Comments on: Bicycle Century ~ 15 Tips to Finish Your First Century http://roadtobikeacrosskansas.com/bicycle-century-15-tips-to-finish-your-first-century.html Busy mom training for BAK (someday) Fri, 10 Jun 2011 00:35:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jackie http://roadtobikeacrosskansas.com/bicycle-century-15-tips-to-finish-your-first-century.html/comment-page-1#comment-14 Jackie Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:08:04 +0000 http://roadtobikeacrosskansas.com/?p=84#comment-14 That is pretty cool ~ there's no public transportation out here but it gets me thinking!! That is pretty cool ~ there’s no public transportation out here but it gets me thinking!!

]]> By: Tee http://roadtobikeacrosskansas.com/bicycle-century-15-tips-to-finish-your-first-century.html/comment-page-1#comment-13 Tee Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:15:24 +0000 http://roadtobikeacrosskansas.com/?p=84#comment-13 VERY cool about transporting your daughter to and/or from school on the bike. As for shopping...I have to go 25 miles (one way) to get groceries. If I don't know someone already planning to drive there that I can catch a ride with, I put my bike on the bus and go by myself (for a whopping 70 cents total for going 50 miles). Convenient? No. Easy? NO! Rewarding? Ohhh, yeeeaaahhh! :) VERY cool about transporting your daughter to and/or from school on the bike. As for shopping…I have to go 25 miles (one way) to get groceries. If I don’t know someone already planning to drive there that I can catch a ride with, I put my bike on the bus and go by myself (for a whopping 70 cents total for going 50 miles). Convenient? No. Easy? NO! Rewarding? Ohhh, yeeeaaahhh! :)

]]> By: Jackie http://roadtobikeacrosskansas.com/bicycle-century-15-tips-to-finish-your-first-century.html/comment-page-1#comment-12 Jackie Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:43:01 +0000 http://roadtobikeacrosskansas.com/?p=84#comment-12 Thanks Tee ~ I think you're probably right ~ and I already have some of those feelings, and I would probably be doing a lot more of that already ~ only issue I have is we live in the middle of nowhere ~ the nearest town is 10 miles away ~ the nearest decent town is 17 miles away. With that being said ~ Hanna is starting preschool this year ~ her school is 10 miles away ~ I already plan to pick her up (or drop her off) at school on the bike when I can. :) Thanks Tee ~

I think you’re probably right ~ and I already have some of those feelings, and I would probably be doing a lot more of that already ~ only issue I have is we live in the middle of nowhere ~ the nearest town is 10 miles away ~ the nearest decent town is 17 miles away.

With that being said ~ Hanna is starting preschool this year ~ her school is 10 miles away ~ I already plan to pick her up (or drop her off) at school on the bike when I can. :)

]]> By: Tee http://roadtobikeacrosskansas.com/bicycle-century-15-tips-to-finish-your-first-century.html/comment-page-1#comment-11 Tee Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:20:38 +0000 http://roadtobikeacrosskansas.com/?p=84#comment-11 I'm just watching you and your bicycle bloom. I believe that anyone who has a profound experience with a bicycle later life will appreciate wholly that experience for what it is. I've become a true cycling advocate. I may never be able to do a century, though I hope to. If not, it's okay; there are still Critical Mass rides, potential riding groups to organize/join, etc. I've met many online friends who, like me, have decided to do without a motorized vehicle and simply take their bikes. "Simply" being the operative word here...bicycle vs. car ownership means a lack of responsibility: no insurance, no gas, no major costs for repairs, no parking fees (or even trying to find parking, really), etc. I have a feeling this will all get closer and closer to home to you as your love for your bicycle and everything it brings you...and you to it...grows. Namaste'. I’m just watching you and your bicycle bloom. I believe that anyone who has a profound experience with a bicycle later life will appreciate wholly that experience for what it is. I’ve become a true cycling advocate. I may never be able to do a century, though I hope to. If not, it’s okay; there are still Critical Mass rides, potential riding groups to organize/join, etc. I’ve met many online friends who, like me, have decided to do without a motorized vehicle and simply take their bikes. “Simply” being the operative word here…bicycle vs. car ownership means a lack of responsibility: no insurance, no gas, no major costs for repairs, no parking fees (or even trying to find parking, really), etc.

I have a feeling this will all get closer and closer to home to you as your love for your bicycle and everything it brings you…and you to it…grows. Namaste’.

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