Wheel Family Fun: Commuting by bicycle — what’s involved?

Many people ride their bicycles for recreation and exercise, but for others, their bicycles are their transportation. Whether they chose to ride rather than drive to save money, get exercise, reduce their carbon footprint or relieve stress, it doesn’t matter — they are committed to cycle commuting. What does it take to do this day after day, in all kinds of weather?

First, the cyclist has to decide that riding to work is what they want or need to do. It takes fortitude and determination to make it happen, ignoring tempting ideas of sleeping later, avoiding bad weather and taking the easy way. As “Two Wheel Cruise,” a bike commuter in Japan says in his You-Tube video (Commuting By Bike to Work) “You got to just do it!”