05-05-2018, 03:12 PM
It's easy to focus on the shortcomings we see here in Waterloo Region, but I have to say I was really encouraged today. I was out on my bike this morning in Columbia Forest and then was doing the Adopt-a-Road cleanup on Hessen Strasse with the Waterloo Cycling Club and finally was around town doing some errands this afternoon, including stopping at Ziggy's. All day I saw loads of people out on their bikes enjoying the weather. From club riders on road bikes to families out riding together on mountain bikes. Ziggy's was bursting at the seams with people looking at biking and testing them out. It was wonderful and uplifting to see. It was the first time I've felt that maybe, just maybe, this region has the potential to become a bicycling city the likes of what you see in northern Europe.