City Rides, Bike Trails & Weekend Getaways

Best Bike Rides

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Taste and wander your way by bike with Bikabout's collection of the best bike rides in North America. Use the search field below to find a bike route.

Weekend Getaway, New York Lani Tarozzi Weekend Getaway, New York Lani Tarozzi

Chelsea Art by Bike and Foot

NYC offers enough interesting things to do to keep you biking for years and it's also a surprisingly easy city to bike around with all the paths and separated bike lanes! If you've always wanted to see NYC by bike, here's your chance. Pack your bags for a weekend getaway! These two routes are a constellation of sites connecting art, architecture, food, drink & browsing found in the West Village, Chelsea and Downtown.

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Atlanta, City Tour Robyn Elliott Atlanta, City Tour Robyn Elliott

In and Around Beautiful Decatur

This scenic twenty mile loop features beautiful neighborhoods, a historic cemetery established in the 1830’s, a photogenic college campus, a pastoral horse farm, a nature preserve and city parks. Your stomach will delight that the route starts and ends in Decatur, the best food neighborhood in Atlanta.

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City Tour, Atlanta Ligaya Figueras City Tour, Atlanta Ligaya Figueras

Will Bike for Food in Atlanta

Atlanta's BeltLine trail and the food scene are a marriage made in heaven. Take a relaxed, 3+ mile tour of 3 foodie hotspots while taking in breathtaking murals along the trail. And if you need to work up an appetite between food stops, we've noted 2 parks and the Stone Mountain Trail to explore. The route is curated and inspired by "Will Bike for Food", an article published in the Atlanta-Journal Constitution written by its food and dining editor Ligaya Figueras.

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Madison, City Tour Nature Net Madison, City Tour Nature Net

An Aldo Leopold Day in Madison

Madison, Dane County, and South Central Wisconsin are home to a plethora of wonderful organizations helping to preserve the environment, get kids outside, and teach students and families about the world around us. Many of these low-cost or no-cost organizations are within biking distance, and Nature Net has put together a bike map to help you get around. What better way to explore these great spots than by biking with your family?

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City Tour, New York Papillionaire Bicycles City Tour, New York Papillionaire Bicycles

Australian Cafes in Brooklyn

Aussies love Brooklyn. And they love their coffee. Put two and two together and you get an up-and-coming Australian cafe scene in Brooklyn with some of the best lattes and flat whites this side of the Equator. An easy, fun way to go cafe hopping is to take your bike around the borough, stopping at great Australian cafes in Brooklyn along the way, each with its own character and loyal customer following.

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Madison, City Tour Evan Petkov Madison, City Tour Evan Petkov

Botany, Beer and Badgers by Bike

Get ready to visit the iconic places on Madison's Isthmus that make it a very special place. The city seduces you with green and blue spaces, premium craft beer at jaw dropping prices and Midwestern niceness. As you ride on the Capitol Square and University, we dare you to count the number of badgers you see including a famous one in the Capitol.

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City Tour, Portland Lucy Roberts City Tour, Portland Lucy Roberts

A Community Garden Tour of Northeast Portland

This theme is based off of a fundraising ride I am planning and executing for the non-profit, NE Portland based Urban Farm Collective. The Urban Farm Collective's (UFC) mission is to bring neighbors together to transform vacant lots into neighborhood food gardens for the purposes of education, community building and improving food security. People will get to explore community gardens...

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Chicago, City Tour Kaycee Militante Chicago, City Tour Kaycee Militante

Green Spaces in Chicago

Chicago's motto is "Urbs in Horto" and this ride will take you by a variety of parks and public spaces used for a variety of purposes.  Each space is great for people watching and most feature great juxtaposition of city and green space.  You'll see playgrounds and gardens, community dog parks, historic buildings, our new skate park, and awesome skyline views.  Stop anywhere along the way to explore, play, or observe, or complete the route in just about one hour.

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City Tour, Portland Sam Haffner City Tour, Portland Sam Haffner

Vistas, Parks & Neighborhoods of North Portland

This route is designed to give you a taste of Inner North Portland; one of three quadrants on Portland's east side. Along this route, you pass many vibrant commercial districts (Williams Ave, Mississippi Ave) city parks (Overlook Park, Peninsula Park) vistas (the Skidmore Bluffs) and historic residential neighborhoods (Overlook, King, Sabin).

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City Tour, Vancouver Jonathan Wolferstan City Tour, Vancouver Jonathan Wolferstan

Seawall & City, Art & Eatables in Vancouver

The gem of Vancouver’s public space, and our best recreational bike route by far, is the seawall. Construction around the Stanley Park portion began in 1917 and now at 22km provides a continuous public space separated from vehicle traffic along almost all of central Vancouver’s waterfront. It’s pretty impressive — so good one wonders if it’s the reason Vancouver doesn’t have a central plaza or any pedestrian streets, but that’s another matter. In recent years Vancouver has also made great strides in building 8 to 80 (safe for 8 to 80 year olds) accessible separated bicycle infrastructure throughout city streets. This tour aims to give a taste of the seawall and recent separate bike paths, along with a healthy dose of some of my favourite pieces of public art, cafés and watering holes. Oh, and there’s a first rate gelato shop and amazing Chinese garden.

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Minneapolis, City Tour Ben McCoy Minneapolis, City Tour Ben McCoy

Craft Beer Bike Ride, Minneapolis

A family friendly bike tour of the Minneapolis trails system that includes several craft breweries (with the option to add more), as well as a series of iconic Minneapolis landmarks along the Mississippi River – including Saint Anthony Main, the Stone Arch Bridge, the Mill City Museum, the Guthrie Theatre, and the University of Minnesota.

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City Tour, Madison Wisconsin School Garden Initiative City Tour, Madison Wisconsin School Garden Initiative

School Gardens of Madison

The Wisconsin School Garden Initiative encourages you to grab a camera and hop on your bike for this picturesque ride featuring youth gardens on Madison's north side.  In addition to being great scenery, youth gardens offer a host of benefits.  They provide access to fresh fruits and vegetables, create opportunities to be active outside, and introduce children to ecological principles.  This route highlights three youth gardens: Gompers Elementary, Lake View Elementary, and the Troy Kids' Garden that all combine produce, education, and fun!

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Boston, City Tour Megan Ramey Boston, City Tour Megan Ramey

Charles River City Views, City Tour

This bike route along the Charles River in Cambridge and Boston features 15 scenic miles and stops at our favorite bakery, a historic cemetery with a tower affording the best view of Boston, a river bike path, the USS Constitution, playgrounds galore, picnicking opportunities and our favorite places to grab a beer and a bite to eat.

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