Baby Steps

I think one of the best indicators of a cycling culture is parents cycling with children. In Manchester, as much of the UK, this is a rare sight. Seeing children being carried by parents with cargo bikes is an even better indicator of a healthy bike culture, and consequently an even more rare sight in the UK. I was therefore pleased to see what looked like a mother and child riding down Oxford Road with a Christiania cargo trike. OK, so if we had a booming bicycle culture I probably wouldn't have even batted an eyelid at the sight of this, but still, baby steps....