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About Bowery Lane Bicycles

Old Map of Manhattan The Bowery is one of the oldest thoroughfares in New York City and in turn the country. Before the Dutch it was a Native American footpath. It later became a connection between the city and the farmland to the north. Its first residents were freed slaves. In its long and diverse history it has gone from the most elegant shopping and dining area to a dangerous neighborhood full of brothels and beer gardens; home to some of the toughest gangs of New York. These days the Bowery is going through a revival of sorts but continues to retain, for now, some of the grittiness that makes it a symbolic New York artery with deep roots to its past.

Founded in Manhattan in 2008, Bowery Lane Bicycles is committed to making affordable bikes in America that meet the actual day to day needs of urban cyclists. We actively support urban cycling advocacy and the goal of reclaiming city streets for safe and sustainable transportation.

Made in New York

The fact is that 98% of the bikes in the US are not made here. We are a part of the 2%. Our bicycles are welded, painted, assembled, packed and shipped all in Brooklyn, NY. No big assembly lines, no mass production, no robots. Human hands. American Hands. All of the bikes are made with pride by a family owned and operated company that has been making bicycles.