I commute because i love to ride -- so much so that I no longer own a car, I chose not to replace the last junker. I've lived lots of different places, but I've never felt at home anywhere...but in the saddle, riding my bike.

I take in the world on my terms on the bike; no filtering through safety glass, passive traveling on the back of an artificial power source, or climate control. It's just me and the Creation. Drivers are intruders, and are disdained as such.

The colder it gets, the more elemental I feel; anyone can pedal in 70-90F.

I am sad when I have to take my age-induced fragility into account (I don't heal like I used to), and am reduced to taking the bus during heavy snow/icy conditions. Conversely, I come alive again when I can get back on the bike.