Biking in NYC - George Washington Bridge, High Bridge, & The Bronx
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- čas přidán 8. 09. 2024
- This video shows my journey from Palisades Interstate Park in New Jersey across the Hudson River and the Harlem River, through Washington Heights and ending at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx.
I really enjoyed riding across both the George Washington Bridge and High Bridge and I would recommend visiting them if you get a chance.
I used my Contour Roam 2 camera to shoot the action footage and recorded the audio with my Panasonic voice recorder and earpiece microphone. I tracked the speed and heart rate using my Garmin eTrex 30 GPS, and wrote a basic program in Turing to refresh the numbers on the screen for displaying it.
New York City is a great bicycling city! I encourage you to explore the city on a bike if you ever visit.
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Thanks for watching!
5 years later, those pics of NY are still super relevant. Thanks for posting.
Thanks for watching! I just wish I could go back in time and give myself the 4K camera that I have now for these videos :P
Thoroughly enjoyed watching!! Thanks for sharing!!
thank you for showing me how i can spend my vacation in nyc
Doing this ride soon. Thanks for the preview.
Very nice !!!
Great video. I'm sure that your videos make viewers want to visit New York City---The Greatest City In The World.
I rode over a bridge last year and I still don't remember where I went...from the Bronx to Randall's Island. From Randall's Island I saw a bridge and kept on going. Oh the excitement I felt. Love this vid
There are many bridges which go to Randall's Island. I have fond memories of visiting that island on my bike.
Nicely Done! More videos, please.
I rollerblades over last week but the other direction. Great video
my old neighbrhoods
Awesome video! Gives a much better perspective than traveling through in a motor vehicle. I love the narrative too. Great job!
Great video! well done! Our bike club just returned from Toronto after a weekend trip to attend the Tour d Lle ... your home city is lovely as well.
Great video, very helpful. I will be staying in Union City, New Jersey and wanted to see visually how people crossed the Washington bridge by bike.Thank you!
Great video! I'm ashamed to say that I'm a New Yorker and I haven't done any of these things (except going to Yankees Stadium).
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Good video, I enjoyed it
Enjoyed the ride!
Thanks!
Originally the bridge was designed to have trains go across it. The lower deck was opened to the public on August 29, 1962. The lower level, nicknamed "Martha" after George's wife Martha Washington, increased the capacity of the bridge by 75 percent, and simultaneously made the George Washington Bridge the world's only 14-lane suspension bridge.
Great vid. thanks for posting.
You're so brave to ride you're bicycle all around in the street like that. I would be afraid to get run over by car, lol
Angela Wu not that bad
Angela Wu dont be a 🚼
Thanks for the first person view. Have been looking for an avenue to ride from New Jersey to NYC to do a biking tour of the sights. I've subscribed!
Great video. Look forward to others
It goes from 1st St to about 220th St then heads into the Marble Hill section of the Bronx .crossing Spuyten Duyvil...
Really enjoy these videos. Great narrating voice.
Really enjoyed the video CJ. Both the camera work and the audio were great. You really have mastered making biking videos and I am enjoy your NYC trip, thanks.
Fantastic Job on this vid. Really enjoyed watching it. Sometimes at night the tide from the Atlantic Ocean comes inland and raises the height of the lower Hudson causing some flooding over its banks.
Nice vid! Yes, Columbia University
i'm from Edgewater N.J. and go across the Bridge all the time the view is Beautiful Thanks
Awe you're very lucky! I have fond memories of crossing that bridge.
This is GREAT! You're so brave & must be in great shape because you're not even breathing hard in doing all that cycling, lol... Thanks for showing the bridge in the Bronx. I'm looking to buy an apartment in Highbridge so I'm glad to see this.
Another good video... You rock.... Too bad you can't make a living going around to different cities and doing "taking everyone on vacation videos". One more NYC video then it is back to "this is how I get to work videos". Either way keep them coming...
