Oh, My Gosh!
"Oh, my gosh!" exclaimed the girl standing with her mother in school morning sidewalk silhouette in the Glenora neighbourhood, her voice rising, as I pedalled by. "It's beautiful!" It was my bicycle, its main triangle now wrapped in festive LED lights (from a Michigan company called Brightz) that caused her happy verdict, which, in turn, made her mother laugh, and me, as I rode through the oatmeal streets, smile out loud, ring my bell and say: "Good morning! Hello!" Winter 2015 Just saying hello, or good morning, or nice dog, or thanks for pushing the crosswalk button—these little bits of human sound in the otherwise quiet commute remain one of the joys of riding a bicycle, the social vehicle. The lights help that mission like nothing else. They certainly work faster than the speed of sound, print, or law. Only a few blocks after the young girl had shared her joy, a voice in a park yelled, "whoooah, cool!" and then a few minute...