Bike growth in SE michigan is amazing. They're everywhere in Ann Arbor downtown. In the last couple of years, the town has added an REI, Performance Bike, and the local Trek and Giant dealers have expanded. UM students on a lot of Wallyworld, Target, and Meijer BSO's. Milleniums on poorly maintained vintage, and lots of newer Trek hybrids for the ladies.

In the Grosse Pointes, a mix of Carbon Fiber lycra groupees, women on Electras, lots of new cruisers, some old Schwinns and lots of hybrids. Helped a neighbor with his $5 Schwinn Continental replace a broken pedal and a new shifter cable. A few c + v devotees. Saw a nicely dressed mature couple, retired(?), on a pair of vintage fortyish Huffy 3 speeds at Trader Joes. Nice to see it's safe enough here for pre-secondary school age kids to ride on their own as well.

In Detroit, mostly new Nexts and a lot of those recycled BSOs. Certain neighborhoods have teens on minibikes.

Areas are very different. When Auchencrow came to visit, he said in a twenty minute ride he saw more bikers than he'd seen in aggregate all year where he normally rides.