, LIBC, SBRA, HBC, MPBC, etc.
  
  
• Bicycle Touring Club of North Jersey
  
  
• Bike Long Island
  
  
• East End Cycling Team (Long Island)
  
  
• Hudson Valley Velo Club Home Page
  
  
• Orange County Bicycle Club Serving New York and New Jersey
  
  
• CONNECTICUT BICYCLE COALITION, Inc.
  
  
• CNY DIRT - Protecting Montain Bike Trails in Central New York
  
  
• Massapequa Park (Long Island) Bicycle Club Web
  
  
• Sleepy Hollow Bicycle Club Home Page Hudson Valley, NY
  
  
• Cornell Cycling Home Page
  
  
• Bicycling in NJ and Vicinity Links to a lot of local clubs
  
  
• Bike Around Long Island
  
  
• Westchester Cycle Club. Organizes rides and bike events in Westchester and Connecticut.
  
  

Cycling: Other

• www.ebikes.org New York's "electronic bicycling community"
  
  
• www.biketv.org Coverage of area bicycling events. Now showing in Brooklyn and Manhattan.
  
  
• New York City DOT Bike Maps Online Downloadable in PDF format
  
  
• NYC DOT Bike Information Do's and Don'ts of safe bicycling
  
  
• Badger Bicycle Tips: Safety, riding techniques, bike maintenance, etc etc. Based in Wisconsin.
  
  
• The Bike Show
  
  
Regularly scheduled local television program showing in Manhattan and Brooklyn


• Bike411.com Local Cycling News & Information for the tri-state area
  
  
• IceBike: Home of the Winter Cyclist and other crazy people Web site and mailing list for those who brave ice and snow and cycle for transportation, recreation, or competition in winter.
  
  
• BikeHighway.com Includes a national listing of bike events
  
  
• Biking Trails in New Jersey
  
  

A much larger list of cycling and other alternative transportation links is available here. Inclusion on this list does not imply an endorsement by T.A.; most links are by reciprocal agreement. If you would like to suggest further sites, send e-mail to us. Members are encouraged to send us their URL's, if they are on-topic.