How interesting that, aside from Long Beach, CA and Washington, DC, all of those cities have harsher climates than we do. (Well, at least if you're talking about snow, cold, or rain.) For the most part, Tulsa has a great cycling climate except for June and July which are unbearably hot and humid. Most of the winter it's pretty nice, and spring and fall are ideal.
One obstacle we need to address is the number of large employers that don't have showers/changing rooms/lockers. In the summertime, if you have to bike more than a couple miles, you'll be sweaty, and need to change at work. I've changed in a lot of bathrooms over the years, but it's not ideal.
If you're lucky enough to work downtown, you can get by with a membership at the YMCA, but it's a lot more convenient to change at your destination. I would like to see downtown employers find ways to share their fitness centers / showers / lockers with other employers who don't have facilities on site. Often, this appears to be a problem with the leasing companies that manage commercial buildings, and restrict access.
If anyone works in commercial property management, it would be interesting to hear what obstacles stand in the way of providing this service. I'm sure it's a legal/liability issue (isn't everything?) but could there be a way around it? Is it really just a lack of imagination and priorities? It sure seems like some kind of "membership" could be arranged to grant access to the various fitness centers in buildings around downtown.