I went grocery shopping!

[Geonz]

So much of what I do related to my bike is so routine now I don't even notice. Like locking & unlocking, takes me just seconds, and it's just part of the ride. But when I started, it seemed like it took forever!

I guess anything is like that. Even getting in & out of the car, I could take a long time doing stuff like buckling the kid in her carseat, stashing my bag and/or purse and/or whatever else somewhere--oops, not on the kid--finding my sunglasses, running back in for this that and the other that we forgot, turning around at the first stopsign to run back for something else forgotten.

She's almost a teen now and this isn't quite the ordeal it used to be...still, my point is we get used to these little things that were such a pain.

that is somethign I realized when I drove a car after cycling for weeks... I had to *think* about things that had been routine (like parking or finding my floggin' keys, because the physical routine is different). I realized that a lot of the excuses people have for why they "can't" use a bicycle more ... because "it's so inconvenient to......" ... simply totally stop being inconvenient because they are routine. However, if you'd told me taht, I don't know if I would have believed you.

[shootingstar]

that is somethign I realized when I drove a car after cycling for weeks... I had to *think* about things that had been routine (like parking or finding my floggin' keys, because the physical routine is different). I realized that a lot of the excuses people have for why they "can't" use a bicycle more ... because "it's so inconvenient to......" ... simply totally stop being inconvenient because they are routine.

When I am in someone else's car for a lengthy period of time, which is not often..it does feel abit luxurious to me . But as soon as they spend time trying to find parking, that's when I realize ..for the shorter trips to the store, restaurant...it must be a big pain in the butt ..just dealing with the parking..particularily in a big populated city. I think to myself: I could have parked my bike 15 min. ago (for free) instead of this circle game to find parking...