| Re: Car-free since 11/1/2006!
"Qui si parla Campagnolo" <peter@vecchios.com> wrote in message
news:1170941996.163562.256100@h3g2000cwc.googlegro ups.com...
> On Feb 7, 6:14 pm, "Gooserider" <Gooseri...@mouse-potato.com> wrote:
>> I just passed my three month anniversary of going car-free. The clutch
>> on
>> my car went out on Halloween 2006. I really didn't feel like spending the
>> money to fix it, so I decided to ride to work instead. I've been an
>> occasional bike commuter, but my commute is long and I was a gym rat, so
>> I
>> didn't do it very often. It's difficult to do an hour weight workout from
>> 5:30AM to 6:30AM then get home with enough time to shower and be on the
>> bike
>> by 7AM for the 18 mile commute. I've quit lifting weights and now I spend
>> two hours a day on the bike. I feel great.
>> The first week of commuting was pretty rough. I wasn't used to the
>> mileage, and I was sore and pretty tired at the end of each ride. Now I
>> feel
>> energized and alive when I arrive at work or home. I have plenty of
>> appropriate clothing, but I live in Florida so my cold weather gear
>> consists
>> of knickers, wool jersey, arm warmers, and a shell on really cold days.
>
> 'Really cold days'...what a hoot.
>
I don't know about you, but 28F is cold to me. Frost = cold. Sure, it's not
Colorado cold, but below freezing is cold no matter where you are. :-)
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