Originally Posted by
sdesh
Hi
I have just registered in this forum and would highly appreciate some help. We are a group of 30 amateur cyclists from the United Kingdom and having had some experience in european rides in the last 3 years, we have finally mustered the courage to have a go at theNiagara Falls to New York route)
Just wondered if anyone can tell me about any bike rentals in new york city or in Toronto so that we can rent our bikes for this journey ( flight tickets proving too expensive with the 200$ at least surcharge for carrying bikes ).
Please help ....
Regards
Smita
I live very close to the Erie Canal path in Rochester; the canal is the typical way for bike tourists to ride from Buffalo/Niagara Falls to Albany.
Are you planning on riding the canal route? If so, being about three-quarters stone dust, either touring bikes or hybrids are highly recommended. People ride it with 28mm or smaller tires, but in my experience they generally don't enjoy it as much. :-)
The usual riding time for Buffalo to Albany is five days or so, and then presuming that you go from there to NY City figure in another three. There's really no possible way you can rent bikes for less than the airline fees for that length of time, plus you would need to deal with getting the bikes back to the starting point somehow.
As was mentioned above, Spinlister is a possibility, but not for 30 cyclists leaving from the same place. :-)