I live 15 miles from my work with a good chuck of Los Angeles standing between my apartment and my work. To some 15miles is not very far to drive to work, but in LA, it takes 45min-1hr in the morning and 1hr-2hrs to drive home in the evening. I had been taking the bus so I could at least zone out and read, watch tv shows/movies instead of road raging. While stuck in traffic on the bus I would see bikes riding right by and it got me thinking.

Approximately 5 months ago I was talking about trying to ride my bike to work, at that point my bike was a 1973 Schwinn Continental. I often talk about things I want to do, but do not actually do them. My girlfriend challenged me to ride to work and back the time my brother turned 30, on August 20th 2011. Challenge Accepted!

Today is August 25, 2011 and I just did my 1000th mile commuting! I started in earnst 87 days ago when after I bought a new bike (Bianchi Campione) and have been riding around 100 miles a week since (2 weeks off, 1 for being sick and 1 for going to NYC). I drive my bike in on Monday with my car, leave my car at work(we have a nice secured underground parking) and ride all during the week. Then I pack up my gear in my car and drive my bike back home on Friday for the weekend.

Since I've started riding, I've inspired many people to start thinking that bike commuting may be an option for them as well. We also now have a bike gang at work where around 5-7 of us ride someplace on Friday for lunch.

Hizzah for the first 1000!