Jim from Boston

…Oh please, Roody.

An interesting question might be what did you think of those cities for cyling.

Here’s my parochial (North American) list, off the top of my head, roughly in amount of time spent there. Most of my riding in the non-residential cities beyond Michigan and Boston is done early in the morning and/or weekends, very often in association with business conferences, and limited to the downtowns.

• Metropolitan Boston: premier (if you know your way around)
• Detroit (proper): good infrastructure though I haven’t cycled there in a long time; the susburbs are my most recent experience, and the car is still king; nice bike paths but just recreational
• Ann Arbor, MI: idyllic, with strong appreciation and support for cycling
• Philadelphia: nice (most early morning rides)
• New York (Manhattan): intense after about 6:00 AM. Central Park is a treat.
• Baltimore: nice (mostly early morning rides)
• Washington DC: pleasant and interesting, but slightly confusing street layout; suburbs were car-traffic-laden
• Toronto (downtown): hairy main streets with no bike lanes, but interesting if you find alternate streets
• Montreal: limited experience, but nice
• Portland, ME; pleasant and friendly traffic
• Miami Beach: a real treat, pretty pleasant streets
• Los Angeles: limited experience, nice weather when I was there
• Tampa: pleasant streets, nice weather
• Bermuda, incl. Hamilton]: So nice, but could get boring
• Charleston, SC: pleasant, historic and quaint
• St. Louis: passed through on a Sunday Morning
• Charlottesville, PEI: don’t remember much, but was low traffic