I have always been what I term a lifestyle cyclist. To me, that means cycling has always been a part of life, but the style and intensity has varied throughout. For example, as a poor graduate student in Boston 25 years ago, I bought a touring bike and used it as transportation, getting to work, grocery shopping, etc. When my kids were very young, I biked to work, dropping them off at the daycare on the way in by attaching a baby seat, and sneaking a ride through the park on the way to work. As they got older and had bikes of their own, we cycled as a family, but high on family and low in intensity. During this time I was also busy building a career and working a lot, so I ran more than cycled for fitness. Then when they got old enough to want to spend more time with their friends than us, my husband and I started to do more club riding and touring. Club rides are also effecient since they get you up and out an dfinished early on the weekend, still leaving lots of time to do other stuff. But throughout this all I have tried to ride my bike to work as much as possible, since no matter how busy I am I always have to work! Just some random thoughts on what has worked for me.