The bikes of Spring

The first Critical Mass of Spring 2007 went off with nary a hitch. 147 people were counted and spirits were high. I find the ride so much fun that I'm quite baffled that it has never significantly broken the 150 rider mark. Maybe this is the year to grow the mass.

A removed ghost-bike needed to be replaced this month so a moment of noise and life was held in the intersection at Dufferin and Bloor to accompany the mounting of the tribute.
The mass went on and on with the energy of the riders compensating for the dropping temperatures. I suspect Spring is a psychological event as much as climactic.

Thanks everyone.

Wow, a year? Already?!

I can't let a year go by, can I?

I will bring some of the many photos I've taken in the interim when I have some more time.

For now, let me simply post that I have seen the most amazing sight this week. On my way to work I spied a stationwagon parked in the bike-lane on College. Nothing unusual in that but there was something more going on. A police car stopped beside the wagon and words were exchanged. An engine started and the lane was cleared.

I have never, never ever seen an officer intervene in a bike-lane violation in all my years of riding daily. I was moved.

The fact that I passed 6 or 7 vehicles parked in the bike-lane along the 4 blocks leading up to this event cut into the magic feeling but I had to acknowledge that any action, however inadequate, is progress.

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