Central Park Bike Tours

A través de NYPass tomé este tour para visitar el Central Park con un extra. Se puede reservar con anticipación por su pagina web, pero en el caso de tener el NYPass, hay que ir directamente el día que se quiere tomar el tour, unos 15 minutos antes.
Atención: si bien tienen múltiples horarios, suelen suspender o reducir las opciones según el día. Yo quise tomar el de las 10 am y tuve que esperar hasta las 11 am porque ese día no hacían el primer horario.
El tour incluye la bicicleta, el casco y el guía. Si necesitan un canasto sale 1 dólar más. Además hay un seguro por robo o daño y una máquina expendedora de agua, por si son olvidadizos como yo y no cargaron agua antes de salir.
El tour dura unas 2 horas, aunque, a no asustarse, incluye los tiempos parados para sacar fotos y pasear. Con la bici se da vuelta a casi todo el parque con seis paradas, las más representativas para mí la del puente, la de Strawberry Fields y la del anfiteatro. El guía que me tocó hablaba inglés pero con mucho acento, y a diferencia de otros tours, no usan un micrófono, con lo que si no estás bien cerca del guía, perdés muchos de los comentarios. Una pena.
Fue una linda forma de conocer algo de la historia del Central Park, sobre todo estando sola, y de hacer algo de ejercicio.

Convenient location, bikes in good repair. We did not use a groupon or discount, but 2 hours for $ 20 seemed fair. We added bike baskets for our handbags and coats. I would have given 5 stars but they did not have straps or bungie cords available to hold everything in the basket. No straps or elastic on the rack/​shelf on the top of the back wheel. This is pretty standard at other bike rental places near Central Park. My light down coat and handbag kept bouncing up from the basket. Next time, I will choose a bike rental with this feature.

Family ride through the park was a lot of run!
The price on Groupon is excellent. The cashiers and staff are helpful and fun.
There were great options and fun choices for your ride or tour. I’ll try a tandem bike next time.

Good tour guide Brian. We enjoyed our tour and tipped him. However, when checking in today at 9am the staff/​girls seemed more interested in the music/​dance and fake fun than helping customers on time. My 9yo son needed a helmet but no one to help or help fit it! If it wasn’t for the bad checkin I would’ve given a higher rating.

One of my places to go to on my Summer Bucket list is biking in NYC. I ended up finding an awesome deal on groupon for all day biking is $ 20 instead of the regular price of $ 40 ! Not only did I spend less but I was able to get an extra 20% because groupon has a coupon code. The day before going I called to reserve a time to get the bikes (groupon deal suggest you do so) .
On the day of my friend and I were able to pick up the bikes easily. The cost of the bikes comes with a helmet and a lock. I thought the basket would’ve been included but it wasn’t $ 1 extra not bad). My friend and I had the bikes from 11:30 to 8 pm. We went all over Manhattan and down to Brooklyn Bridge Park. We had such a fun time .
When we came to drop off our bikes the lady behind the desk gave us a 50% off coupon on our next visit! Definitely can’t wait to go back !

Great tour and wonderful bike ride. We came from LA and got to tour with a German guide and Canadian and Belgium tour mates. What a Cosmo experience! The guide was very knowledgeable and conscientious about all riders. We will do it again next time we’re back.

Great groupon deal that we ended up using.
My only complaint was that the bikes were for tall people.

Awesome, easy and fast. Got in and out of there in 3 minutes. Friendly (for NYC standards) and bike was great. Got an awesome Groupon $ 8 for 2 hours, which is more than enough time. Right next to Central Park, very convenient.

Good bikes, but service is OK. I feel like they’re tired of dealing with people. Lady at register offered basket, insurance, locker, and map, but not helmet. Guys giving us the bikes didn’t even look us in the face.

