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Old 03-22-09 | 10:29 PM
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Originally Posted by crhilton
Bianchi makes a single speed cross bike. For Manhattan (I've never been there) I'd think a single speed would be the right bike. Isn't it pretty flat and very very dense?
It's mostly flat except for the hills and valley. Northern Manhattan actually is hilly. So is the Bronx which is part of NYC and Yonkers which adjoins the Bronx. Brooklyn's Prospect Park is up a hill from the water's edge, and Staten Island has a bunch of hills. Queens is kinda flat though.
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