Is this the American Amsterdam of Cycling?? | Davis, CA  

I have always heard that Davis and the campus were quite nice. I can see why, so clean and green. Great that they have the bike system for students and residents to get around. Great video! Love the music .....

Wow I didn't realize how monumental the city was in the history of American bike infrastructure!

Its good seeing how Davis is set up! I didn't know it was made into the Dutch model. Hope other cities around the country will take note! Very inspiring.

Thank you so much for sharing! Hopefully, other cities and campuses will follow their example.

UC Davis and Davis is awesome for bikers.

My favorite video you've made, I think! You did a great job giving us a look into biking life at Davis. Truly enjoyed the general overview and facts about this gorgeous college town!

Unfortunately Davis is an bit of an island in an ocean of car culture- you can't ever really get away from the cars if you want to go to the places people want to go. Also the cost of living there is out of reach of most people- it's a bit of an enclave. I hope you also got a chance to check out some of the other nearby spots. Winters (just to the west) is a hub between Davis, Vacaville and the hilly roads near Lake Berryessa and is a hopping spot for road cyclists (stop in at Steady Eddies any weekend morning). To the east, the Causeway to W. Sac isn't a wonderful ride, but it's nice that it's there and sees a lot of use, and is a pretty simple connection to downtown Sac, where the downtown grid is an example of steadily improving cycling conditions in a car-dominated city (It's not Europe but we'll take what we can get), and the American River Parkway is a substantial reason to live in Sacramento if you enjoy cycling (Davis' perimeter trail is nice and all but is mostly for leisure, as it is rarely the quickest/best way from A to B around town, whereas the American River is a substantial east/west corridor for commuters and connects a whole bunch of stuff through the middle of town). Much like Davis' community shop on the south end of town, stop into the Sacramento Bike Kitchen.

I'm a Davis resident - thanks for visiting and highlighting us! While I think we do have the best bike infrastructure of the USA, I'm always surprised that there aren't even more people biking on a daily basis. In the second minute, you state that the rate of ridership has gone down from 30% to about 20%. Where did you find that stat? I'd like to read up on it and figure out why it went down. Thanks!

Hi, I can't wait till you make a video of the bridge. Thank you. I used my electric bike that day because it's kind of a steep hill getting to the top of the bridge and I ride bikes too. I brought my drone, but it was too windy that day I hope you bring your drone with you and get a video of the bridge. I haven't seen any videos of the bridge with a drone, I think you're allowed to fly there as long as you take off from this area the street next to the bridge you're not allowed to fly drones near the Queen Mary that direction but towards the bridge I think you can I need to do more research

Hi, I found out the name of the bridge. Thanks for your reply it's called Mark Bixby Memorial Bike Path you could see the battleship Iowa from up there. The bike path is very safe. It's away from the street. It's a little tricky getting to the bridge. The way they have the bike path set up and you could feel the bridge shaking there's chairs at the very top of the bridge, I hope you do a video about it. There's even information about the bridge when you get to the top I even want to take my drone right before you get on the bridge. There's a safe place to take off with your drone and sit down by the street. I just need to do some research if I'm not a fly my drone there I think you can keep up the good videos, Jeff from from Riverside.

Love your videos. The world awaits😃

Nice job again. It's difficult for older towns to establish downtown biking infrastructure since they weren't designed for it. I'll have to try out Davis sometime. My wife and I just returned from a trip through northern California with stops in Chico, Ferndale, Miranda and Merced. Chico had some nice biking in Bidwell park plus some good bike lanes out on some of the country roads (Keefer road was good). Also quite a few class 2 lanes through downtown but that's no big surprise since Chico state is right there. We were there mostly for the Chico Wildflower ride. It was rainy in Ferndale but one morning we did get out on the Eureka Coastal Trail, it was just OK, lots of homeless people but nobody bothered us. Rainy again in Miranda so we never got out riding on Avenue of the Giants but we were mostly there for the 1/2 marathon anyway. If you're ever up there don't miss Matolle Road, it looks like it would be a great ride, narrow with no bike lane but it's a 25mph road so the traffic isn't bad. Again Merced was just OK, they have some nice class 1 trails through parks and greenbelts and a newer class 1 path out to UC Merced but otherwise just class 2 lanes here and there.

Hi TOC. Great videos and I think you'd get more if RU-vid would simply create a 'cycling' category. I suggested it to RU-vid numerous times. I've searched for years looking for content exactly like you produce. Hope my small Super Thanks goes some way toward more quality content. If ever you want to broaden your horizons with an international cycle tour, let me know.

Hi Andrew, if ever you want to talk, let me know. I cycle quite a bit in Canberra Australia and our RU-vids are similar. I'm not really trying to make a living from them, I just enjoy showing the world my take on a sunny day. Hit me up and let's share some conversation

Davis is very flat. Did they build all those little depressions through and bumps you rode over?