I started commuting to work a month ago. First week, on Monday, second week on Monday and Tuesday and then third week from Monday to Thursday.

My commuting is 18 miles round trip and the traffic is light at the time I am out on my bike: 9:15 AM in the morning and 6.50 PM in the evening.

At first I got honked almost once or twice a day. Now, nobody cares about honking at me anymore. I guess I have become a constant nusance they think they have to live with.

I really enjoy riding my bike and have the workout in the morning and in the evening wired into my life style. I felt much more energized and it's llike a addiction now.

Right now, I am commuting on a 1985 Schwinn World Sport that I bought from Ebay for 25 bucks and cleaned and painted myself for another 60 bucks. I learned how to take the bike apart and service it and put it back together on this bike. I will soon graduate to a Scattante R-550 I purchased from SuperGo.com. I love the specs and weight (19 lbs) and it probably will make my climb a little bit easier and I get through the dreaded intersection much faster.

I am commuting along Plano parkway in DFW area and it seems to me I am the lone bike commuter along the three-lane road. Hopefully someone else, seeing that I am still alive doing bike commuting, get inspired and join me on the road.

Nice to join you die-hard bike commuters.

By the way, I am from China and have commuted there in the past. But the commuting scene is totally different from what we have here.