“During the first quarter of 2009, more bicycles were sold in the US than cars and trucks. While the Great Recession is hurting bike sales, they didn’t fall as fast as automobiles. Around 2.6 million bicycle purchases were made, compared to ~2.5 million cars and trucks that left our nation’s lots.”

via SET Energy » Blog Archive » US bike sales higher than car sales in 2009.

Pretty cool, though it would be interesting to know what percentage of the bikes sold are being used as a mode of transportation, not just for kids/playing.