Top 10 Cycling Cities in the United States
What are the Top 10 best cycling cities in the U.S.? It’s a well-traveled topic that’s been highly trafficked, over the years and across platforms. GCN is here to help safely navigate you to the answers.
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Portland Photos © Dianne Yee via Flickr (Her ‘Bike Portland’ album is here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/dianneyee/albums/72157636601109816]
Portland Twilight Criterium 2008 ©brx0 via Flickr Creative Commons [https://flic.kr/p/5cpAV3]
Cascade Cross Series Photos © Tim Schallberger [https://flic.kr/p/gSvHxf] and Cory Grove [https://flic.kr/p/7cFp2H]
Boulder mountains © Alex Kehr [https://flic.kr/p/7bVAb5]
Maxwell’s Fire, Minneapolis © Tony Webster https://flic.kr/p/4ts1zZ
Minneapolis bike infrastructure © nickfalbo. His album can be found here: https://flic.kr/s/aHsk9QHdce
Nice Ride MN © m01229 [https://flic.kr/p/cM2FTs]
Nice Ride MN [https://flic.kr/p/99dG5R]
Most Bike-Friendly Cities in the U.S.:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/frankbi/2015/05/14/the-most-bike-friendly-cities-in-the-u-s-ranked/
Austin B-Cycle © Ann Harkness. Album here: https://flic.kr/s/aHsjPk9Hkc
Austin Bike Tracks © BikeTexas. Album here: https://flic.kr/s/aHsjzHf9ay
Austin cyclists courtesy AustinTexas.gov
Walnut Creek Park Photos © Bruce Turner: https://flic.kr/p/GKaWT & https://flic.kr/p/GK9io
University of Texas Banners © Derek Key https://flic.kr/p/6iUb1v
Chicago photos courtesy Bike Chicago, Chicago Department of Transportation, Jay Powell
Critical Mass riders meet in Chicago’s Daley Plaza: © Jeremy Atherton, 2005
Rahm Emanuel © Daniel X. O’Neil https://flic.kr/p/8T669S
Navy Pier Flyover impressions © John Greenfield https://flic.kr/p/mbYKP4 & https://flic.kr/p/mbZLUE
Divvy Bikes © Stephen Vance – album here: https://flic.kr/s/aHsjG91BeV
Crossing © torbakhopper https://flic.kr/p/rZ6gcH
Giro di San Francisco © Nico Crisafuli https://flic.kr/p/8yUUB7
San Francisco cycle lane © Dianne Yee https://flic.kr/p/8yUUB7
Mass cyclists © Wonderland https://flic.kr/p/nmu3fs
Caltrain © Prayitno https://flic.kr/p/9dkB2Q
Seattle cycle track © Gordon Werner https://flic.kr/p/gBAdYb
Seattle cycling © Josh Larios https://flic.kr/p/MrT7j
Seattle to Portland 1 © Robin Zebrowski https://flic.kr/p/hZ9cS
Burke-Gilman underpass © SounderBruce https://flic.kr/p/vRBp23
Hall of Fame © Gene Bisbee https://flic.kr/p/bsJe9i & https://flic.kr/p/bsJdhH
Seattle to Portland photos © Bob Harbison https://flic.kr/s/aHsjrfNUUB
Greenville photos courtesy Gran Fondo Hincapie, Hotel Domestique, USA Cycling
USA Nationals 1 © TimothyJ https://flic.kr/p/9NSCAj
USA Nationals 2 © Barry Peters https://flic.kr/p/62PGPS
Michael Bloomberg © Center For American Progress https://flic.kr/p/6hg5UD
Bike Lane sign © Miguel Vaca https://flic.kr/p/dgJ2uG
NYC bike Lane 1 © Eric Fisher https://flic.kr/p/bsPPjE
NYC Bike Lane 2 © Jeramy Jannene https://flic.kr/p/8F8YUL
NYC Bike Lane 3 © Spencer Thomas https://flic.kr/p/7jYs8N
Citibike 1 © Gildardo Sánchez https://flic.kr/p/weqBxA
General Cycling © Ted Eytan https://flic.kr/p/fP1zSz
Citibike in the snow © Paul Sableman https://flic.kr/p/kgNhst
Madison Capital City State Trail courtesy TrailLink.com
Madison bike path courtesy Colleen Greiert-Virgin
Cycling around the capitol in Madison, Wisconsin: Dori
Madison B Cycle: Courtesy Madison B Cycle, https://madisonbcycleblog.wordpress.com
Minneapolis skyline: © Alexius Horatius
Biking through Chelsea, Manhattan: Jim Henderson
Box freight Upper East Side: Jim Henderson
Brooklyn summer, large recreational group ride: Jim Henderson
Portland photos: © Travel Portland, https://www.travelportland.com/collection/outdoors/
San Francisco Critical Mass, April 29, 2005: Michael W. Parenteau
Seattle: Courtesy Seattle Department of Transportation
Seattle Bicycle Sundays: © Seattle Bike Blog, http://www.seattlebikeblog.com/
Downtown Seattle from Queen Anne Hill: Rattlhed
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Leave a Reply to Matthew Burress Cancel reply
not a city but Bend Oregon has it made for mtb, road and cross!!
Another city worth considering: Tucson! If you include the mtb scene, it’s
gotta be up there on great biking cities. Tons of good quality singletrack
without having to drive far. Lots of bike lanes with sunshine nearly every
day of the year. Not to mention the 100+ mile bike loop that includes a
major portion of the city and a 26 mile hill climb on Mt. Lemon which you
can ride to from the city. Great cycling city!
New York City… If Neal did this voice as the ol El Paso salsa commercial
voice, then I know welcome Neal into the GCN community as a very welcomed
member!!!
Salt Lake city and Davis(CA) just built protected intersections!!!
Good vid. An underrated, unknown great city trail is actually in Dallas.
Its huge! Many marathoners train on it.
you really need good bike handling skills if you wanna survive in NYC
Proud to see Minneapolis on the list
That voice… Annoying
Ashville North Carolina
Really impressive. In my town in the UK bike routes are very bitty and
delapidated. I wouldn’t cycle in London
Nope. Lived in Austin. Probably some of the worst cycling I’ve seen.
Nashville becoming a cycling-friendly city would be a dream come true!