Bay Cycle

Judah Schiller pedals his water bike near Pier 66 in Manhattan after finishing his ride across the Hudson river from Hoboken.

No bike lane? No problem.

Judah Schiller of San Francisco made a splash Thursday as the first person to ride a bike across the Hudson river – not over a bridge but inches from the water itself, on a contraption appropriately dubbed a “water bike.”

Schiller, 41, embarked from Pier 13 Boating Club in Hoboken just after 11 a.m. and reached Manhattan’s Pier 66 in approximately 15 minutes.

He rode his own Bianchi road bike attached to two yellow rafts, which “converts your pedaling power to a propeller,” he said.

Schiller, who is CEO of design agency AIKO and a co-founder of Saatchi and Saatchi, has been introducing water biking to the public by pedaling his bike-raft hybrid around the San Francisco bay. Last week he biked across the entire body of water from Oakland to the city of San Francisco.

He founded the BayCycle Project to bring attention to water biking, which he envisions as a rising sport with group rides, races and other events.

“Road bikers laughed at people taking their Schwinns to the top of mountains,” he told the Daily News. “This is water biking. The planet is two-thirds covered with water, so this is a great opportunity to combine the two.”

He hopes it could eventually present city dwellers with a brand-new commuting option.

“You’re out on the water, you don’t have all of the exhaust from the cars. It’s a lot more serene,” Schiller said.