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Show - Sunday, May 28, 2000. THE DAILY HERALD, (www.HMkTheHereld.com). Provo. Uu Big Apple by bike the west side. Get onto Riverside Drive at 72nd Street, take that up to 165th St., and go up the hill to Fort Washington Street. You'll see a lot of bikes at this turn and most are heading to the bike path across the By SAM BOYLE Associated Press Writer - NEW YORK Next to walking,' the best way to really see New York City is on two wheels. If you've already shopped Fifth Avenue, checked out Rockefeller Center and seen George Washington Bridge. the new Times Square, You might want to ride think about boarding a bicy- across and check out the cle to visit other parts of view along the Palisades. town. . If you want to keep the Also, if you get bored ride urban, go past the With Dig BUlIdingS and " r.n-cWnahincrW RmVW dodging traffic, you can ride to Fort Tyron Park, ride a few leisurely miles in arounc and 8tart heading Central Park or take off south, eastward as drifting the across George you through Harlem and hard-to-fin- d r has SSs rewards. through the Lower East Side, Soho, and into the deserted financial district to Battery Park, where you have a good view of the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. Then turn north and head through Tribeca, Greenwich Village and way across the 6treet from City Hall. The view of the New York harbor is supurb from the bridge. Once in Brooklyn, head over to Prospect Park. A lap there, a trip back across the bridge, a turn down to the Battery, a ride back up along the West Side, and you've covered a lot of ground. From Prospect Park you can also keep on going e padt.MJjteJiMioklyn-Bridgfi- , rain. Serious cyclists also might want to check out some of the major bike events in and around the-cit- Downtown, you can spin where you enter the walk- leisurely miles in Central Park or take off across the Georpe Washington Bridge and head north into country terrain. seaside' section and cross back to Queens, heading north and then West to take the 59th Street Bridge back into Manhattan. This is a great ride, but a serious down the one. You'll want to map it through Mid wood section to Coney out carefully. Web sites like Mapquest" Island and ride, along the" can help you map a route. boardwalk. An even more ambitious If you get worn out, you trip is to take Flatbush can always take a subway Avenue across Brooklyn to back. So bring a subway the Rockaways. From there map as well a street map you can drive through this with you if are heading out Chelsea back to midtown. This is a good way to take in a lot of the city, get a sense of its history and architecture and how blend neighborhoods together. Give yourself some time to stop and look around. Another good ride is a lap around Central Park before heading south- 20-mil- Page ES - exploring. Suburban transportation systems are not as and without a pass you can't bring a bike onto a train, for instance. If you ride for exercise, or are traveling for fun, pedaling around New York City will give you a good way to take in a lot of the variety the city has to offer. bike-friendl- y On the Net: http;wwiabik:neivyork.ori; y. Each May there's the Five Boro Bike Tour starting at Battery Park,, the southern tip of Manhattan, and going up the island over to the Bronx, down HIT A I S7 and Queens over and the Brooklyn, into Verrazano Bridge Staten Island. In 42 mostly flat miles with about 30,000 through tlfs& fellow cyclists, you can see city streets and parks through a variety of neighborhoods, with streets and bridges closed to other trafficComing up on June 10 is the New York to the Hamptons challenge, a 100-mil- e 0FFTHEPC0URTT00. ride' to Long Island to benefit AIDS research. Then there's the Escape from New York winds that Century through the city on Sept. 23. If you just want to set out on your own to explore the city, there's lots to see in the Big Apple7 But be warned: City traffic can be hazardous to your health. Visitors staying in a hotel can walk up the east side of Central Park and just north of 72nd Street there is a place to rent bikes. (The park is closed to cars on weekends and holidays and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 7 p.m to 10 p.m. on weekdays.) By far the best time to see the city on a bike is on the weekend, since the traffic is light. Any direction is the right one. 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