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DOING THE DECOBIKE
Miami Beach is flat, warm, and covered in concrete. In other words, it's about perfect for
cycling. Yet cycling infrastructure has been slow to develop on the beach, leading to
traffic snarls, gridlock and the inevitable slow roll of a Hummer blasting electronic dance
music at every stop light on Collins Ave.
Well no more (although the cars blasting dance music will probably be with us for a
long time).
DecoBike
saves the day, sort of. This bike-sharing program, modeled after
similar initiatives in New York, London and Paris, makes cycling from South Beach to
Surfside a relative breeze. Just rock up to a solar-powered DecoBike station (a handy
dandy map can be found at
www.decobike.com/map-location
)
, insert a credit card and
ride away. You can return your bike at any DecoBike location.
Pricing varies; you'll pay $4 for 30 minutes, $6 for an hour, $10 for two hours, or $24
for a whole day's riding. If you keep your bicycle past the allotted time, you're charged $4
per half-hour. So get out there! Bike away! Get in shape so you don't feel self-conscious
on South Beach while biking around South Beach. Winning all around.
Bowling
Strike Miami
BOWLING
(
305-594-0200;
www.bowlmor.com/strike-miami
; 11401 NW 12th St;
4pm-midnight Tue-Thu,
noon-3am Fri, 11am-3am Sat, 11am-midnight Sun, 4pm-1am Mon)
In the Dolphin Mall, this is a good example of what happens when Miami's talent for glitz
and glamor meets some humble 10-pins.
Lucky Strike
BOWLING
11:30am-1am Mon-Thu, to 2am Fri, 11am-2am Sat, 11am-1am Sun)
Just off Lincoln Rd, this is Miami Beach's answer to high-end bowling, full of house and
hip-hop music, electric-bright cocktails and beautiful club kids.
Day Spas