My girlfriend and I visited NYC during a 4 day vacation this spring. We decided to take a 2 hour bike tour of central park. It was a post card perfect day in NY, with perfect weather. The park was mobbed with visitors. While the store was extremely crowded that day, the check in process was painless. The bikes were of high quality and overall I heard of no problems with the bikes. When the tour started, however, it was clear that communication between our tour guide Stan and the customers would be a problem. The only amplification was a tiny amplified speaker that was only audible within 5 – 10 feet of the tour guide’s bike. This meant that at least half of the group could not hear Stan’s narrative. This was too bad as Stan is a very knowledgeable guy who obviously takes great pride in the park and his city. Stan did explained that Bluetooth technology would enable all of us the hear him, but the city prohibits bikers from wearing amplifying headsets. Another solution needs to be explored.
Another problem was that despite the tour being a bike tour, we spent too much time walking our bikes (some of this couldn’t be helped due to park regulations restricting riding on pedestrian walkways, which made sense). However, I was peeved by the fact that very early in the tour, after explaining the Poet’s walk, Stan took way too much time offering to take pictures of the group, thus wasting valuable riding and touring time. I found this incredibly frustrating. While the tour did get to many interesting and scenic sites, I can’t recommend this tour. Next time, my girlfriend and I will rent the bikes, get a good quality map, and explore on our own.

Representative wasn’t the friendliest but was efficient. No locks. $ 2 Insurance. We booked for three hours. That gave us plenty of time to explore Central Park with some rest in between as we have a kiddo.

Fun tour for the family.
Got some info on the building and design of the park. They should spend a little more time on this.
Fun to see some of the spots where movies were filmed.
Interesting to learn a little about the architecture of some the the buildings surrounding CP. They should have spent a little more time on this.
We did make a few stops. One stop was a little to long and because of that we did not get to see one area that we had requested to see. If you go let your guide know areas you want to see.
Our bikes were all in good shape and helmets were required.

A bit unorganized when we arrived at the store location, so leave extra time. Helmets are required. We had a great guide who waited for us even though we were separated from the group numerous times. The guide was VERY knowledgeable. I recommend.

Great staff — «Stan» — was especially helpful). We used tne New York Pass, which we also totally recommend.
My experience was excellent, but in reading a few other reviews, apparently that’s not the case for everyone.
Their location to Central Park is about as close as you can get, which is nice.
Plus, their rental bikes have low gears, which helps for getting up the hills of Central Park (yes — surpised — Central Park DOES have hills).

I think the only way to go with these folks is to buy your tickets ahead of time. They are nice, but short staffed. Our tour was for 15 people and we had 24 on the tour! Why does that matter? Central Park is frickin crowded and having to keep up with 24 is much different than keeping up with 15. The tour is basic, but fun and the best of all was Brian the tour guide. Pleasant, knowledgeable and doing the best he can with what he was given — lots of different types of people, going at very different paces. It worked for us.

Who are all these needy people expecting hugs and kisses? Yes, they do not let you use their bathroom. But then a lot of places in New York don’t seem to have them. Go figure. So try the Starbucks on 58^th down the street past 7^th. We went into La Parisian Restaurant (a diner) south on 7^th then used their bathroom and ordered lunch after the ride.
We got there for the 10 am ride on Sunday and we’re the only ones. So we got a personal tour with our own tour guide. Bikes were comfortable but did not have bottle holders. Bring your own water. Brian, our tour guide, obviously enjoyed his job. Our tour was a 6 mile ride along some gentle pathways.
All in all it was a very enjoyable 2 hour ride through Central Park. Very low impact and perfect for kids. There is even a stop midway through at the historic bathroom facility.

