Thanks to your help I did my first commute to work today. I searched around here last week and found all of the previous threads about preparation, what to take, clean up etc that I was worried about and had been keeping me from commuting up til now. You answered all my questions!
So with unscented baby wipes, :::insert brand name::: daily facials, and a really good shower this am, I am sitting here at work not stinking!!!! :D Which was a bigger worry to me than getting run over by a car. :rolleyes:
I picked the wrong clothing to bring to work. My bike map recommended rolling instead of folding your clothes too keep them for getting wrinkled. Well, no matter how carefully you roll a linen/rayon skirt it is still going to look like you slept in it. Oh well. First lesson learned.
But other than that things went as predicted. The ride in the morning is a breeze. All downhill. Only took me about 10 minutes to get here. The trip this afternoon will be rough though. All up hill for 5 miles. ugh! My trial run on Saturday took me 35 minutes getting home. Yeah, I am not in the greatest shape at the moment but I will be soon! ;)
I was able to actually be nice to people and say hello to the folks I passed. Which is different from the usual, "Get the h*** out of the way you freaking moron" while driving on Albuquerque streets.
So anyways, I thoroughly enjoyed it and will continue to commute by bike!!!
Saving the planet one bike ride at a time.:)
