The Southwest’s Bike Spike Was Bigger Than Europe
The American Southwest may have experienced one of the biggest bike booms in the world in 2020 — and the rest of the country wasn’t far behind, a new study finds.
By
Kea Wilson
4:38 PM CDT on April 30, 2021
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