We have the New York City pass and today we showed up 18 min. after they opened. Since they do not take reservation we arrived only to find that the tour for NCP was sold out. 18 minutes and there was no one in sight but the employees.
So we were offered the three hour bike rental program. Map of the park was minimal. The employees were inverted and only doing there job. They were not friendly from the start. Since we could not take the tour we rented there bikes and found the bikes to be basic bikes. The employees didn’t offer help or explain how the bikes worked or if we had any questions.
We managed to do our bike ride around the park and found that three hours was a short amount of time to bike the large park.
When we returned we were greeted by the employee who took our bikes from us out side. I asked him a few questions about where to go and he said I don’t know? (du I only work here) We joined the line and got checked in by a woman behind the counter. She took our receipt and said thank you. First time someone from this company said something nice.
Since I had been on the road with the bike for three hours I needed to «P». I asked one employee where the restrooms were. He said, «in the back!» I walked to the back and was greeted by a male employee, age about 25 – 30, black hair, who informed me that there was no public restrooms. I said, «I am not looking for PUBLIC but I am a customer who would like to use the restroom.» He informed me that under NO surcumstantions was I going to use his restroom even if I was a customer or NOT.
My wife was going to buy a item from their store and I would not let her do so. Customer service like this is not a PLACE i will ever come to again. I would not recommend this un-​friendly employee company. Stay away and if you do go there don’t plan on using the restroom when YOU ARE A CUSTOMER OR NOT!!!

I go to NYC annually. I take the Central Park Bike Tour annually. This was my second time with Marcie and she ROCKED THIS TOUR! My sweetheart was wildly impressed with her delivery, wealth of knowledge and presentation. My cc company made our reservation and they didn’t have us down, they took care of us and we got almost a private tour with Marcie and one other tourist. My point is she was always amazing but this time she knocked it out of the park. I love this company and I love how she impressed my somewhat particular boyfriend. THANK U MARCIE!!!

We arrived a little late for the guided tour so we lined up to rent a bike. We were worried that there were only 9 or 10 bikes, and a lot of people in line. Then we saw a staff member bring out more bikes. I have no idea where they kept coming from — but they have plenty! You need an ID to rent a bike. No big deal right? Unless you are me and your ID slips off of your clipboard — and through the grate in the sidewalk down in to the abyss. Talk about a way to instantly feel sick. «How are you going to get through airport security tomorrow» my husband shrieked. Panic. I asked the female staff member what to do (of course she had no idea either!) We got out of line and I started making calls. TSA lady assured me between my sobs that I would be able to get through security by showing my credit cards, extra paperwork, and a pat down.
After we calmed down a bit, we went back to rent the bikes. No line outside now, went inside. The staff lady was very compassionate and recommended that I complete a police report just in case. She gave us a couple of cold bottles of water for the trouble and we were on our way. The bikes were in good shape, we didn’t have any problems. We returned the bikes and she was very kind again.
Long story short — I made it home after the TSA agent made me cry. I went to DMV where they likely didn’t believe my story but issued my replacement license. Then today, 3 weeks later I’ve got something in the mail. Wrapped in a brochure from Central Park Bike Tours — my ID! I have no idea how it was retrieved, but I want to say thank you so much! It is such a relief to know that my identity is safe (well as safe as it can be). I thought of writing a personal letter, but I thought a raving review for all the world to see would be more helpful. Thank you so much!
Now the warning — hold tight to your ID!

Decided to do a quick bike ride in Central Park since it is included in the New York Pass. No problems with the bikes here. Their store is located about one block away from the park entrance. Wasn’t exactly easy to find. Would have been supreme if not for the location. Just remember to look for Swim Bike Run shop. The rental process is quick and easy. Not a whole lot to choose from but the bikes seem to be well maintained.
Biking in Central Park is fun. Try it if you haven’t done so already.

I actually came here responding to a Craigslist ad for a bike sale. CPBT apparently buy new (Trek) bikes every year and sell them when the season is over as they are rented out for people going to tours and whatnot.
The bike itself was a Trek 7100 — had a suspension seat and front shocks like I wanted, but of course after a few months of many rentals it’s got a bit of wear. They gave me a 15″ one right after it was returned which I ended up purchasign as it was a fair price at $ 160. $ 440 is retail. Throw in $ 100 bucks for a tune up, new handlebar grips/​pedals/​etc. and it’s good as new.
My only gripe was how much the owner seriously tries to rush business and while it was cool that I got a receipt for my purchase (as opposed to buying a used bike from any other person on CL), the model on the receipt was wrong — not as if I would be able to get a refund anyways.