Comments on: Concierge? I’d Like a Bike, Please http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/22/concierge-id-like-a-bike-please/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:07:22 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: ANIS http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/22/concierge-id-like-a-bike-please/comment-page-1/#comment-53294 ANIS Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:55:27 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/22/concierge-id-like-a-bike-please/#comment-53294 WHERE CAN I RENT THE BUGABIKE FOR MY CHILDRENS ??? WHERE CAN I RENT THE BUGABIKE FOR MY CHILDRENS ???

]]> By: Stacy http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/22/concierge-id-like-a-bike-please/comment-page-1/#comment-49160 Stacy Sun, 27 Apr 2008 04:15:11 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/22/concierge-id-like-a-bike-please/#comment-49160 How about some hotels with bicycle parking/storage for touring guests who have brought their own bicycles? How about some hotels with bicycle parking/storage for touring guests who have brought their own bicycles?

]]> By: willis http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/22/concierge-id-like-a-bike-please/comment-page-1/#comment-49157 willis Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:00:22 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/22/concierge-id-like-a-bike-please/#comment-49157 The Tribeca Grand Hotel also offers bike rentals for guests (without a Puma endorsement). My mother stayed there last summer and we took two cruisers out for an afternoon. http://www.tribecagrand.com/services/services.htm The Tribeca Grand Hotel also offers bike rentals for guests (without a Puma endorsement). My mother stayed there last summer and we took two cruisers out for an afternoon.
http://www.tribecagrand.com/services/services.htm

]]> By: da http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/22/concierge-id-like-a-bike-please/comment-page-1/#comment-48885 da Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:57:37 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/22/concierge-id-like-a-bike-please/#comment-48885 A couple of years ago my Swedish cousin visited town with her fiance (or was it her husband?) and stayed at the Soho Grand, and I met them for a bike tour of NYC. I was going to rent bikes for them but it turned out the hotel offers these heavy-duty military/police bikes for use by guests... the bikes are made in Sweden! A couple of years ago my Swedish cousin visited town with her fiance (or was it her husband?) and stayed at the Soho Grand, and I met them for a bike tour of NYC. I was going to rent bikes for them but it turned out the hotel offers these heavy-duty military/police bikes for use by guests... the bikes are made in Sweden!

]]> By: BicyclesOnly http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/22/concierge-id-like-a-bike-please/comment-page-1/#comment-48881 BicyclesOnly Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:21:06 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/22/concierge-id-like-a-bike-please/#comment-48881 On a related note, this "residence hotel" keeps bikes right out front: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bicyclesonly/2404809665/ I had assumed these bikes belonged to a family that lived there, but after this story I'm wondering if these are kept for the general use of residents. Note the two adult and two child bikes. On a related note, this "residence hotel" keeps bikes right out front:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bicyclesonly/2404809665/

I had assumed these bikes belonged to a family that lived there, but after this story I'm wondering if these are kept for the general use of residents. Note the two adult and two child bikes.

]]> By: galvo http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/22/concierge-id-like-a-bike-please/comment-page-1/#comment-48856 galvo Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:19:34 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/22/concierge-id-like-a-bike-please/#comment-48856 This is good, i would hope that if the guest demands exceed the two bike supply the hotel will work to accomadate by getting more bikes. Hopefully this will start a trend as a value added service for the hotels. i am not sure where all the w hotels are, but this could also work as a bike share for the hotels if they got onboard. Take a bike from a Union Square W drop it off at the W nearest your destination, so no worries and hassles with locking it up. Call the hotel when finished and see if bike is still available and go back to pick it up, or have the hotel deliver it to you. I am not sure what price the W charges a night, but IMO it would not cost a lot to provide this service. pedicabs could be outfitted as bike delivery services for the hotels. People need to boycott gas when feasible. Manhattan is one of the ideal places for travelers to initiate a gas boycott. To convert the unconverted this could be spun and marketed into a trendy and cool act for high profile guest visiting nyc. This would be much better trend than the rayban aviator glasses and ugg boots. This is good, i would hope that if the guest demands exceed the two bike supply the hotel will work to accomadate by getting more bikes. Hopefully this will start a trend as a value added service for the hotels. i am not sure where all the w hotels are, but this could also work as a bike share for the hotels if they got onboard. Take a bike from a Union Square W drop it off at the W nearest your destination, so no worries and hassles with locking it up. Call the hotel when finished and see if bike is still available and go back to pick it up, or have the hotel deliver it to you. I am not sure what price the W charges a night, but IMO it would not cost a lot to provide this service. pedicabs could be outfitted as bike delivery services for the hotels.
People need to boycott gas when feasible. Manhattan is one of the ideal places for travelers to initiate a gas boycott.
To convert the unconverted this could be
spun and marketed into a trendy and cool act for high profile guest visiting nyc.
This would be much better trend than the rayban aviator glasses and ugg boots.

]]> By: Barry http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/22/concierge-id-like-a-bike-please/comment-page-1/#comment-48852 Barry Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:32:22 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/22/concierge-id-like-a-bike-please/#comment-48852 Bike riding is catching on even up here in Westchester. We have added bike routes and many bike trails here. Bike riding is catching on even up here in Westchester. We have added bike routes and many bike trails here.

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