Originally Posted by B. Carfree

Well, as a resident of Davis from 1980-2001, I can say with absolute certainty that cycling in Davis did not peak in the '90s. In fact, bicycles became so scarce that my family (and that of my sister-in-law) became known as "the bike family" simply because we refused to let go of the past and continued to meet all of our transportation desires by bike. While no one was documenting the number of people cycling (Why would we, we thought it would never end.), it likely reached its peak in the early- or mid-80s and fell dramatically from there.