I work about 4 miles away from home and have been saying for the last 6 months that I was going to start cycling the journey rather than driving. However, the excuses have been vast as to why I haven't up to now. I say excuses, they were all genuine reasons at the time ;-)
"I'll start when I get a new bike" - Good enough, but when I got the new mountain bike it was still freezing cold and raining.
"I'll go on days when I finish early so it's not dark out" - If I've finished work early, I usually have 500 things to do so a car comes in handy
"I'll go on dry days" - Dry days are usually cold days!
You get the picture. Since I now have a shiney new road bike at my disposal, the excuses are not really cutting it. Since I didn't get out at the weekend I a) felt guilty and b) had yet to road test the bike!
If I new on Sunday what I know now I'd have been out like a shot. Road bikes are amazing! The ride home was not far at all (although it still took me 40 minutes as I took the wrong cycle path and ended up waaaay out) so wasn't too taxing but I felt like I floated all the way home. Minimal effort for better speed, time and ease than the mountain bike.
I can't wait to get out on it for a big run at the weekend - not even weather permitting this time!
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