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Bicyclists often deviate from the shortest possible routes and take detours in search of more pleasant riding conditions. The extent of detours and the factors affecting bicyclists to ride excess distances have not yet been fully explored. This study aims to measure and analyze the detour extent of utilitarian bicycle trips and their relationships with the route-level environmental components using data collected from individual bicyclists' smartphone GPS in Columbus, Ohio. Comparing the chosen routes with their shortest counterparts, we calculate two detour indices (a distanced-based index and an area-based index) and provide a comparative analysis of built environment attributes for low, moderate, and high levels of detours. We then estimate multilevel mixed-effect generalized linear regression models to identify the contribution of built-environment characteristics to such detours while accounting for individual …