With the warmer weather, the bikes will be out this weekend, including the one shown at left that's always out. Hung as the signage for Mojo's Cycles on Queen Street near Roncesvalles, owner Agostino Logiudice says the bike is a Sears model from around the 1950s, a holdover from when he used to run an antique shop. That was before, as he puts it, "I realized that antiques are not the future."
Mr. Logiudice opened his shop in 1994, but switched it over to a full-time bike-repair operation in 2004. "Biking isn't just the recreational activity it was of yesterday," he says, noting that rising gas prices are motivating people to pedal more and motor less, a fact confirmed by a Statistics Canada report this week that says commuting by car is on the decline in Toronto for the first time since it has been measured.
To help encourage this trend, Mr. Logiudice wants to send a message to Dalton McGuinty: If the government makes the room for bike lanes, he'll chip in for the paint to draw the lines.