Thanks for the video! Did a few rides from midtown Manhattan to a deeper part of the Bronx these past few weeks! I have to get a better camera/mic combo since the recordings did not come out as good as yours...
Nice bike tour videos! I live in Inwood and cycle this area a lot, especially over the GWB to Fort Lee for Korean food. You might be interested to know that since you shot this, a new two-way protected bike lane was laid down on 170th Street (15:13 in your video), connecting this point to Highbridge Park.
Awesome. Thanks.
paulywolley check out my bike vlog
Hello from Russia Federation (Samara) We are kind of part of America now,so with the video clips like your ones - espasially when you do the talking that much.. Well the point is your video helps to learn inglish and thanks to you found some new words to remember. You are lucky one to drive Bronx where every corner is full of gungsters and had no problems with one of then _ the crime rate is still high there it is just less visiable. Try to ride there at night time you will find out for sure _ and why are you really luck? Any con who serve long stretch wright now behind bars in SUPERMAX would give anything just to face open summer day like you did. That is what i call real happyness - free ride with no care in the world _ by the way what do you do for a living to travel from Canada to NY? How much money do i have to save to do the same?
Great video. The GWB reminds me of the GGB in San Francisco. Did you ever experience any flat tires or other bicycle maintenance issues during your trip, cjhoyle, and if so what did you do? Thanks.
BikeBlogger No flat tires during this trip, but I did break my rear axle. Unfortunately this is a chromic problem I have with my green machine (and other bikes I've owned which I used for carrying lots of cargo). Thankfully the spot where I broke it was only a 30 minute walk from my hotel and it happened at a time when I wasn't in a hurry to get somewhere. Anticipating this might happen, I came prepared on my trip with a spare axle along with cone wrenches to install it.
cjhoyle Yikes, I hope you didn't get hurt. I remember you mentioned the same problem in your Feb 2015 video.
I watched. Them building the bridges of nyc. In the 1950s.
dude - awesome video - How did you get Mike Meyers to narrate this thing?
Is it bumpy on the bridge bike path
I don't think so, but keep in mind this video was filmed 5 years ago and the surface may have changed since I visited.
can i drive my scooter same path you took over the bridge? save some toll :)
I'm not sure what the laws are about electric scooters in NYC since I don't live there.
What other languages do you know
Am I the only one who saw the Statue of Liberty in the vid?
I hope not, considering I zoomed in on it and mentioned you can see it.
12:44 your BPM went up to 130 and you sounded really out of breath.
Just don't ride in the Bronx on an expensive bike.
Mike S Its fine to do when going through to university heights or fordham to inwood through the washington bridge and high bridge but be much more wary when going fr the south bronx like hunts point to west harlem. Just look like you belong, be confident, and pass through without much stopping in places like those.
I have never had a problem riding through the Bronx . I own a very expensive bike too. I think they are scared of my calves.
You could shoot (or to record) the Statue of Liberty from that bridge? ahahaha! You have a telescope, not a camera! Look like you din't notice that the G.W. bridge has 2 levels. You used the uper level (the only one for pedestrian or bike).
And it is true: it is not good idea ride on the Bronx. I live very close to the Yankee Stadium, and I can tell that it is a dangerous area. If you are going to do it again, do not come alone! Do it... Bring more than 2 riders/people with you! Because there are youg (and blc...) people very agresive on this area. They think that doing something wrong (like hurting you) is something funny! And it is not! A lot of police every corner, but still dangerous place. It is not so dangerous like before, like you said. But not a good area to live (in).
Congratulations my friend! You know how to enjoy the life!
See you! I'm going to ride (my bike) right now!
I totally disagree with above commentary on the Bronx, I am a single woman who has lived in the Bronx for almost 20 yrs and ride my bike everywhere! Just posted a couple videos of the ride across the High Bridge.
🍎 time 0:18 all three levels are clearly shown 📷 👀