Take a bike!

Updated On: 14 September, 2020 10:17 AM IST | Mumbai | Shunashir Sen

Bicycle sales have shown an increase during the lockdown. We have you covered if youd like to buy, rent or customise a set of wheels

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Mumbai's roads are less crowded now to aid cyclists

If you think back to pre-pandemic days, you’d recall that Mumbai had a midnight cycling community that would hit the streets after the daily rush would subside. But things are such now that you don’t have to wait till the sun sets. Locations like Carter Road and Marine Drive are relatively free of traffic even in the evenings. This has led to a spurt in cycle purchases, with the brand Decathlon revealing that its sales have doubled during the lockdown. We get Rishi Shah, co-founder of the Mumbai Riders cycling community, to decode the best places in the city to rent and buy bikes in case you, too, want to hop on to the bandwagon.

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Shah tells us that Happy Cycle Shop in Colaba is a well-known vendor. It’s where he sources his inventory from when he organises cycling experiences. At the other end, there’s Bike Shark in Borivali. People in the western suburbs can check out cycitup.com in Bandra. It’s a platform where people who have spare cycles can rent them out to those who are looking for a ride temporarily. "There are also other vendors that are like mom-and-pop shops, but I am not sure about the quality," Shah says.

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