Great stories about cycling and family! I am trying to figure out how to work the commute for my son this fall. I recently went "car free" and my son's school is about 8 miles from my home. It is a charter school and they don't provide bus service. It requires riding on some very busy streets and the distance is too far for him to do the ride on his own (he is 11). May have to go back to a car this fall