My family is car free. When I first started riding a bike it was the most miserable yet fun thing ever. Now doing it for a couple hours at a time is no problem. The big problem now is bike collecting. Our little garage has 8 bikes in it: 4 city/hybrid bikes, a road bike and three folders. I keep wanting to buy more
must... stop... buying.. bikes......
Oh.. and check out the "living car free" forum on here. Lots of nice folks with lots of good ideas.