I bought a bike last summer. At the time i didn’t plan to bike to work, b/c we live just a couple of miles from two different commuter-rail lines. But I was annoyed by the idea of having to pay $5/day to park my car after driving for such a short distance. So I got an entry-level Giant Cypress (steel frame) and started riding it to the train station.

Then a few months later a friend took me biking on the Minuteman Trail, and it hit me that I could bike a lot more than just a couple of miles per day. So I drove myself from Westwood to Roslindale and biked the rest of the way to MIT (about 6-7 miles). I couldn’t believe how easy it was.

Then I tried biking all the way from home (13-15m, depending on the route). I’m really tired by the time I arrive, and it takes longer than I’d like to admit, but it’s worth doing just to say that i did it. I’m not in great shape though so I have been trying to minimize the hills. In future posts I’ll talk more about the sorts of things I’ve been trying out.