If you had a fairy godmother when you started riding...

[rebeccaC]

What was it that made you want to commute in the first place?

to help with the chocolate calories.........plus being in a good area/community to do it....and the health and exercise

how is Albuquerque for commuting?

eta...I started with a solex pedaled moped when I was a preteen and starting in my early teens I rode a rene herse mixte touring bike all over southern/eastern france, northern spain and north western Italy during the summers and to school during the rest of the year. A bike was my only mode of transportation in college and in those years I also started doing brevets.

This area is comfortable to ride in year round, which is one of the reasons I took this job out of graduate school. I see bike commuting as a healthy, cheap and eco-friendly alternative to driving….and i get a kind of joy from it….from being more aware of the neighborhoods I ride through, seeing, hearing and experiencing so much more than i would in a car, stopping for morning tea and a scone on my way to work, seeing and getting to know other riders on their commutes, riding by the ocean in sunrise and sunset light and being an example to others by showing cycling as a viable form of efficient and versatile transportation. The rewards are endless and meaningful for me !!

this view from a couple of days ago can only be seen from a bike path