Bike to Work Week

downtown Flagstaff at the bike swap on Sunday

don't forget your helmet- those are the ballons they attached to my bike...

If you didn't know this about me, I'm a bike enthuasist. Ever since I realized at the ripe age of 7 that my pink Huffy would transport me to my friend's house, I've been hooked. I was on the club bike team in college and have had the serious cyclist bug ever since. I still teach spinning (indoor cycling) once a week at the local athletic club. (ahhem gets me a free membership). I am a member of the Flagstaff Biking Organization (biking advocacy group) and this past Sunday myself and a couple others lead a bike parade to kick off Bike to Work Week with one of my four bikes. Yes, I have four bikes. A road bike, a geared mountain bike (being built), a single speed mountain bike, a communter hybrid, and finally a cruiser bike. Matt and I are hoping to add a tandem bike to the collection. Matt rides his bike 6 miles to work everyday. GO MATT. Obviously, I can't ride my bike to work, since I work about 20 feet from where I sleep.

Ask yourself, how often you could ride your bike to work? What is stopping you? Is it your bike, it is where you live? Fear of cars? Is it your "stuff" -- all of those obstacles can be overcome. Later I'll post some of my friend's commuter bike set-ups. Here in Flagstaff where everything is 5 miles away and usually accesible by urban trail a lot of folks ride bikes everywhere (unless it's snowing). Since I work from home, I cannot bike to work, but I do bike to the gym, bike to the trails do personal errands on my bike. I may try to post some video footage, something I've never done before.... it may prove to be too time consuming -- I've got to edit 2,500 pictures...