Originally Posted by noglider

you have to take time to exercise at least a little, don't you? Commuting by bike takes less time than driving plus going to the gym. Maybe you could do this once a week. You could put the bike in the car on monday, drive to work, and ride home monday night. Ride to work tuesday morning and drive home tuesday night. Drive to work and back on wednesday, thursday, and friday.

An alternative is to take fun rides on weekends and tow your kids in a trailer, if they're little. That's what i did when my kids were little. My kids never got bored of riding in it. I rode my racing bike. The trailer doesn't affect handling at all. It slowed me down on uphills, and i had to brake carefully on downhills.