Bike to work

It would be great to do this.

• where to store the bike when I get to work?
• how to carry my stuff (briefcase, etc)?
• what to wear? Should I change clothes when I get to work?
• how to not look like a complete dork? wait…

Took my bike on the 5.5 mile commute today. The ride back is definitely easier than the ride there. It feels really good to do this; it makes me feel powerful and proud of myself and the weather right now is perfect for it. I would like to continue, and I think it will only get easier as time goes on.

I was going to call this entry “dry run” but it started to rain on my way back, so I figured that wasn’t appropriate. :P

I rode my bike to my office today, which is about five miles from my home. The ride there wasn’t too bad, there were a few small hilly parts that wore me out, and I’m not looking forward to crossing over the freeway overpass during rush hour. It took about 35 minutes.

I took a different route on the way back, and accidentally went down a road with lots of construction which wasn’t fun. I also got rained on, but it wasn’t terrible. So, weather permitting, I think I should ride to work at some point next week.

...still waiting on my bike as a present from the bf for this one…soon..

the biggest hurdle with this one is the weather, which i can’t control. case in point: it’s april and it’s windy and snowing.

the second biggest hurdle is getting up in time, which is just pure laziness on my part.

once the weather gets a bit warmer, i am striving for 2-3 times per week.

It’s about 5km to work, with one steeeeeeep downhill at the start, and a short but brutal uphill near the very end. Doable, but still sweaty work!

And biking home is always great. I biked every day for 6 weeks in the fall. I think I can convince myself to do it again.

Helpful: get a rack and panniers, and tune up my bike. Poor bike gets left outdoors in the cold, rainy winter.

...So I need to start riding again. Its 10 miles/16 km each way, a bit much, but I hope i’ll get stronger in the process and it will become easier.

This one is going quite well (although yesterday I nearly came off colliding with a side mirror, my fault) I only live 3 km away so why have I not been doing this all the time? I know why, I was too lazy to get the bike fixed. In the end it took 10 mins to do it including travelling time! It is crazy how things sometimes seem so difficult in Hanoi…. The bike still needs a service (the gears don’t work properly) but that hardly matters as Hanoi is so flat. How I will do it in Summer is another question tho.

I not only have a job again, it is very much within biking distance, though I haven’t done it yet. It’s about a 20-minute walk and less than 10 minutes on the bus. The only problem is making sure the bike doesn’t disappear when I’m in the office

1. Fixing my bike.
2. Working out a way I can take my work stuff on my bike that does not have a basket.