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Portland cancels bad weather bike ride due to bad weather

Minneapolis has won the latest battle in the war with Portland for best bike city.

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Organizers of Portland's annual Worst Day of the Year Ride, which was planned for this Sunday, have canceled its 45 mile ride due to bad weather. The impending doom? 2 - 6" of snow and a low temp of 27 above zero.

"It's a moment that Portland cyclists will be living down for years, if not decades," wrote Willamette Week's Martin Cizmar.

Thank you Portland for providing Minnesotans a heartwarming chuckle, we needed it. We are biking though the coldest Minnesota winter we've seen in 30 years.

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Minnesota bike ride. Arrowhead 135 bikers begin their trek to the next checkpoint Monday, January 27, 2014 near Ray, Minn. (Derek Montgomery/For MPR News)