Happy National Bike Month! This May, WE celebrate biking as transportation, as recreation, as essential to our well-being and everyday lives.
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ICYMI: WE have resumed group bike rides, with additional policies including limited group size, masking, and distancing. Our first group ride of the year was a spin around Randall’s Island. Above, you can see a snapshot from the ride!
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Here are some recent highlights from the Female Bike Forum on Facebook:
Where to go for a couple of days of mountain biking?
Ideas for a 3-4 day cycling trip
How are CitiBike docks planned and allocated?

 

This March marks the ninth anniversary of WE Bike NYC.
WE would like to give a special “thank you” to all our members new and old! Together, WE have sustained this community for almost a decade and helped create a supportive environment for women, female identifying, and gender nonconforming people to get where they want to go, on or off the bike.

Waiting for that last snow to finish melting? Check out some recent highlights from the Female Bike Forum on Facebook:

Is it safe to bike in below-freezing temperatures?
Recommendations: bikes for petite riders
What can individuals do to improve NYC’s bike infrastructure?

Warm winter greetings! WE hope your 2021 is going well, whether you’re taking this cold weather as a chance to relax indoors, breaking out the indoor trainer, or perfecting your winter gear setup outdoors.

ICYMI – Some recent highlights from the Female Bike Forum on Facebook:

Any in-person biking events happening these days?
Wearing a mirror on your helmet
Major cold-weather cycling inspiration from Michal

Happy new year! WE hope you found safe and creative ways to celebrate the winter holidays. Here’s to a 2021 filled with lovely bike rides and good company… virtual or otherwise!

Message from Allison: Hello from your new newsletter coordinator! I’m fairly new to WE Bike NYC, but I’m happy to be getting involved in this amazing community of female + non-gender-conforming cyclists. I look forward to meeting you at virtual events (and maybe even group rides) this year.

Stuck inside because of the cold? Cozy up with some hot chocolate and check out these conversations in the Female Bike Forum on Facebook:

Taking the lane: legality and advice
Thoughts on dual platform SPD pedals?
Glove/mitten recommendations for winter riding

WE are almost through 2020! This has been a doozy of a year, and WE hope you’ll join us for our Holiday Happy Hour this month to bid adieu to it.

Message from Maria: I’ve so enjoyed putting this newsletter together for you every month for the last few years. Alas, I’ve decided that the time has come to pass the baton, and Allison F. will be taking over the reigns in January. Thank you loyal readers and WE shall ride together soon!

In the meantime, don’t miss out on the conversations happening right now in the Female Bike Forum in Facebook:

Looking for GWB ped/bike lane updates
Bike light and reflective accessory recommendations?
ISO nighttime riding partner in Queens

WE’re looking for a Newsletter Coordinator
Do you like keeping tabs on what’s happening with #bikenyc AND are you interested in becoming more active with WE Bike? If so, then becoming our new Newsletter Coordinator may be just the volunteer job you’ve been looking for. You’ll be in charge of getting this very newsletter out at the beginning of each month, which takes about 1-2 hours. Email webikenyc@gmail.com if you’re interested in learning more about what this job entails. 

It’s a quiet month as WE coast into the end of 2020. Stay connected with WE Bike NYC by adding to conversations on the Female Bike Forum on Facebook, like these:

Suggestions for indoor bike trainers
Reccos for cute leggings/pants for biking in?
What do you wish you knew when you first started biking?

And don’t forget to vote today!

Somehow it’s already October?! Biking in NYC in fall is a treat – just don’t forget your bike lights, as it’s getting darker earlier and earlier. Share photos of your autumn bike adventures in the Female Bike Forum on Facebook, and add to some of the lively conversations while you’re there…like these:
Wanna try bike racing?
Bike mirror recommendations needed.
Anyone biked the Palisades?

Join WE Bike NYC for Cycle September! More info below.

WE can’t wait to ride together again —  but in the meantime, share photos of your socially-distanced bike adventures and chime in on discussions in the Female Bike Forum on Facebook, like these:
Help! I keep getting flat tires!
Suggestions for moderate bike rides from UES
What do you keep in your bag to refresh after your bike commute?

WE hope you have been enjoying your summer safely with socially distant trips to the beach and exploration of the city’s Open Streets — the stretches of roadway that have been “opened” by restricting access to vehicle traffic (map). 

Transportation Alternatives recently published a report on the success (or shortcomings) of the Mayor’s #OpenStreets initiative, which you can read here.

WE can’t wait to ride together again but, in the meantime, join us for our monthly (virtual) happy hour and chime in on discussions in the Female Bike Forum on Facebook, like these:
Best route to Jacob Riis Park
My fingertips get tingly on long rides. Why?
Suggestions for safe bike parking in Midtown