more and more bikes out there.....

[Lifesgreat]

I am seeing the same thing here in suburban Utah too.

[Tuckervill]

Me, too! But we had lots of invisible cyclists because of the chicken processing plant in the area, too.

Yesterday one of my roadie friends and fellow board member on the youth baseball league rode his mountain bike to the park instead of driving. He said he was inspired by me!

Another guy in the league who is a student at the local uni has been riding lots of bikes for a while. He's been buying great old bikes on Ebay and making them useable, and then he USES them. lol.

Karen

[mimitabby]

our invisible cyclists are a fast growing population for sure! every time i see a new one I smile or say hi.
I want them to know that THEY are US.

[GLC1968]

I had to run a quick errand from work by bike today (middle of the morning). A woman called to me as I was riding and she was walking on the sidewalk. She wanted to know what kind of bike I was riding and how much I paid for it. She said it looked so cute and that I made it look easy to ride. I said it was easy! Unfortunately, I had to explain that my bike is an old Schwinn mixte from the 70's that I bought off craigslist. She asked if I did my own work on it and I said yes but that any bike shop could also have done it. She wanted to know about the maker, the gearing and the comfort of the bike, so I got the idea she had already been shopping around. She said she was going to check out craigslist this afternoon.

No one has ever asked me about my road or touring bike. Just the cute little upright, basket on the front, mixte gets questions. The new cyclists out there are doing it for purpose...and I think that's a GREAT thing.

Unfortunately, it was about 2 hours later when it dawned on me that I'm planing on selling this bike in a month and I should have gotten her name! Duh!

[Susan126]

Same here south of Seattle . . . I see a lot more bikes lately! I saw a bunch yesterday! It's great!

[7rider]

Same here south of Seattle . . . I see a lot more bikes lately! I saw a bunch yesterday! It's great!

I saw bike traffic jams in Seattle!!! A line of about a half dozen cyclists heading up a hill, stacked up and unable to pass the slowest one in front because of the line of cars on their left.

But I've seen an increase of cyclists along my route in, too. All sorts - roadies, invisibles, men, women, mtb's, fixies. I used to do my entire route without seeing another bike commuter...now I always see at least some.

[Grog]

More people on bikes also means that when these people will be driving their cars (because they just won't stop driving totally), they will have a lot more understanding and respect for the cyclists.

That is invaluable.