Originally posted by hypnobassman
Krispy,
So what about paved bike trails near the city? I like getting up in the moring and going for a ride without having to drive to a nice place. 
City paved bike paths are in the works but are not complete yet.(moving rather slowly) Otherwise there are lots of bike friendly roads in the Oklahoma City metro area as well as Norman OK. Traffic on most of these routes is usually light.
Depending on where you choose to live in the area you can usually jump on your bike and ride without having to drive anywhere.
Here are a few bike route maps that some of the local clubs have posted;
http://www.bicycleleague.com/ look under the section "Where to ride"
Also;
http://www.oklahomabicyclesociety.com/Maps/maphome.htm
If you mountain bike there is a lot of nice single track to ride around the OKC metro area as well as around the state. This is the local mountain bike club's website;
http://www.okearthbike.com/
The club president of the Bicycle League of Norman was also the Director of Parks and Recreation for the state until recently. While he was in office he was very influential in allowing the local clubs to help develop and maintain mountain bike trails in many our state parks.