Bike to Work Week 2013 Day 1

[chandri]

So I just rode my bike to work for the first time in 1.5 years.
(One could argue it was the first time I rode my bike to work voluntarily. My last (terrible, no good, very bad) job started at 5am and it was the only way to get there.)

It was okay! Though I think the cycleroute planner engine and I disagree about what constitutes a 5% grade.
But I

Comments

[deathpixie]

Re the cycling uphill - use your gears to find something nice and easy you can whiz along in. Doing it hard and powering up in a flat gear is actually hugely bad for your knees. Bikes have gears for a purpose and there's no shame in dropping into the smaller ring on the front so you can make it up a hill. :)

[chandri]

Intellectually I do know that? I'm just really, really impatient. :)