The Beginning

Like many of us I started riding a bike as a child, and continued to ride for recreation into my adult years.  Just over three years ago, I started commuting by bike off and on, and quickly fell in love with doing so.  Then, almost two years ago, following a massive heart-attack, I took up bicycle touring.  In that time I have acquired quite a bit of gear for commuting and touring, and have logged a lot of miles on my bikes.

Up until about three months ago, I rode when I could, and commuted by bike when I felt the distance wasn't going to be too bad, and the weather was perfect.  Then about three months ago, my 98' Jeep Cherokee, which I had bought new, finally gave up the ghost, and I was thrown into relying on my bikes for all my transportation.  Since I already used my bike a lot, and had all the necessary gear for commuting and running errands, the switch to bike-only transportation wasn't as huge a shock as it would have been, had I been thrown into it unprepared.

At first I thought my new auto-free life was going to be temporary until I could get back into a car.  However, once I was forced to start relying on my bike, and not being able to rely on a combustion engine, I realized that I didn't miss the hassles of driving, and quite liked using my bikes in the place of my poor old Jeep. So, now I am committed to not getting another gas sucker, and instead, relying on my bikes.

Since I spend so much time explaining to people how I am able to live a life by bike, I have decided to also write about it as a way to show others that it can not only be done, but that it can be fun, and in some ways, rewarding.  To that end, I have started this blog.

I have no formal plan for the layout or direction for this blog, so it will probably bounce around for a while.  Anyone who reads it and has questions about any aspect of bicycle commuting, or suggestions for topics is free to contact me, and I will see what I can do to address these questions and Ideas.  Quite frankly I could use the help. 

So, thanks for reading, and I look forward to hearing from you, and hope that something on this blog will help someone else along the way, and we can all enjoy the ride.