Take That Portland!

[bmccasland]

Why do the most bike-friendly cities have to be so darn wet and cold??

Good question - what about nice balmy places????

[Tri Girl]

Hmmm... good for Minneapolis, but it's only warm there for about one week a year. I kid, I kid.
Seriously- that's very cool. I just wish there was a warm bike friendly city. C'mon Arizona or Florida- let's kick it up a notch.

[Norse]

Three of the bottom ranked cities were "nice, balmy places" - Memphis, Jacksonville and somewhere in Alabama.

[PscyclePath]

Like a lot of other things in Bicycling, that's strictly the staff's collective opinion... their ranking doesn't have much of anything to do with the LAB's Bicycle-Friendly America program, which has a lot more standards and performance measures.

Bicycling got most of their numbers from the Alliance for Biking & Walking's new 2010 Benchmarking Report, which looks at several other things.

[ummbnb]

Boulder ranked #3, Denver #12 and Colo Spgs #18 = Go Colorado!

[OakLeaf]

OTOH, the LAB ranks Florida fairly high, and anyone who's actually ridden a bicycle in Florida can tell you it's one of the most bike-UNfriendly places in the USA.

[PscyclePath]

OTOH, the LAB ranks Florida fairly high, and anyone who's actually ridden a bicycle in Florida can tell you it's one of the most bike-UNfriendly places in the USA.

Agreed... nearly one out of every four cyclists killed in the United States meets his or her fate in Florida. And Texas and California aren't too far behind them.