I’m starting to get in the habit now–biking to school. It is becoming a welcome rhythm. There seem to always be some consistent hurdles: 1. weather 2. timing 3. baggage 4. level of tiredness.
Weather is the biggest factor for me–I still have not found my rain pants and so I cannot bike in the rain (nor do I really want to). And I don’t have mud-flaps on my bike so the water would just shoot up at me. The second biggest hurdle is timing. I don’t have a light on the front and back of my bike so I can’t bike at night. If I can’t get home before dark–then I can’t use the bike. It is really a cultivated habit–for it is after all EXERCISE. And it’s hard to stay disciplined when you don’t ‘feel like it.’
I am happy to be experimenting with this–and it has given me greater confidence to use my bike more often just to get around.
