During my last visit, i rented a bike at Bike Rental Central Park, i was left disappointed under many aspects, one of them is certainly the safety, bikes not only are old and not in good conditions, but they don't have lights, or ringing bells, i asked to the staff a bike with a basket, because i had a backpack in order to make more comfortable my ride, they denied this to me, by saying that those are only for womens bike, then they handed me a brochure with a useless map, and in the same brochure along with their prices, was indicating, that every rental comes with, a helmet, basket, and a bike lock.
I felt being made a fool
In anycase i suggest to anyone that there's the great option of Citibike a daily pass or three day pass for everyone that is visiting are really affordable,you can pickup bikes all over new york, from the brooklyn bridge, to central park, and many other awesome places, i didn't opted for this service in the first place, because when i was trying to buy a pass at a citibike station kiosk, it said that would have blocked a deposit of 100usd on my credit card, but then i discovered that if you go to the citibike kiosks in central park, besides the digital screen, there are also the staff, and if you buy from them the daily pass or the three day pass, on their ipads, you won't have to pay any deposit, so, i enjoyed my last three days in the city, riding safely through all over new york.