Plissken74 wrote:
70% of the positive side of being in La Santa is to being able to ride on that island. Even better if you go to Las Playitas in Fuerteventura.
I wonder if, somewhere in the USA, you can ride with the same road quality, sharing the road with drivers who have the same respect of cyclists.
I have been riding in USA a lot, west coast, east coast, Utah, New Mexico and i never felt safe. Several times I have been assaulted by crazy drivers who tried to intentionally scare me.
It never happened to me anywhere else in the world.
back to your post: i am afraid NO because it is not only about infrastructures.
Northern california (Bay Area near SF) riding is world-class awesome. The trail and road running is also awesome.
More limiting OWS, but with research you can find town pools that you can use, or do OWS at a few select sites.
If you stick to the internet-famous bike routes, and preferentially ride in mornings where the car traffic is even less, it's great riding.
A drawback is that staying here is $$$$.
To put in somewhat comparison, I did a bike camp in Tucson in spring last year, and the entire week I was there, when everyone else and the coach was marveling at the amazing 'winter' cycling in Tucson, I was thinking to the whole time, this is just boring desert highways with brown and more brown, compared to the huge diversity of riding you'll get in Norcal - year-round.