{"id":87262,"date":"2026-06-11T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T06:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.opinionpublica.tv\/portada\/?p=87262"},"modified":"2026-06-10T21:08:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T03:08:20","slug":"would-you-go-on-a-bike-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.opinionpublica.tv\/portada\/would-you-go-on-a-bike-date\/","title":{"rendered":"Would you go on a bike date?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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On Monday, the former music producer Scooter Braun shared a video of himself and his girlfriend, the actress Sydney Sweeney, on a late-night bike ride through Times Square. A day later, Kim Kardashian posted a selfie taken by her boyfriend, the British racecar driver Lewis Hamilton, as they biked alongside the Hudson River.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An online debate has been simmering for years over what constitutes an acceptable date, especially if it\u2019s your first as two singles. Some people embrace the idea of a cheap date, like a walk in the park or a chat over coffee, to build connection. For others, it\u2019s dinner or nothing \u2014 preferably with a $200 minimum spend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is the breezy yet sweat-inducing bike date ascendant? For celebrities, it may feel strange to be out in public without an entourage, whizzing past crowds of pedestrians, but perhaps that\u2019s part of the thrill \u2014 the best disguise might, in fact, be no disguise at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s possible that the couples\u2019 recent joy rides were at least partly inspired by the \u201990s nostalgia that suffused practically every frame of \u201cLove Story,\u201d the FX limited series that dramatized the tumultuous relationship between John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette. In recent months, the couple has had their styles picked apart, emulated and pinned on figurative and literal inspiration boards to no end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One particular touchstone: Kennedy\u2019s penchant for riding his bike around the city, which was so familiar a sight at the time that it inspired a \u201cSex and the City\u201d column. In 1995, Candace Bushnell broke down the specific types of New York City bachelors who ride bikes, sometimes while wearing a suit, and how this specific mode of transit can determine their success with women. In general, Bushnell found that the \u201cBicycle Boy\u201d \u2014 a subspecies that she said did not include Kennedy, who was exempted because of his \u201crippled athleticism\u201d \u2014 came with drawbacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the men themselves could be smart, attractive, lean and romantic, Bushnell (and several people she interviewed) cautioned that their excessive bike riding could imply a certain selfishness or cheapness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019s something incredibly, er, charming about a tweedy guy on a bike \u2014 especially if he\u2019s wearing goofy glasses,\u201d she allowed. But there\u2019s also \u201ca dark side,\u201d she added: \u201cMost Bicycle Boys are not married and probably never will be, at least not until they give up their bikes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But for many singles or couples today, especially those with access to Citi Bike or similar bike-share programs across the country, bike dates \u2014 and cycling in general \u2014 allow them to connect without digital distractions, save money and get active.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chester Martin, a 33-year-old musician in Brooklyn, is an avid cyclist, currently trying to complete a side quest to dock at every Citi Bike station in New York City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think I\u2019m 55 percent of the way there,\u201d Martin said, adding that he was a big fan of going on a bike date or combining dinner dates with a bike ride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Riding bikes side by side through the city, he said, is a \u201cslightly more elevated version\u201d of going on a walk. And in case his date isn\u2019t in the mood to ride her own bike, he doesn\u2019t mind putting in extra work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe person I\u2019m dating now is of the size where she can comfortably sit in the Citi Bike basket,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ll just grab a bike, she\u2019ll sit in the basket and we\u2019ll go literally from, like, Brooklyn to Manhattan and just talk the whole way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Annique Krause, a 32-year-old hair salon owner in Nashville, bike dates help her wife, who sells antiques and runs ultramarathons, make training days more romantic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShe\u2019s training for a hundred-mile race,\u201d Krause said. \u201cSo we went to an air park and just did laps around where the airplanes take off. It was, like, the perfect little place, and then you can have picnics out there, too.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These days, Krause said, restaurant dates can feel underwhelming, so she would much rather go on a hike or a walk, which also takes them \u201caway from our technology.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt just really turns it off for us,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd then we can actually enjoy each other\u2019s time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jeff Baker, 41, thinks that bike dates are a great way to observe how courteous a person is on the road, and whether the person views traffic signs as mere suggestions. He bikes often with his husband, usually as one of their main modes of transit in the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019s one of the ways I know that he is a good partner and a good husband, because if we are about to hit a yellow light, he will always look back to see if I\u2019m going to make that light with him or if he has to stop so we can both go together,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n