You know you've crossed the threshold of cycling embedded into your life/lifestyle:

When you visit a new city, region, or country, you can't help but start to casually assess a place for cycling/bikeability. The quality and grades of the roads/paths, traffic patterns, places for cyclists to easily stop to do stuff and whether or not, there any signs of people cycling around or walking casually around with their bikes.

And I'm talking about just walking around a place or being in a car.



*In Toronto, a place I just returned from visiting (and once lived for 25 yrs.), now only visit once a year --it's really noticeable the volume of cyclists has increased. Bike racks usually completely or half full downtown, lots of non-spandex folks on bikes (a real indicator of some culture change).

*And looking at photos of Montreal where dearie was a few days ago: I had forgotten how walkable and bikeable it was in the core of the city. (And how European in ambience/architecture.)

*In a suburban city 30 km. west of Toronto, where I visited a friend, I couldn't help but assess the distance of friend's neighbourhood from lakefront bike-path, commuter train station, stores, etc.

*And even where I live, new neighbourhoods where I've never cycled, my brain can't help but wonder where can cyclists safely bike, can park their bike, etc.

I wonder if I will ever lose that perspective.