Bike Commuting to Work: Part One

Part One

If you know me, you know that when I get excited about a new hobby I jump in feet first! This is no different! I’ve never really wanted to bike before, or really thought about it. Until now..

My dad is an avid cyclist, and just today he rode 16 miles in under an hour! I’ve ridden bikes before, and I’ve enjoyed it. I never considered myself a cyclist, but I’m going to try and bike commute to work instead of driving!

My Dad with Bike

If you look at the map pictured above, you’ll see that my drive is around 6 miles. To bike commute to work, that would be a total of 12 miles in total. I can safely say that I’ve never ridden 12 miles in one day in my entire life.

To complete the bike commute to work, I’m going to need to train my body to prepare for these new rides!

Training

Today, June 25, 2022, was the first day that I decided to ride my bike to get prepared. Now, I had the idea that I was going to ride my bike to work this Monday! My family had some concerns, and after my riding today, that is completely understandable.

Me with Bike

Today, I took the handlebars to see if I could ride as long as I could. In total, I made it 3 miles! Obviously that’s not 12 miles. But it’s a start.

3 miles is good, I think.

This is Part One of a multi part blog series to follow my journey as I prepare to take my commute to work, with a bike instead of a car!

This is my bike, all I know is it's a Cannondale Mountain bike

New Bike