It all boils down to what the criteria were! There is serious contention about what defines a "bike-friendly" city. www.labreform.org has a lot of discussion about the League of American Bicyclists' program and takes issue with definitions that are based on how much money is put into basically any project in the name of cycling... which would include some of the stuff around here, say, which are so definitely designed by automobile-centered folks who want the bikers out of the way and out of sight, but not safer or any more able to get to a destination. Lots of money on bike paths in a few parts of town wouldn't make it bike *culture* friendly.