Santa Cruz is arguably the #1 bike town in US



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As what is the smallest multi city county in the state of CA, San Francisco is a city and a
county, Santa Cruz has, most arguably, the most intense concentration of bicycle activity than
anywhere in the world. As per the Santa Cruz Bike Scene http://www.bikeroute.com/SantaCruzBikes ,
Santa Cruz has:

- More bike shops (11) per capita (52,000) than anywhere in US
- More national bike businesses (13) than any city in the US
- Full time city bike coordinator
- More Miles of bike lanes per mile of road than anywhere in US
- Most beautiful bike roads in the world within minutes
- County sponsored electric bike program
http://www.ecoact.org/transportation/assets/ebike_program.pdf
- Home to largest electric assisted bike store in the US! Electric Sierra Cycles
http://www.electricrecbikes.com
- 2nd largest Bike to Work program in the US http://www.bike2work.com
- Home to many bike celebrities
- Active bicycle email list
- Home of National Bicycle Greenway http://NationalBicycleGreenway.com
- Home of Santa Cruz Hub http://www.santacruzhub.org which includes: People Power (model bike
advocacy group) Bike Church (model volunteer run bike repair) Ped Ex (model bicycle
delivery service)
- Virtual Tour of Santa Cruz http://www.BikeRoute.com/SantaCruz
- Most miles of mountain biking trails per mile of road than anywhere in the US
- Home of largest Greenway festival in the US - the Santa Cruz NBG Bike Fest
http://www.nationalbicyclegreenway.com/Events/Festival

Is there any disagreement to the above contention?? If you don't want to answer in this forum, my
email is [email protected]

MARTIN KRIEG: "Awake Again" Author c/o BikeRoute.com 79 & 86 TransAms, nonprofit Nat. Bicycle
Greenway CEO Ever wanted anything so bad U were willing to die for it? Really die? By moving thru
clinical death and reversing paralysis, *I saw God* when I answered that question.
 
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