Originally Posted by
dcb23
One year ago today I left public transportation behind and got back on a bike I purchased in 1998. I've riden that bike to work every single day I've worked since...rain, sleet, ice, snow, wind, more ice, you name it, I've riden through it. (It's a short 4.5 miles each way.)
Posting here on the forum has been a great way to learn about commuting and gather tips and gear advice. I never, in a million years, would have thought I would be a bike commuter. Now that I am, I can't believe I waited so long to do it.
Salute to everyone on here.
Similar story here as well. I was 40, slightly overweight, smoker for a lot of years and was recently diagnosed with HBP. I hadn't been on a bike in 20 years. But after just a year and a half, my BP now averages 118/68 and 22 miles ain't nothin'.
But if not for those already out there on the road and the individuals posting here, I probably never would have had the inspiration to even try it. I used to think to myself how crazy those cyclists were riding on the expressway like that...lol. Congrats!