By Forrest Halford, Bike BG member
Why do I commute? Because want met could. But that’s true always if you think about it.
It began as part of an assault on my weight. I ballooned up to nearly 300 pounds and I decided I would put a little effort into getting around.
Part of getting around was riding a mile and a half to work. It hurt my pride and worse, it hurt my butt and chafed my legs and made me wheeze. But I made it. It was the beginning of my way back to a love affair with the bicycle. It was a way back to health and a whole lot more.
Check back on this space. Two or three times a week I’m going to share my thoughts from the ride to work and maybe get you to thinking what it could mean to you. You clicked on this link, so I know your curious.
I’ll write about nuts and bolts stuff too. At the very least you’ll see a link where somebody else wrote it better. Here’s a preview:
- Connectedness with the world? check!
- Good for the world? check
- Easy to do? check
- Health? check
- Wealth? check
- More? lots more.
- What you need? check
- Why you can do it? (maybe you can’t, but just maybe you can)
- Why? of course.
- Cheap therapy? check.
Til next time,
Forrest
Sara Shipley Hiles is a member of Bicycle Bowling Green. She thinks every day is better with a bike ride. 
