Originally posted by Inkwolf
What a sense of security bike commuting can give!
The brake shoes wore out on my car (metal on metal! Aak!) and I had to take it in to be fixed. In my pre-bike days, this would have involved a lot of trying to figure out a convenient time to drop it off, or trying to figure out how to kill a day while the mechanic worked, or imposing on family and neighbors for rides. Instead, I just tossed the bike in the back, dropped the car off at the mechanic's, pedalled the three blocks to work, and pedalled home. Rode the bike in to work the next day, picking up my car on the way. 
Not that I've cared much for the riding conditions lately--warm, humid and vast amounts of insects. Still, could be worse.
It could be a whole lot worse!
Inky, I love it.
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