By Tory N. Parrish

PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW

Sunday, May 1, 2011

They squinted and blinked repeatedly as holy water splashed on their faces.

Bicycle owners did the squinting, and the Rev. Mike Wernick, the Church of the Redeemer’s priest in residence, provided the holy water as he led the Squirrel Hill-based Episcopal church’s first Blessing of the Bikes on Saturday.

The service marked the beginning of a season when sunny skies and rising temperatures spur more cyclists to take to the streets, sidewalks and trails, and when bicycling-related injuries and deaths increase.

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