New York by bike: Safe, fun and so much better than the subway

You’re heading down Second Avenue. The famous skyscrapers above you. Up ahead, a motorist who might cut you off. You brake. You continue past the car turning left, through the sea of yellow taxis, the smell of pizza and coffee in the air and constant honking and sirens in your ear. This is what New York by bike feels like – at least in crowded Manhattan. And as stressful as it may sound, there is hardly a more spectacular way to explore the Big Apple. But New York’s not for bikes. Oh, really? A few years ago, that might have been true. In the early to mid 2000s, when you saw death-defying bicy…

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