I rode my bicycle to work for the first time today. I think it's about 4 1/2 miles and it took me right about 30 minutes. I took Winchester to Airport Expressway to Fairfield, and stayed on Fairfield all the way to Wayne Street to work. It wasn't too bad.
This is the bike someone abandoned when I worked at the self-storage place. Yes, it's a girls bike, and a Huffy, and old. So it's not likely to be a viable option for very long. Shoot, just one day and it sounds like it's falling apart. But I now know I can do it so I may look into other options.
A lot of Fairfield was on the sidewalk, but it was rooooooough. I rode Airport Expressway along the side of the road. Once I got downtown I could use the bike lanes - that was the smoothest part but had to watch for cars not honoring them.
On the way home I cut off Fairfield and took Rudisill to Foster Park and home. That added about 5 minutes but had less car traffic.
I don't know if I'm ready to ride to work at 4:30 in the morning yet, but I will likely ride it again anytime after 8 am. It wasn't too bad. So far it feels like I'm putting the screws to someone, at least.
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