Spokes said:

i mostly bike while i'm commuting, as i can't seeem to drag my butt out of bed on the weekends --even though the roads are clear and the driver are less cranky.
See, that's the great thing about biking (as opposed to, say, skiing) -- you can get up at noon on a weekend and still have a nice ride!

From an aerobic perspective, I think it would be really good for me to bike to work (~20 miles), but those cars really scare me! I'm fortunate enough to live in an area where there are cyclists all over the place, so at least the drivers are accustomed to bikes, but still ... scary!

Are there any resources out there on biking in traffic? For example, at one point, I would have to make a left turn across a road with 2-3 lanes in each direction. Do I cross the three lanes to get into the left-hand turn lane? Scary stuff!