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“Why I love to bike commute” 2000
Tom Holland, Santa Barbara
 Mostly it's the silence of mornings that I love. The bike path, with trees and tall grasses blanketed by the muffling fog drifting in like a dream from the coast, has the sound and silence of nature. There's the wash of the wind that gets louder like an ocean wave as you go faster, and the jarring almost funny bouncing sound you make as you bobble across the wooden bridges. The rest of your day might be filled with people and phones, enveloping you with their concerns, but at the start and finish of every day, the bike allows you a freedom and quiet all your own.- Riding to work brings a daily connection with the important things in life. Seeing the fields of golden wildflowers, a blue heron standing in his marsh or a newly born rabbit dashing into a bush, reminds you that you are a part of this process. You aren't born of steel and adjustable leather seats and safety glass. As you swing into Goleta beach and see the ocean beating against the cliff under slats of morning light, you know you belong, and it feels good to be alive.
- At the end of the day, when the sun paints the Santa Ynez mountains a brick red, it's easy to get lured away from the ocean and into the rolling foothills. Unfolding like a ribbon, Cathedral Oaks opens sweeping, panoramic views of the mountain dappled by orange clouds as it guides me downtown. There, I see my car is still under its cover, happy and unmoved. Today, instead of the corridor of grinding traffic, the concrete and exhaust of 101, I saw the ocean at sunrise and the mountains at dusk, and felt the freedom of rolling along, listening to the sound of the wind.
Dan Wesolowski, Goleta
 I'm a fairly regular substitute teacher at Dos Pueblos High School. I commute there exclusively by bicycle whenever needed—generally three to four times a week. Although the four-mile commute is far from pleasant or scenic—I have to negotiate the incredibly dangerous Storke Overpass from Hollister to Calle Real—it is nonetheless rewarding. Why? Because, to complete this commute, I don't ever need those inordinately expensive, ozone-destroying, rolling boxes of chrome and steel that are bankrupting our society.- My God. Santa Barbara plans to spend fifteen million dollars on one, 560 space parking garage. Not affordable housing. Not on clean beaches. Not on public parks. Not on commuter buses with bike racks. On a multi-tiered parking structure with twenty-seven thousand dollar parking spaces.
- Additionally, I like to think that my bicycling serves as an example for Dos Pueblos students. It demonstrates that alternatives exist to the carefully orchestrated, corporate social doctrine that proclaims "cars are a necessity" (or that, heaven forbid, "cars are basic"). Food, clothing, and shelter are necessities. Cars are not.
- Never delude yourself, in the end, particularly for impressionable adolescents who see through artifice in the blink of an eye, it's never what you say. It's what you do.
- I commute by bicycle. Every day. Rain or shine. Hot or cold. Summer. Fall. Winter. Spring.
Amy Frease, Santa Barbara
- Probably the best thing about bike commuting is that, quite literally, it gives me a chance to slow down and smell the roses. The bike path that leaves Modoc and crosses over the 101 to Junipero has a chain link fence along one side of it that is covered with pink roses. They're friendly little flowers that offer their fragrance in a subtle and well-mannered way.
- I have discovered that, as with the rest of my life, it's the little pleasures that make me happy as I pedal to work instead of friving. Besides the satisfaction of keeping the air clean and saving money on gas, I have the pleasure of walking straight to the bike rack instead of drawing a blank as to which section of the parking lot contains my hot little sun-baked automobile.
- Of course, there are the roses. If there were no other reasons for me to ride my bike to work, the roses alone would be enough. Happily, there are other reasons to stay in pedal mode:
- Morning Mood.
I like starting the day riding my bike. That cruise through the fresh morning air does wonders for my mood. I arrive at the office with vigor and enthusiasm. Although it's a short ride, it's always just enough to cheer and energize me. I feel charged up in a way I never did when I was driving. What a joy to start the work day in a good mood!
- "Afternoon Delight"
The ride home is my favorite part of the day, and not just because another work day has been conqured. As much as I enjoyed the morning ride, the afternoon commute is even sweeter. There's no hurry, no checking my watch. This is when I enjoy the roses the most. I cross the 101, observe the slow-moving traffic below, and leave the noise behind. The roses and the quiet greet me, the perfect prelude for the trek home.
