I joined these forums almost 5 years ago. Back then, I lived in a small, rural town. School was MAYBE 1 km away, and I had not much of job to speak of (I did ride bike to my uncles farm in the summer to do some rouging). I dreamed of being able to use my bicycle as a practical means of transportation. I tried, on a couple occasions, to ride to the nearest city and although I succeeded it proved to be too significant an effort for the fitness level I was at. I rode regularly on the highway for a while, but found that my 'pointless' route grew rather dull. I dreamed of being able to ride my bicycle a reasonable distance to and from work. I dreamed of being able to commute as many of you do. After highschool, I went to college but the dorms were so close to the building we held classes in that there was no point in riding bike there (it would have taken longer to dig out my bike and ride over there than to just walk).

Throughout this time, I tinkered away on my bike, adding new parts here and there, experimenting with different lighting systems, and so on. A lot of it was unnecessary where I lived at the time, but I suppose I always had it in the back of my mind that someday I would live in the city and be able to commute by bicycle. Now, I finally find myself in a place where I CAN commute. And now that I have become familiar with the streets and more of the bicycle paths and pedestrian overpasses/bridges, I am starting to commute to work! I am finally starting to live that dream!

Anyway, I just wanted to share that with you guys.

Cheers.