Bicycling Seattle mayor has bike stolen

[February 25, 2011]  SEATTLE (AP) -- Seattle's bicycling mayor has had some explaining to do -- to his wife about why her bike got swiped after he borrowed it to ride to work.

Seattlepi.com says Mayor Mike McGinn sent a message on Twitter late Wednesday about Peggy Lynch's wheels. He says in a tweet: "I know I've been encouraging people to ride bikes more, but I didn't mean u could `borrow' my wife's bike w/o asking." McGinn, a former Sierra Club leader, frequently commutes by bike and often rides to events and meetings. He's a strong advocate of making Seattle more friendly to cycles and pedestrians. McGinn's spokesman says the mayor borrowed his wife's bike because he recently donated his own to a charity. Hers was taken from a city garage. ___ Information from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer, http://www.seattle-pi.com/ [Associated Press] Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.