Damn! I was wondering what was going on. I saw probably 5x the normal number of bike commuters in the last 2 days, and was actually part of a 'parade' of 3 last night. It's been weird, but kind of cool. I say 'hi' to anyone on a bike in winter because winter cyclists are so uncommon. I've said 'hi' a lot the last two days.

Of course, it must be the whole new year's resolution thing. That does explain it. What a wrong time of year to decide to start riding a bike... in Saskatoon! It was -20C all day today, and the roads are icy. I appreciate the thought, but I think a lot more people would stick with it if they just eased into it in May, or kept going through fall, instead of trying to go whole-hog in January.

It's kind of cool to know that that many people are on the cusp of being bike commuters. Even if they don't wind up keeping their resolution, at least they're interested in the concept. Maybe there's hope for bikes as a 'normal' mode of transportation after all.