David Madajian, Santa Barbara
 I love to exercise and bicycle commuting is the most efficient way of
getting it. I have a demanding job as an electronic engineer at Raytheon
and as a father of 2 pre-school boys. My 15 mile round trip commute
only takes 20 minutes more than driving, but I get an hour of exercise
everyday. Living in Santa Barbara means my weather is nearly perfect
and I am able to take advantage of great bicycle paths and bicycle
lanes all of the way. Even if my commute were not so perfect, I would
still do it. I have been commuting by bicycle to college or work for
20 years now in communities ranging from Oakland to Essex Junction,
Vermont.- My other reason is my love for my fellow man and the precious
environment we all share. I am also using considerably less oil than
an SUV uses gas (I estimate about 5 million miles/gal). I feel I am
doing my part to help prevent WW III, which most likely will be fought
over oil. Please think about that before you knowingly cut-off that
darned bicycle commuter with your 5,000 pound SUV.
Brad Clark, Santa Barbara
 Shortly after I moved to Santa Barbara 3 years ago, a friend and I decided to bike commute to work in Carpinteria as participants in the 1997 Bike-To-Work event. One ride, and I was hooked!- Since that first ride, commuting to and from work by bicyle has become a satisfying and rewarding part of my lifestyle. Getting up and on the bike early in the morning is one of the best ways I've found to regularly enjoy the stunning coastal scenery in this area. The views from Ortega Hill above Summerland at sunrise are hard to beat and never get old. The ride back home in the evening provides a great opportunity to work off some of the day's accumulated stress so that I'm more relaxed in the evenings.
- Obviously, the regular exercise is a real bonus and has helped me build the fitness base required to tackle the challenging mountain biking opportunities that abound in the rugged backcountry of the San Ynez Mountains on the weekends.
- Bike commuting on a regular basis is environmentally friendly. As a bike commuter, I like to think that I'm doing my part to help reduce some of the local traffic and automobile air pollution problems that, if left unabated, will ultimately detract from the quality of life and health of everybody that lives here.
Don Lubach, Goleta
 My poor neighbors, swinging shut their car doors as I peddle silently through the cool, morning air on my non-automotive commute. I follow the coastline from the Turnpike area to the university.- I say, "Good morning" to every person I encounter on the path and note that some are taken aback by the greeting; but I feel I must do it.
- Any one of the riders might be the person who made my perfect commute possible. I could, for example, be greeting Mother-of-Bikeways, Vie Obern. Or perhaps I'll get a chance to greet the tireless Robert Bernstein. Maybe I'll hail my beloved mechanic, Willie Hart, Esq. I might attempt to greet David Lawson, but he wouldn't hear as he passes like a bullet train on his trike.
- And there is Fertig, Coffey, Hubbell, Inbar, van Hengel, Whelan, Wissman, Norris, Wintermoss, and so many more whom I don't want to miss the chance to greet.
- The best reason to say, "Hello" or "Good morning" or just to smile on the path is that the person greeted might be a first time bicycle commuter just as I was a few years ago on my first bike-to-work day. The smallest welcome might be the thing they need to understand that bike commuting is a wonderful pathway through life.
- On some evenings, under the rose sky, I am met on the trail by my wife and baby. There is no better welcoming than to see my small family outlined in the day's last light. I have no engine to shut down, no seat belt to unfasten, no window to roll down—just hugs and kisses to collect along Santa Barbara's most beautiful highway.
- This is why I bike commute.
- "Hi!"
Joli B. Ewart, Santa Barbara
 Each day I hop on my bike it's hard not to grin from ear to ear aas I pedal along. It's hard not to sing my favorite tunes at the top of my lungs as I stop at the stoplight. Most often I notice drivers are consumed in their cars with their own daily business. Nobody is watching me so I continue to joyfully sing.- It is truly a privilege to bike commute in Santa Barbara, CA. I am fortunate to sit on my porch, kiss my kids goodbye and watch them march off to school. I then hop on my bike and pedal the four miles through town to work. No starting engines, or chatting on cell phones. I realize not all moms are this fortunate.
- The views that I'm privileged to see are amazing. The seasonal variations of the coastal hills; the hues of green in spring, the tan and brown as the heat rises in summer, the miracle of the occasional dusting of snow in winter. As I pedal down shoreline for the extended tour home, I've even spotted a spout or two of a gray whale on his or her journey home through the Pacific waters. All of this, I don't want to miss. Not to mention the fact that the gas guage in my car doesn't seem to move much as it sits in its resting spot next to my house.
