Bike to work/school day! 2008

Today is bike to work day. I did something differently today. I rode my single speed mountain bike instead of my road bike or geared mtn.bike. My geared m.bike is still recovering from the Cohutta. Smap found that I had severly damaged a tire, so it has yet to be fixed. I didn't want to ride my road bike this morning due to the fact that the ground was very wet still when I left for school, and I HATE to ride wet roads now on a road bike (I went down last April during the 3-state 3-mtn challenge on a wet turn and am still recovering).

So, the single speed is great for commuting except for the 32x22 gear I have on it. I probably looked like a dork spinning my ass off on the flat section to school. Oh well....it was fun anyways.

While on the way, I thought about the four geared mtn.bikes (2 of which are commuters) that Smap owns that I could have used today instead...oh well. The Rig was an experience. It also made me realize that my next bike needs to be a fixed gear commuter. I think I will save up this summer to get one...it will be perfect for school commuting and to the pool this summer!

I had four girls "bike to school" today! I was so proud of them and they were SO proud of themselves. I can only hope they will ride again in the future, and others will follow their example! I offerred a CBC water bottle to anyone who commuted to school today. I honestly didn't think anyone would ride to school. It was so cool to walk into my classroom to see four other bikes besides mine! The girls didn't have locks so I just had them decorate my room today with their bikes. I needed to bring a bike pump and tool to fix their bikes for their commute home, but oh well. A few of their bikes have hardly any air. I'll see what I can do.

Anyway, it has been a LONG week with the house and the kids going crazy due to school almost being out! Smap and I are REALLY looking forward to the weekend.

Rach