A Cyclist's City

More and more of us are biking to work, to school—even to the corner store. But depending on what city you live in, the bicycling experience can be pure joy or kind of a headache. These are the 50 best cities across the country for cyclists.

Methodology

This ranking comes from ExploreWorldWide and takes into consideration five factors: 

Bike infrastructure data (based on the miles of protected bike lanes and miles of bike lanes overall); Bikeshare reports (available bike sharing programs and infrastructure); Bike commuter ranking (how many people per capita commute by bike); Temperature (and the average hottest and coldest days in each city); and Safety ratings for bicyclists.

BikeTexas, Flickr

50: Las Vegas, Nevada

Safety: 38

Infrastructure: 33

Commuting: 34

Ron Mader, Flickr

49: Jacksonville, Florida

Safety: 41

Infrastructure: 46

Commuting: 27

Kevin Burke, Flickr

48: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Safety: 46

Infrastructure: 50

Commuting: 91

Tara Kenny, Shutterstock

47: North Las Vegas, Nevada

Safety: 39

Infrastructure: 24

Commuting: 84

Ceri Breeze, Shutterstock

46: Bakersfield, California

Safety: 48

Infrastructure: 31

Commuting: 99

Richard Thornton, Shutterstock

45: Mesa, Arizona

Safety: 34

Infrastructure: 34

Commuting: 62

Steven Vance, Flickr

44: Memphis, Tennessee

Safety: 49

Infrastructure: 43

Commuting: 24

NACTO, Flickr

43: Riverside, California

Safety: 37

Infrastructure: 38

Commuting: 94

Ken Lund, Flickr

42: Phoenix, Arizona

Safety: 44

Infrastructure: 26

Commuting: 62

Daniel Oberhaus, Flickr

41: San Antonio, Texas

Safety: 45

Infrastructure: 35

Commuting: 60

Ken Lund, Flickr

40: Wichita, Kansas

Safety: 40

Infrastructure: 37

Commuting: 80

G. O'Graffer, Flickr

39: Stockton, California

Safety: 50

Infrastructure: 17

Commuting: 82

Matt Beckwith, Flickr

38: Fort Worth, Texas

Safety: 32

Infrastructure: 41

Commuting: 65

Megan McHatten, Shutterstock

37: Miami, Florida

Safety: 43

Infrastructure: 22

Commuting: 19

Jenni Konrad, Flickr

36: Virginia Beach, Virginia

Safety: 33

Infrastructure: 44

Commuting: 50

Jason Pratt (FishSpeaker), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

35: Charlotte, North Carolina

Safety: 47

Infrastructure: 40

Commuting: 28

James Willamor, Flickr

34: Tucson, Arizona

Safety: 16

Infrastructure: 45

Commuting: 15

Steven Vance, Flickr

33: Louisville, Kentucky

Safety: 35

Infrastructure: 32

Commuting: 41

vxla, Flickr

32: Durham, North Carolina

Safety: 27

Infrastructure: 47

Commuting: 48

Wileydoc, Shutterstock

31: New Orleans, Louisiana

Safety: 20

Infrastructure: 36

Commuting: 77

Domenico Convertini, Flickr

30: Houston, Texas

Safety: 26

Infrastructure: 42

Commuting: 43

juan mendez, Pexels

29: Colorado Springs, Colorado

Safety: 24

Infrastructure: 28

Commuting: 75

NCSchneider_Images, Shutterstock

28: Indianapolis, Indiana

Safety: 31

Infrastructure: 39

Commuting: 36

LuvAlisa, Shutterstock

27: Fresno, California

Safety: 22

Infrastructure: 20

Commuting: 90

Nagel Photography, Shutterstock

26: Tampa, Florida

Safety: 36

Infrastructure: 25

Commuting: 33

VIAVAL TOURS, Shutterstock

25: Austin, Texas

Safety: 13

Infrastructure: 49

Commuting: 20

Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

24: Sacramento, California

Safety: 30

Infrastructure: 18

Commuting: 26

Jeff Hitchcock, Flickr

23: Detroit, Michigan

Safety: 28

Infrastructure: 16

Commuting: 23

PQK, Shutterstock

22: Columbus, Ohio

Safety: 19

Infrastructure: 30

Commuting: 32

Jsjessee, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

21: Buffalo, New York

Safety: 23

Infrastructure: 14

Commuting: 17

Can Pac Swire, Flickr

20: Orlando, Florida

Safety: 29

Infrastructure: 6

Commuting: 49

Michael Rivera, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

19: Oakland, California

Safety: 6

Infrastructure: 48

Commuting: 4

jack-sooksan, Shutterstock

18: Anaheim, California

Safety: 25

Infrastructure: 23

Commuting: 12

Ken Lund, Flickr

17: Los Angeles, California

Safety: 18

Infrastructure: 27

Commuting: 12

tonyfurrer, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

16: Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Safety: 14

Infrastructure: 13

Commuting: 45

Dave Jonasen, Shutterstock

15: San Jose, California

Safety: 21

Infrastructure: 7

Commuting: 8

Will Buckner, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

14: Albuquerque, New Mexico

Safety: 17

Infrastructure: 12

Commuting: 16

City of Albuquerque, Flickr

13: Denver, Colorado

Safety: 12

Infrastructure: 8

Commuting: 35

Ken Lund, Flickr

12: San Diego, California

Safety: 11

Infrastructure: 21

Commuting: 59

Sherry V Smith, Shutterstock

11: New York City, New York

Safety: 15

Infrastructure: 10

Commuting: 2

ChrisGoldNY, Flickr

10: Chicago, Illinois

Safety: 9

Infrastructure: 29

Commuting: 3

Ken Lund, Flickr

9: Seattle, Washington

Safety: 5

Infrastructure: 15

Commuting: 13

Gene Bisbee, Flickr

8: Jersey City, New Jersey

Safety: 42

Infrastructure: 3

Commuting: 2

Dan DeLuca, Flickr

7: Fort Collins, Colorado

Safety: 3

Infrastructure: 4

Commuting: 35

Library of Congress, Picryl

6: Minneapolis, Minnesota

Safety: 7

Infrastructure: 2

Commuting: 11

sharyn morrow, Flickr

5: San Francisco, California

Safety: 4

Infrastructure: 1

Commuting: 4

Benson Ku, Flickr

4: Boston, Massachusetts

Safety: 8

Infrastructure: 5

Commuting: 5

Darryl Brooks, Shutterstock

3: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Safety: 10

Infrastructure: 11

Commuting: 1

Philly Bike Coalition, Flickr

2: Washington, DC

Safety: 1

Infrastructure: 19

Commuting: 9

Elvert Barnes, Flickr

1: Portland, Oregon

Safety: 2

Infrastructure: 9

Commuting: 7

Bob Pool, Shutterstock