An 8 minute walk is only a 3 minute bike ride

And yet.. I had to walk to the grocery store because I don't have my bike with me at work today! As my baby sister says, "I hate walking because it takes twice as long to get away from creepy old men who are hitting on you" - preach on sista! Why walk when you can ride? But anyway, crisis averted and I was able to buy my corriander for the awesome meal I plan to make tomorrow night.

So, I have been neglecting my bike blog, mostly because I'm not really a blogger. Some updates - my new bike is just as awesome as I thought it would be when I bought it - I have biked 685kms to date on my new bike and plan to hit 1000km by the end of the year. My goal is made significantly easier by the fact that just by biking to work 4 days a week, I hit 100kms. However, I have not been biking every day. Some of my excuses thus far - it's raining out (though I have actually done a few rain bike rides and they weren't as bad as I thought they would be); I have to be (at some location) by x time and biking has me arriving home 45 mins later than by driving; and my current excuse for the month of July is that I am celebrating the month of Ramadhan by fasting and I won't survive the day without water. But.. starting in August.. I will resume biking to work!

Other news, my old beater bike has been gifted to my mother, who has now also started biking to work. The first time, I went with her on a weekend so that I could show her the best route (after which we stopped for a lovely picnic in the park). I have also encouraged her (and have gone with her) to the grocery store, which takes pretty much the exact same amount of time as driving there. I've convinced other people to bike more often, or to buy a bike period. Basically, I'm an awesome bike advocate... which is why I'm so active on this blog. I also saw this girl wearing a super cute skirt with bikes all over it, and told her it was awesome.

I've also taken to following bikers on twitter, to find out what is going on in the NCR world of biking. When I think of another awesome bike post, I will share it here.

kthxbai