How to get motivated: take a Road I course (check the League of American Bicyclists website to find when courses are being offered in your area).

Now enthusiastic and safer, start incorporating riding into your daily life, letting bike rides take the place of every errand or trip under 1 mile, 2 miles, 5 miles, etc.

Warning: you may find yourself so motivated that you end up bicycling away from your pre-bicycle life, family, work, friends, all of it.