Pedaling through petals along Lake Champlain

Pedaling through petals along Lake Champlain

Along with robins and trillium, another sure sign of spring is a sighting of that first bicycle that comes plodding up the road, propelled perhaps by one who owns a pair of snowshoes and cross-country skis more as outdoor window dressing than anything bordering on true winter enthusiasm. But when the snow finally recedes and the pavement finally dries, bicycles will emerge as surely as the false hellebores, and blood will be pumped into human ex…