Old 05-30-12 | 04:06 PM
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What a joke. Long beach and LA are listed? Really? You'd have to pay me to ride there regularly. Where's Irvine, CA? I'm not even sure they have a single major street in Irvine without a bike lane! Pop of 200k people certainly makes it big enough to make the list, and I doubt there's any city listed with a higher density of bike lanes.

Then there's the quote about #1, Portland:
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After being named runner-up in our last round of best bike city rankings in 2010, Portland reclaims the top spot. The only large city to earn Platinum status from the League of American Bicyclists is a paragon of bike-friendliness, with 180 miles of bike lanes and 79 miles of off-street bike paths"

Irvine has 300+ miles of lanes, 60'ish miles of MUPS, and 1/3rd the population. *That* is more bike friendly than Portland.

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