- I'm the privileged one. Today I'm able to hop on my bike, my legs push the pedals, my arms grab the bars, fingers move the gears, eyes view the beauty of Santa Barbara, and my lungs, when not climbing a hill, will be singing out my favorite tune. I'm the joyful lady on her bike singing at the top of her lungs at stoplights!
Jerry Clark, Ventura
- I have been working at a new job in Santa Barbara for about seven months. I live in Ventura so for the first time I was going to have commute over 10 miles. I am a competitive club cyclist, but never explored commuting by bike. I was faced with the dilemma of how to continue my cycling training, but still be able to get to work on time. At first I trained in the morning in Ventura then drove to Santa Barbara to work. The problem that I was having was not getting enough saddle time during the work week. Two things solved that problem: 1. The recent gas prices. 2. The time change.
- Luckily my boss was understanding to my plight and allowed me to commute to and from work on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The round trip mileage is 82, more than adequate for one day. Some days it is tuff with the rigors of work and headwinds, but I know that I'm accomplishing many things that are both good for myself and the environment. I wish there were more people commuting by bike from Ventura to Santa Barbara. The ride is beautiful and its a great work out.
Nick Davis, Santa Barbara
 7:50AM. The kids are late for school and they don't even have their shoes on yet. Mum pushes them through the door, their shoes and lunches bundled in her arms, and loads them up. "Bye, Dad!", then silence.- 7:53AM. I pull my bike from it's rest, strap on my helmet and climb on. Click, click. I shift down a couple of gears and spin easily up the hill that is my street. Ah, that adjustment I made last night seems to be working well. The chain is almost silent as it eagerly hops across the sprockets and lands gently onto the selected gear.
- 7:58AM. Crossing the bridge now, with panoramic mountain views to my left and the ocean to my right. Do I have time to detour through Stevens Park? Sure I do. Work can wait...
- 8:07AM. A man and his dog both smile at me as if they too are enjoying the tranquility of the morning. The creek babbles below the right side of my handlebar. A moment's peace before a busy day.
- 8:12AM. Racing through San Roque. Enjoying the downhill now, knowing that progress will be much slower on the ascent home tonight. Do I have time to detour past the Mission? Sure I do. The voice mail can wait...
- 8:18AM. Rounding the bend by the Mission. Take the time to appreciate the views. They are the best right here. Could this commute route be any better? Perhaps a detour through Alameda Park. The email can wait...
- 8:25AM. I park my bike in front of my office and climb the stairs, loose and relaxed. I love to bike commute...
Kristi Gipe, Santa Barbara
- For years, I have wanted to be in shape. I joined gyms, took classes, began programs, bought equipment, and read testimonials. I did all of these with the best of intentions, but never actually became fit. Finally, I realized that I would never stick to a life of exercise unless it was mandatory. Until I made it such an essential part of my daily routine that I couldn't do without it, exercise wouldn't happen.
- So, I made a major decision. I decided to get rid of my car and travel everywhere using bike, feet, and public transportation. I held a contest and gave away my car about a month ago. I've been biking ever since.
- Oh, it was hard at first. I hadn't biked anywhere since college. I live up a hill. I work downtown. The first day I "rode" my bike to work, I pushed it half way home. I woke up the next morning sore from my ankles to my eyebrows. Now, a month later, you wouldn't recognize me. I bike to Goleta regularly, for fun. I have more energy. I sleep better. My muscles don't ache any more. I don't get tired climbing stairs. I get to work with a smile. I arrive home with one too (although it is a sweaty one). I am well on my way to fitness.
Eddie Carrasco, Goleta
 I ride my bike to work for exercise, and with the price of gas so high, it is an economical alternative for me. I also like the scenery along the way (Calle Real by Lake Los Carneros) in addition to the great weather we have here in Goleta and Santa Barbara. If you haven't ridden in a while, riding your bike to and from work could be quite challenging. However, you quickly get used to it and after a few days you really start to notice how much more energy you have.
Nancy Eckert, Goleta
- My bike commuting days began in 1971 with a daily journey to Mrs. Ewing's first grade class on my one speed Schwinn. Feeling the chill and the dampness of the morning on my face was something that I looked forward to. I arrived invigorated and ready for school. That 8-minute trek through Stow Park every morning set the stage for a life long love of cycling.
- Changing the direction of my commute in 1977, heading up Stow Canyon Road through the huge agricultural water gutters brought me the same pleasures and freedom. Hopping on my 2-wheeler gave me a sense of individuality that being driven or taking the bus could not have accomplished.
