This is where I typically wax poetic about spring and getting fresh air after a hard winter, but outside my window there is quite a bit of snow, and it is seventeen degrees. I know that by the time this issue is ready it will be melted and the spring flowers will be here. By then the neighborhood kids will have their bikes out in force. There is an unused parking lot across the street from my house next to the banks of the Erie Canal.
For twenty-four years I’ve had the privilege of watching scores of parents take their little ones out to this empty lot learn to bike. We did the same with our kids, though I have to admit biking was not easy or natural for them. I wish I knew of R Community Bikes when the kids were learning to ride; having a resource like that might have helped them enjoy the process a bit more. Heck, having a resource like R Community Bikes would have helped me with my biking skills. I admit that these days I prefer a nice walk to bike ride, but maybe someday I will reembrace biking. We’d like to offer a special thank you to our cover model, KJ Sager Engebrecht!
—Christine Green, Managing Editor
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