Number 3, numer 3, and number 3. Riding a bike is just so much more fun than driving.

I started commuting by bike for reason number 1, in a youthful act of environmentalist penance for having worked in the petroleum industry for a couple of years after high school. I hadn't ridden a bike in years, since I, like almost all Americans of my generation, ditched the bike as soon as I got a car. I was surprised and delighted to find that, instead of being an act of sufferance, cycling was simply fun!

My co-workers will sometimes express admiration for the fact that I ride my bike to work every day, wishing that they could bike to work because they "know it's better for the environment/their health". And while it is good for both of these things, and that does make me feel all warm and fuzzy when I bother to think about it, that's not what gets me out of bed 30 minutes early to make time for riding. It's not what makes me ride in the rain, the cold, the snow, and the ice.

I ride because I've never, ever been bored while riding a bike.

Lol! I'm glad I'm not the only one.