- As a youngster, I claimed my independence on that two-wheeled machine. At the time I couldn't describe the value, but I knew that I loved to ride my bike. Looking back, the daily commute to school helped me grow up knowing that I could depend on myself. I rode back then because it felt good, and it was fun. Today, those two reasons are paramount in why I still love to commute by bike: It feels good, and it's fun!
- As an adult, bike commuting helps me feel human! By being gentler on the environment and saving money, I feel more human, and less like a typical consumer. Waving at passers by, smiling at the small critters, and noticing the sights and sounds of the great Pacific, helps me stay in touch with my humanity. The darkening of my skin and tensing of my muscles keeps me in touch with my body. I arrive at work with a clear mind, and a sense of healthfulness, ready to start my workday. Being a teacher, I also feel that bike commuting is an important example to set for children. Nothing has ever prepared me for my day in quite the same way as bicycling does.
- I love to bike commute. I arrive at my destination feeling refreshed, alive and fully human. Something positive happens inside of me when I ride my bicycle, something that I keep coming back to.
Scott Hendren, Goleta
- There are many reasons why I enjoy my commute to work on my bicycle. I have been doing it for over 10 years and I hope that I can convey to you what it is like for me.
- It's 3:30 a.m. My alarm is sounding and I hope that is only a dream, as I rise to shut it off. I realize that it is all too real!
- What I wouldn't give to stay under my down comforter. I know it's cold out there (I commute all winter long too!), but as I find my way to the coffee maker, the smell of brewing coffee is a ray of hope. Slowly I dress. Put my backpack on and mount my steed.
- I start my commute (which is usually 4 to 5 times a week) at Patterson and Hollister in Goleta. The time is 4:00 a.m. I'm usually still a bit sleepy, but not long after. I'm up to speed and remembering why I do this.
- The open spaces of Goleta, which are quickly dwindling, are set off by the stars and moon, a great way to start a day.
- Next is the familiar smell of freshly baked donuts. Ellers dead ahead. The bacon cooking at the Pepper Tree Inn, bagels cooking at Jonah's! That is part of the satisfaction of riding, peddling past those temptations!
- Downtown early morning is great! Except for a few deliveries: It's quiet, serene, and empty!
- Then, just a small jaunt down the beach to lower Milpas.
- Tri County Produce is my work place, where I am the Produce Manager. I arrive warmed up and happy.
- The ride home is quite a bit busier than my ride to work, especially during summer days, but it has its high points. Although tiring after working hard all day, it is still very enjoyable.
- Tri County Produce, I believe, is one of the only Business to be an original sponsor of "Bike to work" and we have made a showing every year from the beginning.
- The benefits of alternative transportations are just being realized and are beneficial to all: the Environment, Communities, Body and Mind.
- See you on the road. Oh yeah, and at the "Bike to work" celebration!
Ralph Fertig, Santa Barbara
 It's October! I know when it's October because the mudhens are back. Groups of the plump ivory-billed birds scurry near the bike path as I pedal past.- When I'm on my bike, I'm wired into the flux and flow of our planet. My senses are electrified. I'm exhilarated by the hot sundowners thrashing noisy branches in the fall. I'm dazzled by the roadside vinca that celebrates spring with improbable blue flowers. I deeply inhale the jasmine in grandmothers' summer gardens as I pass by. I join surfers and lovers along Butterfly Beach to watch the winter sun drop behind the city. Orange clouds crowd the sky and city lights reflect in our pacific ocean.
- We live in perhaps the most beautiful place in our country. Most choose to live here because they treasure the sublime beauty that enriches us all. And many choose to turn the task of going to work into a spiritual odyssey on their bikes. It's an odyssey that energizes in the morning and calms in the evening. It frames the day with sensibility. It's a trip that focuses and sharpens. I grin and greet complete strangers along the way. I'm part of my community, I wave at my neighbors, I feel at ease in this magic place where we all live.
- Cool fog pools in low spots on the golf course as I pedal by in the morning. Seagulls flock and strut. The sun glances upon our purple mountains. It stretches sunbeams across the grass. Metal cars with strapped-in people crawl upon the freeway. Then I suddenly realize what's different. The mudhens have flown north. I'm assured that it's April once more.
