biking to work attempt 1
i drove about 6 miles in, parked my car at a park and biked in a little less than 5 miles to the office.
it took 25 minutes.
overall, it was not bad at all. i was on the trail for about 4+ miles and only in the last bit did i have to bike on the streets. i cut into a neighborhood to bike on their roads, but got dumped off onto a fairly major road closer to my office when the neighborhood ended. i ended up biking on the sidewalk (yeah, i know… not supposed to) but i really don’t think i’m ready for the road yet!!
case in point:
at the first intersection off the trail, i had to come to a stop. this was what i was dreading because the bike is much bigger than my old one… so i had practiced starting and stopping earlier, but never with a bookbag. so in front of the on-ramp to the major highway… with a bunch of cars waiting to make a left turn, i came to a stop and then…. toppled over. BAH! skinned my knee.
but besides that, everything else was ok!!
