delbiker1 

The Delmarva peninsula is a pretty good area for bicycling, more so for road riding than MUP or off road. It certainly is flat! If one stays away from the beach resorts, there are a lot of rural areas with generally well maintained roads, quite a few of them being chip and seal. Off season, the beach resort areas offer nice, scenic rides. Weekends , especially holiday weekends, are pretty busy all year now. Though it is much better than in the past, there are still a lot of vehicle operators that do not like to share the road with bicyclists. There is so much development, I prefer to call it destruction, we now have traffic issues all year and it is going to keep getting worse. Road construction is becoming a continuous impediment to getting anywhere.

Fredo_Adagio

The Virginia end of the Delmarva peninsula has quiet roads that parallel Route 13 on either side, but it's completely flat. Completely flat might not be to everyone's taste.

bwilli88 

Cambodia is quite nice, gravel to the right, road to the left. Mt biking a couple of hours.

Rajflyboy

Cambodia ?

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Drew Eckhardt 

I like the San Francisco Bay Area where I can ride over two mountain ranges starting at my home, ride up the coast between descent and ascent, go for short flat rides for before work, and there's a temperate Mediterranean climate.

The Colorado Front Range is nice too with great terrain. I loved being able to climb mountains west of Boulder and go for lunch hour plains rides east. As an alpine desert the snow isn't as bad as people expect, although it gets cold in the winter and warm in the summer.

Maybe the Bay Area in summer and winter, and the Colorado Front Range in fall and spring. I've been spending a long weekend every month in Golden, and should have a frame built with travel couplers.

Rajflyboy

Awesome graph

thanks for posting 👍

jlaw

In the vicinity of Gore Mtn.?

AdkMtnMonster

I can see the mountain from our livingroom couch, and ride to the single track at the Ski Bowl in less 4 minutes!

5teve

Pacific Northwest, ideally, in or near a small college town.

jlaw

I agree with @Andrey and AdkMtnMonster re: upstate New York - and I'll add Vermont and western Mass. - tons of options for paved, gravel, and MTB riding without having to drive much if at all - quiet roads are easy to find. There's even a groomed fat bike trail system not too far from me.

I like the 4 seasons and the fact that I can't ride year-round - keeps the novelty of bike riding fresh - and provides an opportunity for various forms of snow/ice recreation.

alcjphil

Unfortunately, the original question did not ask this question, it was about where in the USA would be the best place to live as a cyclist. I have visited many places in the USA where I have enjoyed riding my bike, the Shenandoah valley, Moore county NC, Vermont, and Upper New York, Maine. I would much rather live where I live than move to any of those places. The roads here are much worse, but living here in Montreal is much better

jon c. 

Rode in upstate NY as a kid and there are a lot of great roads, but I couldn't tolerate winter at this point in my life. So there's no place I'd rather be than north Florida. I can ride for hours on low traffic country roads from the end of my driveway. We don't have enough elevation to satisfy those who love climbing, but the rolling hills are plenty for a casual rider. Some of the roads remind me of those of my youth and perhaps that's part of the reason I like it here.

Rajflyboy

Worst thing for riding most bicycles = Winter

Fat bike somewhere that has well kept trails in wintertime may help a bit

for me no winter time locations (which leads to my you need two places to live theory)

alcjphil

Not true. Winter off road cycling can be beautiful and guess what? there are other things to do in winter which can actually make you a better summer cyclist

alcjphil

I get that. there are innumerable Canadian Snowbirds who feel the same way. I am not one of them. I love seasons, and am willing to adapt to them. there is more to life than being able to ride my bike every day all year long

wolfchild

That's just an opinion not a fact.

Rajflyboy

True

woodcraft

I've been puzzling over why folks would nominate places with harsh to impossible riding conditions for a good part of the year...

Rollfast

I've been here for 36 years and I suppose they'll bury me here.

Rajflyboy

this

Jbo26

Heading to Rio de Janeiro in 10 days. Anyone know if I can rent a carbon fiber road bike there?

Morg33

True, Netherlands maybe? I think there are a lot of nice places to explore by bike there!

San Rensho 

Been there done that. Berkeley Ca. The hills and ridges above Berkeley are just fantastic, On the ridge the view is spectacular, its like looking down at a map of Berkeley and Oakland, then you look further and the Bay and the Golden Gate bridge in the distance. Hard climbs with breathtaking ,fast descents. Once over the hills, the climate changes from cool to desert. On the same day you can jump on Bart and you can bicycle in San Francisco. Then go south on highway 1, which is right next to the water and the best coastal highway I have ever been on, just be sure to go early in the morning to avoid traffic.

jlaw

Ok - since you're wondering - I don't understand how people can ride bikes year-round without getting bored-to-tears.

Winter is interesting and fun where I live, and it provides a nice break from the warmer weather. But, I will say that with the days getting longer now and the sap starting to run I am looking forward to my first spring ride on quiet dirt roads as the trees start to bud - love it!

'Endless Summer'? No thanks - give me 4 nice strong seasons.

Andrey

I will add that in winter some folks do other things... like skiing. I actually prefer cycling in the Spring and Fall seasons because the temp. is not as hot and humid as in the Summer. I do get bored-to-tears and sometimes loose motivation to ride during warmer months (overtaining perhaps).