Thinking about commuting by bicycle? Fantastic! It is much easier than most people think, it is highly rewarding, and makes an otherwise mundane event -- commuting -- into something fun.
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By the middle of 2013, I had an apartment with my name on the lease and I was finally feeling like I had climbed to the first safe base camp on the immense mountain of New York. I could setup camp and not worry about tumbling all the way back down.
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All I brought to New York was the stuff I could fit into one checked back and my carry on for the flight to LaGuardia Airport. I had no job, no obvious job prospects, and a short amount of time to make something happen. I turned to the one thing that I thought I could do well and see the city at the same time. Bike. I became a pedicab driver for Manhatan Rickshaw company. This began the next chapter of my cycling life.
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Part one of my cycle stories, detailing my history with cycling and the impetus for this series.
I grew up riding my bike for fun around the neighborhoods of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. Cycling then became something bigger and more important when I was in college. It wasn't until I came back to Minneapolis when I began to seriously appreciate all of the things that cycling could provide me and the city that fosters that kind of lifestyle.
Cycle series is my one-twelfth new year resolution, cycle to and from work everyday.
It all begins with a statement of intent. This is mine for my month of cycling!