Cyclists pause to look for whales
from San Juan Island
I'm as much of a sucker for checking out Top 10 lists as anyone else, I guess, especially when the subject is bicycling.
So I scrolled through the Huffington Post blog a few weeks ago when it published the Top 8 Bike Trips in the US, then followed that up this week with the Top 10 US Cities for Bicycling.
There might be a western states bias at work on these lists. Seven of the eight top bicycle trips were west of the Mississippi River and seven of the 10 best bicycling cities are in the west.
Or maybe things are just generally better for bicyclists out here. The League of American Bicyclists locater map of Bicycle Friendly Communities reveals a high concentration in Colorado, Arizona, and all along the West Coast.
Here are the lists, with links. Each bicycle trip and top bicycling city is illustrated with a photo.
Top 8 Bike Trips
1. Grand Teton, Wyoming
2. Highway 12 from Lolo Pass to Lowell, Idaho
3. Route 100, Vermont
4. Peak to Peak Highway, Colorado
5. Visalia to Sequoia National Park, California
6. San Juan Islands, Washington
7. Skyline Drive, Utah
8. Deschutes River, Oregon
Top 10 US Cities for Bicycling
1. Portland, Oregon
2. Seattle, Washington
3. San Francisco, California
4. Minneapolis, Minnesota
5. Davis, California
6. Boulder, Colorado
7. Austin, Texas
8. Chicago, Illinois
9. Tucson, Arizona
10. Madison, Wisconsin
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