Councilmember Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3) left an Austermuhle-worthy bundle of presents for her colleagues yesterday with a holiday gift package of bicycle stuff. Cheh appeared to be continuing her efforts to make D.C. a more bike-friendly place.

Cheh spokeswoman Kiara Pesante says her boss’ was “definitely the most planned-out, creative, and detailed” of the gifts swapped between city legislators. And she might be right in this claim about a parcel that included a 24-hour membership to Capital Bikeshare, a spiffy new Schwinn helmet, a custom bicycle license plate, and printed maps of Washington’s bike paths.

I asked around, and found that while some of the other gifts exchanged had that nice, homemade feel—Ward 4 Councilmember Muriel Bowser offered a garlic-pepper jam—none seem to be as complex as Cheh’s. David Catania (I-At Large) and Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) gave their colleagues boxes of chocolates, Jim Graham (D-Ward 1) presented a Christmas tree ornament, and Michael A. Brown (I-At Large) brought in decks of cards accompanied by copies of a book teaching Texas Hold ‘Em strategies. At-Large Democrat Phil Mendelson dropped off chocolate-covered cherries, a Wilson Building staffer says.

Pesante says each bike package cost about $30 and that they were paid for with Cheh’s own money.

We’ll have to wait and see if any cycling councilmembers affix their new custom plates to their bikes—a spokesman for Evans says “absolutely”—but maybe in the near future it might be possible to voice a constituant complaint while zooming up the 15th Street cycle track.