Daylight saving time and relatively tropical temperatures are having an effect on local transportation: Roadguy saw numerous bicycles crossing the new Midtown Greenway bridge over Hiawatha Avenue yesterday evening while he was driving nearby. And alert reader Michelle from Maplewood is among those who have biking on their minds:

I’ve been increasing my time commuting to work/running errands by bike and decreasing my car time. A few months ago you mentioned some local stores that were good for baskets and other items to add to bikes to make the bikes more friendly for carrying shopping bags (cloth of course, not paper OR plastic!) and other things. I can’t find this column any longer and haven’t had luck with online searches of local bike shops. Can you share the info again? Thanks!

The Roadguy blog archive has indeed become somewhat unwieldy — I tried searching for the recommendations, but they’re scattered in various posts and comments. So I figured that, because bike folks like to talk about bikes, if I posted the question, Michelle would get plenty of answers in the comments below.

Also biking-related is this editorial from the Oregonian, the daily newspaper out in Portland. Portland is the No. 1 biking city in the country, just ahead of Minneapolis, and it’s hoping to get even more bike-friendly. (Thanks to alert reader Matty for the link.) With gas prices hitting a new high today, pedaling certainly has some appeal.

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