Weekday Dawn Laps in Central Park (NYCC)
New York, NY · Central Park · Road
- When
- Mondays and Tuesdays and Wednesdays and Thursdays, 6:05 amMonday to Thursday before work. Several groups start between 5:40 and 6:50 am, sorted by lap time. A-level laps at 5:40 am on Tuesdays and Thursdays, B-level laps at 6:05 am on Tuesdays and Thursdays, Recovery Laps on Mondays at 6:25 am, a slower C group on Thursdays at 6:45 am. Each ride is two to four laps, 12 to 24 miles.
- Starts at
- Central Park (the public ride page gives no meeting point) Map ↗
- Distance
- 12–24 milesAbout 75 minutes
- Pace
- Lap times from 16:00 (A, about 22 mph) to 29:00 (C, about 12 mph)Splits into pace groups
- Hosted by
- New York Cycle ClubClub
- Kind of ride
- Road
For visitors
Sign in to the club's ride app to join a ride. The page asks riders to become members and doesn't say whether a first ride is free. Pick the group by lap time. The club also runs Prospect Park laps on Tuesday and Thursday mornings.
First time on this ride? Here’s the drill
- Bring
- a helmet, front and rear lights (it's a dark-hours ride), water, a spare tube or patch kit, a way to pay for the stop.
- Arrive
- Ten or fifteen minutes before 6:05 am. Tell whoever's leading that you're new.
- Pace
- The easiest pace the host lists is 12 mph: you can talk the whole way. It splits into pace groups. Pick the slowest one your first time; you can move up next week.
- Check
- Look at the host's website the day of — that's where cancellations, weather calls and start changes get posted.
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About the Weekday Dawn Laps in Central Park (NYCC) group ride
Weekday Dawn Laps in Central Park (NYCC) is a road group ride in New York, NY. It rolls mondays and Tuesdays and Wednesdays and Thursdays at 6:05 am from Central Park (the public ride page gives no meeting point).
The New York Cycle Club's before-work laps of Central Park, Monday to Thursday. Groups start from 5:40 to 6:50 am and split by lap time, from fast A groups to a slow C group. Riders go two to four laps in a rotating paceline, in pacelines of fewer than ten.
Where to find them
The town
Riding New York from out of town?
Where the routes are, who fixes or rents a bike, where to sleep with it, how to get it here.
Checked Oct 1, 2026 against source 1, source 2, source 3. Schedules change. Confirm with the host before you go.