I have never cycled in the District of Columbia but I have cycled in all 50 other states. Following is my best recollection of the first time I cycled each of these states. I might be off a year or two here or there but overall should be close.
| State | First Cycled | Have I already cycled in the state capital city? |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 2001 | No |
| Alaska | 1997 | Yes |
| Arizona | 2001 | Yes |
| Arkansas | 2003 | Yes |
| California | 1997 | No |
| Colorado | 1970 | Yes |
| Connecticut | 1983 | No |
| Delaware | 1995 | No |
| Florida | 1995 | Yes |
| Georgia | 1995 | No |
| Hawaii | 1997 | No |
| Idaho | 1992 | Yes |
| Illinois | 1991 | No |
| Indiana | 2004 | No |
| Iowa | 1991 | No |
| Kansas | 2003 | No |
| Kentucky | 2004 | No |
| Louisiana | 2001 | Yes |
| Maine | 1983 | No |
| Maryland | 1995 | No |
| Massachusetts | 1981 | Yes |
| Michigan | 1992 | No |
| Minnesota | 1992 | Yes |
| Mississippi | 2001 | Yes |
| Missouri | 2003 | No |
| Montana | 1992 | Yes |
| Nebraska | 1991 | No |
| Nevada | 1999 | Yes |
| New Hampshire | 1983 | Yes |
| New Jersey | 1995 | No |
| New Mexico | 1994 | Yes |
| New York | 1983 | Yes |
| North Carolina | 1995 | No |
| North Dakota | 1992 | Yes |
| Ohio | 1992 | No |
| Oklahoma | 2003 | No |
| Oregon | 1998 | Yes |
| Pennsylvania | 1992 | No |
| Rhode Island | 1983 | Yes |
| South Carolina | 1995 | No |
| South Dakota | 1992 | Yes |
| Tennessee | 2002 | Yes |
| Texas | 2001 | Yes |
| Utah | 2002 | Yes |
| Vermont | 1983 | Yes |
| Virginia | 1995 | No |
| Washington | 1998 | No |
| West Virginia | 2004 | No |
| Wisconsin | 1992 | No |
| Wyoming | 1986 | Yes |
More detail for many of my bicycle trips are described here.
I have also bicycled:
- All the provinces in the Netherlands
- All the states/territories in Australia
- All but one province/territory in Canada (when I finished in 1997, I cycled all of them – but then in 1998 Nunavut was split off as a separate territory)
- Across six continents, not absolutely every inch but on a cross-continent ride with occasional gaps across Africa, Australia, Asia, Europe, North America and South America.
- In: Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Botswana, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, Georgia, Germany, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Latvia, Lithuania, Malawi, Malaysia, Mexico, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Sudan, Suriname, Tanzania, Thailand, Ukraine, Vietnam and Zambia