Bicycle Habitat

Bicycle Habitat continues to support and advocate for its community and for cycling. Bike Summer 2003 was helped by a substantial grant from Bicycle Habitat; Glen Goldstein of the New York Bike Show credits Habitat with making the show a reality. Bicycle Habitat helped grow Recycle-A-Bicycle and supported Open Plans and Streetsblog in their infancy stages of advocacy and activism. Bicycle Habitat consulted with NYC over many years in planning the start of the 2012 bike share program. Nationally, as well: Bicycle Habitat has also been involved in the national campaigns to keep the US highway trust fund money available for bike and pedestrian facilities. Bicycle Habitat attends the annual Washington DC Bike Summit, a 3-day lobbying event where Charlie McCorkell and others meet with members of Congress to discuss health and cycling priorities. It is dedication and celebration of cycling such as this that has secured Bicycle Habitat's reputation as an award-winning bike shop. The store has been named top bike dealer by industry leaders such as BRAIN, Trek Bikes and Specialized Bicycles. New York Magazine, The Village Voice, Bicycling Magazine named Bicycle Habitat as best bike shop. Bicycle Habitat has also received great recognition from Zagat's, The New York Times , and several local media outlets as well as blogs.Bicycling Magazine recognized Hal Ruzal as a top wrench.