Susan Carty, Santa Barbara
 I'm an overweight, out-of-shape grandma who wouldn't be caught dead in a spandex biking outfit covered with advertisements. But I ride my bike to work almost every day, and I love it! I live four miles from UCSB, and most of my trip is on the bike path—a scenic, coastal route that keeps me in touch with birds, bunnies, and every kind of wildflower imaginable. I don't pay for parking and I ignore the high price of gasoline. I'm on my second bicycle—this one a hybrid that was a present from my kids last Mother's Day. I know I figured out at some point that my bicycle commuting has not cost as much in ten years as one single parking pass (including tune-ups, repairs, new tires, and several band-aids for my scraped elbow when I crashed one time!)- Last year I had a total hip replacement, and it only took six weeks before I was back riding my bike to work. It made all the difference in the world to be getting some exercise and getting myself to work, all at the same time. The biggest benefit of commuting by bike for me—by far—is that I keep in touch with my neighborhood. Not just the houses around mine, but the gardens and fields, the people I pass, and all the things that go on from season to season. This year there were terrible moths in the trees along 3 blocks of my route, a favorite old dog died and the school children left flowers by her house, and 4000 raucous crows took up temporary residence on the wires overhead by the Slough. Every day is a new adventure and I wouldn't miss it for the world.
Tom Towle, Montecito
 I
could say I bike to work for many reasons, to save money on gas, to
save the environment, to exercise and for the opportunity to ride
scenic Mountain Drive. I could say all of these things and mean them,
but the main reason I bike is because I can.- In May of 1996, I had just started my new job and heard about Bike-to-Work Wednesday. I had also just moved to Mountain Drive in Montecito and I felt I had neither the stamina nor a bicycle for that trip. I figured I'd attend the next year.
- On September 12th that year, on the way to work, a deer ran into my path. I hit my brakes, skidded and slammed head-on into a dirt-filled dump truck. When I regained consciousness, my legs were in full casts and I was being prepared for surgery. My left ankle and knee had been shattered and my right shin was broken. I would be told later that the left leg was damaged so badly as to have been perilously close to amputation. I was in the hospital for 10 days, in a wheelchair and cast for 4 months, and on crutches for 9 months. I have titanium plates in my left leg and a rod in the right shin.
- After 3 years, I still have problems walking. I missed the 1997 Bike-2-Work event. I can ride stationary and mobile bicycles. In 1998, I bought myself a "commuter bicycle" and began to ride to and from work every Wednesday, from my house along Mountain Drive to the Santa Barbara Mission and on to De la Vina Street.
- The most compelling reason that "I LOVE TO BIKE COMMUTE" is because I am still able to do so!
Marianne Rossant, Santa Barbara
- My husband and I may have one of the most stressful jobs in Santa Barbara. We are responsible for educating 30 students who have been involuntarily transferred out of their junior high schools for reasons ranging from inappropriate behavior to truancy to a failure to earn credits.
- When my husband, an outdoor enthusiast and avid cyclist, bought me a Specialized Stumpjumper in racing green for my 40th birthday, I thought I'd be joining him riding up Gibralter Road to get a beautiful view of the coast but only on the weekends. I was eager but afraid. At twenty, I had been in a terrible biking accident in New York City, and since then had not gotten on a bike. But soon, I was peddling up the ridge near our house, breathing hard and feeling exhilarated. Then our 9 year old son asked for his own mountain bike and we complied. Since then, we've been a biking family. The commuting came later.
- I couldn't quite imagine riding a bike with all my school materials to our son's school and then all the way to the La Colina campus, where we have two portable classrooms for our students. It's a couple of miles to his school, and another 5 to ours. When would I do my errands? Would it be dangerous? Would we have to get up even earlier? My husband said, "Look, my love, this is the beginning of a new era for us. We'll pollute less. We'll spend less. We'll look better. And we'll be stronger. Trust me."
- So we began to ride every morning, talking our son through the stop signs, learning which gear was best on what hill, smiling in the breeze. It takes no longer than by car to commute, and we are proud of our efforts to take care of our planet. My 40 year old legs are firmer, and my heart beats with a beautiful sound. I have panniers for my books and I tend to do my shopping on the weekend.
- Our students are impressed by our fitness and some have been inspired to ride themselves. But for me, the biggest personal benefit has been the feeling of readiness to start my day with children who need me to be strong, cheerful and above all, calm. The ride pumps my blood, refreshes me, wakes me up. I arrive ready to face the day and I am much less stressed in general. Our son rides up the steep hills of Mountain Drive like a trooper and he knows how valuable the effort is. On the rare mornings that we must take our car to work, I feel strangely isolated from the outdoors and I yearn to ride. We are a committed biking family and have plans to institute a biking lending program in our school next year.
