Bike Commuter

I admit it. Operation Bike Ride 2011 has, for the most part, been an abysmal failure.

Until now, that is.

I ran out of money on my transit card, and decided to pay for a tune-up on my bike instead of reloading my card.

It just so happened that I got my bike back from the shop on Chicago's "Bike to Work Week", and it also just so happened that it rained 3 out of 5 days during that week. I rode all that week, and every day since. And it's pretty much rained every day.

The pros:

• zero dollars spent on transportation in two weeks
• getting my bikini body back
• shaving 30 minutes off my commute time

The cons:

• having to use my bike as a clothes line and publicly display my sports bra on a daily basis

Operation Bike Ride 2011: Status Report

Mission: Shed reno-related stress pounds in time for pending photo shoots

Outside Air Temperature: 60-deg F

Sure Sign of Spring: short socks

Impressions: bliss

Status: complete

Operation Bike Ride 2011

Mission: Shed holiday pounds and stick it to the CTA
Outside Air Temperature: 27-deg F
Layers of clothing: five
Impressions: cold wrists
Status: complete