Originally Posted by
Deaver
Don, although I don’t live or work in Philadelphia and rarely ride there, I will make an attempt to answer some of your questions
1) Can’t help you with rental (I am a Suburbanite)
2) I have ridden in the city and would guess its like most NE city’s. There can be KnucleHeads anywhere
3) Can’t help you with Crime Statistics but I, as a rule don’t let my Bike out of my site anywhere and always keep it locked accordingly.
4) There is a Great paved Trail that runs from City Center and Goes to a Place called Valley Forge. It is called the Schuylkill River Trail and follows the River. Some guy named George camped out in Valley Forge with a bunch of his Pals in the Winter of 1777-1778. J The Trails goes beyond Valley Forge several more miles.
5) I am not sure that there is an easy or direct route into the city via bike from the Airport as the Airport in SE of City Center. The Train System allows bikes on them and you can take the Train from The Airport into Town.
Not much help and Maybe someone more familiar will post up. Here are some links that you may find useful.
Train Info: http://www.septa.org/policy/bike.html
Bike Maps: http://www.bicyclecoalition.org/resources/maps
Gen Info: http://www.bicyclecoalition.org/
SRT Info: http://www.schuylkillrivertrail.com/
I appreciate the response. I looked at the address of our hotel -- Marriot @ 8900 Bertram -- on Google Earth and that is a boulevard with bike lanes. I figure one way or another I can get somewhere from there.
Very interested in the Schuylkill trail. I will have to learn how to ride somewhere without much in the way of hills, perhaps?
I think in any city you need to lock up your bike.
Perhaps if you are riding sometime from 8-15 to 8-17 you can drop me a message.
THANKS! Don