North America's Most Bike-Friendly Cities
07-13-08, 09:50 AM
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No, hold your yays. I've not been to all the places on the list, but I find it hard to believe Montreal is #4. The city has made small improvements here and there, but it's still a bad place for cycling even on the N. American scale of ****tyness--it gets a bump, I suppose, if you weigh mountain-bike and "scenic" trails more heavily than utilitarian/safety stuff.
In fact, this whole list should be called "the least ****ty places to ride in n. america" as opposed to the "most bike-friendly cities." It gives the false impression that a city in North America can be bike-friendly.
In fact, this whole list should be called "the least ****ty places to ride in n. america" as opposed to the "most bike-friendly cities." It gives the false impression that a city in North America can be bike-friendly.
07-13-08, 11:13 AM
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yeah that's a good point.
i never thought about being overly-bike friendly and having bike 'traffic' so to speak along trails and bike paths. that's just crazy, haha.
i never thought about being overly-bike friendly and having bike 'traffic' so to speak along trails and bike paths. that's just crazy, haha.
07-13-08, 11:56 AM
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I like Niagara Falls. No body rides, which means I don't have to worry about people riding the wrong way through traffic.
07-13-08, 01:30 PM
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How is San Diego #3??? I dread riding here whenever I come back home from college. Everything is spread out, public transportation is ****, and the amount of d-bags in lifted trucks and oblivious suv drivers are a lot higher.
07-13-08, 03:26 PM
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Weather maybe?
+1... d-bags headed out towards Santee, Lakeside and El Cajon.
And finally: "The city of 1.2 million is flat..."
On the tops of the congested mesas or the bottoms of the valleys maybe...
And finally: "The city of 1.2 million is flat..."
On the tops of the congested mesas or the bottoms of the valleys maybe...
07-13-08, 04:32 PM
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I grew up in San Diego and have lived here in San Francisco for the last 8 years. there is no chance in hell SD is more bike "Friendly" than SF.
07-13-08, 06:03 PM
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Or Mpls for that matter, I used to live there and back then it was a dream (for a kid at least lol). For some types of riding SD is very nice, but bike friendly...? Not at #3 above most of the places listed above it.
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near rice u. probably one of the easier areas to get around on bike as far as houston is concerned.
yeah, i need to make it out there to check it out.
yeah, i need to make it out there to check it out.
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07-14-08, 12:31 AM
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temperate? like hot? 70 degrees is hot?
