I think encouraging (willing) visitors to cycle is great!

When my parents were considering buying a house in an "active adult community" out here in AZ earlier this summer we stayed in a guest house in the community and there were bikes+helmets in the garage for us to use! I tried to convince them to go for a spin, but they opted for the (also provided) golf cart or their (air conditioned) rental car most of the time, and since I would have stuck out like a sore thumb bicycling alone in a 55-years-old+ neighborhood, the bikes stayed in the garage. They were shiny Trek mtb's, too! What a shame. They are moving out here after all, though, so I'll work on them yet and hopefully get them traveling around their new neighborhood on two wheels rather than four! Better for the earth and their health.

It hasn't happened yet, but my former roommate may be coming to visit in a few weeks (*fingers crossed!* I don't want to jinx it ), and we're planning for her to ride my boyfriend's old mtb if/when she's here... it's from when he was a pre-teen, so the frame is a just a little smaller than any of his (or my) more current bike(s) (I only have one), so I think it'll be a reasonable fit for our slightly-shorter-legs-than-us friend.

I think we'd be cycling more as transportation around town than recreation, though--I don't have a car here, and while my boyfriend does have a vehicle, we try to drive as little as possible! I have no doubts that she'd be game, as we used to bike all over town back in Wisconsin. I seem to recall from my four years living there (and 18 years in Illinois before that) that it's often pretty chilly there by November... I'm counting on the cycling weather here in AZ being much more pleasant than in WI at that time. ;D