Dang, you beat me to it caloso, I was about to bring this one up. I'm pretty close to getting a couple people to start commuting. One already got her bike this past Christmas, the other needs some convincing even though he lives a scant 2 miles from work and he basically makes love with his bike on the weekends.

Most important to stay road-rash free, to increase my knowledge of bike maintenance, and to ride 3000 miles in my first full year of commuting.