My use of a bike stems more from necessity (no parking at work, and I only live a couple of miles away anyways) and exercise.

I kind of take pride in coming into work like a drowned rat because they think I'm crazy to ride in the rain. And because I hate walking, I'll ride my bike to run errands when the weather's not gross.

So I guess I do use my bike a lot, but more for transportation than out of passion. I guess I felt like I was a bit of an imposter here because I imagined most everyone here biked out of enjoyment. And due to hideous weather I haven't been on my bike for almost a month and I feel like I've abandoned it.

But I will say that I LOVE my bike It's a cyclocross frame by Cramerotti. I peeled off the loud stickers and modified the drop bars to straight bars. It looks like a plain old modified road bike and I love it. Unlike other things in my life, I have no desire to change it to a "better" bike.

And since commuting full time on my bike, my butt's been lifted to where they were when I was in my mid-twenties