Originally Posted by MrCjolsen
Davis CA.
More bikes than people. Really.
Flat (but you can ride 20 miles to some real hills.)
Abundant routes that are low-traffic, and/or wide just outside of town. You can easily find 40+ mile loops in any direction that are less than 5 min of "city riding" away.
Many bike paths. Some are even useful for cycling.
Recumbants and tandems are big here for obvious reasons.
Two big events -- Foxy Fall Century and the Davis Double Century. I've ridden neither.
There's a lot of rides not that far from Davis, all over the Bay Area and Central Valley. Davis Bike Club even sponsors some randoneuring events, and a 12 and 24 hour ride. If you checked within a two hour drive, you might be able to do an organized century almost every weekend from May-October every year. Foxy's is one of my favorite rides. I haven't done the century, but have ridden the metric century twice. The Tour of Napa Valley is the "absolute must" for me every year. On this year's Foxy's, the wind got up to about 30 mph, so it made it fairly challenging. Guy on the left:
http://www.photocrazy.com/2004/1016F.../FOX30022.html. My older Trek 420, my "First Love".