“Who the heck would ride a Bixi bike in weather like this, anyway?” asks Peter Kutenrouwer, the National Post’s intrepid reporter. “Montreal stores its 5,000 Bixi bikes when the snow flies, and gets them back out in spring. Since our winter is milder, Toronto leaves its 80 docking stations, stocked with 1,000 bikes, year-round. On Tuesday I went out at noon to gauge the popularity of Bixi at -20C,” he writes.”At the Bixi stand near the busy Toronto Coach Terminal, I see plenty of bikes, but no customers. I walk over to the stand by the World’s Biggest Bookstore. No riders, so I decide to try the service myself. . . .””In total, I visit seven Bixi stations, including two on Spadina Avenue, and never see another Bixi customer. Still, it seems someone is renting Bixis. “Toronto this week has 4,291 Bixi members, most of whom paid $95 for a year. Riders in Toronto have used Bixi bikes for 9,198 trips since New Year’s Day. His whole story is here