It always amazes me how much kids love bikes. On the way to work this morning (a beautiful day for it, as well - sunny and warm enough for the Teknic mesh jacket) I passed three schoolbuses full of kids on their way to some sort of Event. There was a nice gap in traffic, so I had some space, and came past them at a fairly good speed differential. As I passed, just about every window seemed to hold a little kid, waving at me in rapt attention, eyes gleaming. I waved back to them - such is the responsibility of an upstanding young citizen such as myself - and couldn't help but imagine their thoughts, watching me and Zoë on the road, maybe dreaming of riding off into the distance on their own someday.

Or maybe just hoping I'd get smashed by the next available Hummer. You never know.