Jamey Wagner, Santa Barbara
 I
love to bike commute because doing so helps me get out in the refreshing
crispness of the morning air. Rather than listening to NPR in my car,
the time I get to spend on my bike in the mornings benefits me in
numerous ways, many of them subtle.- When I leave the house, I strap on my bike shoes and
snap into my pedals then I silently shoot out of my driveway ready
to take on a new day.
- I immediately get to assess my own biorhythms as I
note how steep the little hill near my house seems. I also start noticing
my attention span as I see how easy (or difficult) a time I have staying
on the path on the way to work.
- I like getting to breathe in the smells of the season.
I like watching the ebb and flow of crops as they grow and then get
harvested in the fields I pass.
- I like passing people who ride slower and drafting
off those who are faster. I like when I have a tail wind and I get
to go faster than I normally might.
- I like pedaling past the slough and watching the Great
Blue Herons and Egrets soar overhead with their long necks either
furled or outstretched. I also like seeing the same sorts of birds
stalking food in the shallows. They remind me of the paintings of
cranes I saw often in Japan.
- When I arrive at work I feel larger and more grounded
in my body. Much of my work life is currently spent keyboarding at
a computer screen and I welcome the chance to do something good for
my body that also benefits the world in other albeit subtle ways.
- On my way home I get to pedal out much of the stress
of working in a frenetic office environment. My wife and daughters
like the way I come home from work after getting to vent my venom
through the pedals of my bike.
- When I do drive and see a cyclist who looks like they
are bike commuting I now see them with a greater sense of appreciation
and kinship. Riding a bike can be a wonderful political and environmental
message for all of us who care enough to to see.
- Bicycle
Simple Efficient Transportation
Spinning cranks and wheels silently launching me
To untold vistas
Graceful Birds Watch Me
My legs and breath remind me of my aliveness
Kathleen Boehm, Santa Barbara
 Having bicycled to work in Santa Barbara for the past thirty years I have observed people, pets and neighborhoods evolve. Bicycling is the perfect perch from which to take in the details of one's community, make new acquaintances, and get ideas for landscaping and home improvements, while exercising and saving money.- Bicycling is a wellness plan. I meditate on the outdoor beauty enroute to the office. Maneuvering my way past traffic jams induces an energy rush. Never having to worry about finding a parking space brings peace of mind. At the end of the workday I know I can burn out the day's frustrations pedaling home.
- Being accessible to those in their yards and on the sidewalks leaves me open to a multitude of opportunities I would not otherwise have. I can easily stop to buy a drink from a kid's lemonade stand, talk about the neighborhood coyotes with the woman walking her dog, pick up a gardening tip from someone tending his roses, or buy the best avocados from a wagon parked on the sidewalk in front of a house.
- I love giving back to Santa Barbara by using a non-polluting machine enroute to work and using the money I would otherwise be putting into transportation into causes that enhance the surroundings and well being of our community. Every day of bicycling makes me appreciate my great fortune to be here in this special area where bicycling is not only possible but better than any other means of getting where I am going.
Sybil Jacobs (Ashley), Santa Barbara
- Biking to work
puts me in gear
The endorphins released
dispel all my fears
of highways & byways
& freeways & grids of traffic and tariffs
& tires that skid.
- Meandering thru
streets not seen before
Meeting new neighbors
& flowers galore
We're one with the Universe
me & my bike.
if the hill is too steep,
Why then we just hike.
- It's a bike and a helmet,
a basket or two,
A good pair of shoes
and "Walla-ka-zoo"
We're beatin' the traffic,
the gas bill is zip
We're stayin' in shape,
We're slim in the hip.
- Our lungs have had fresh air
Our blook has been movin'
Our life has been changed.
Why gosh darn, we're groovin'.
- We're pedalling here
We're pedalling there
Don't tell anybody—
We've nary a care.
- Before you know it
Our bike is our friend
We'll get there by George
It's 'round the next bend.
- In rain (not in snow)
(maybe sleet)(hardly hail)
It's all just a part of the
Adventure Trail.
- We've come into work,
Our exercise done
Without even thinking
We've had us some fun.
- The parking is easy
The maintenance low
The benefits healthwise
you already know.
- So get thee a Bike!
I hope this computes
For yourself & the planet
THE way to commute.
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