Winter biking in Montreal? No sweat

People who cycle all winter in Montreal have a name for themselves: “hurlus,” short for “hurluberlus.” French for “weirdo.”
Winter biking may have been a weirdos-only pursuit a decade ago, but from the look of our streets, either the weirdos are proliferating or winter biking is going mainstream. With the Plante administration’s prioritization of “active transportation,” the trend is likely to continue.
The popularity of Bixi might explain pa