A Hundo by Sundo

Yesterday I decided that I would try to turn 100 miles of car commuting into bike commuting. I'm not sure I even drive nearly that much in a week, plus I can't carry my son around on my bike yet (stupid damn box says no baby under 1 year, which is crap if you ask me). Basically I am having to fish for mileage. I will be running all my errands for work using my bike after work at 3, which should definitely eat up quite a few miles. Bam! I hope to make a hundo by sundo (a hundred by sunday). I don't care if I am incorrectly punctuating my sentence-ending parenthetical phrases. Who even cares?!

So, I'll do a lil post each day about how I am achieving the 100 mile in a week goal. Here is numero eins:

Monday 15 miles

I rode to work, actually carrying a bunch of crap left over in my car from a resource fair this past Saturday, and I rode home. It is only 1.8 miles each way--so that didn't do much. I HAD to find another way to get in some more riding. When what to my wondering eyes did appear? An empty fridge which needed more than just beer. Shit Yeah! We needed all kinds of groceries: milk, bread, cheese, f-ing fruit, plus I even picked up some tapioca pudding--wow! I knew I would have to go to a far away store, so I went to the Schnucks on Big Bend in Webster. I actually used Google Bike Directions for this trip, and it did a magnificent job!

It took me through some really nice neighborhoods, down a bike path I didn't even know existed (it was only a half mile long, but hey--it's St. Louis--it's a start). Down and up some decent hills and then all of a sudden I was at the store. Each was was about 5.7 miles. Added together, I did 15 miles. Not much, and I'll definitely want to do another 30+ out on the Katy Trail again. Oh yeah, I went there and did that last weekend with my dad. I could totally bike the Katy Trail in 24 hours--it is soooooo FLAT. Anyway, I'll probably not get the chance to ride much today...def to work and back but maybe not to band practice, it just depends.

100-15 = 85 miles remaining

I can carry Tilly

I carried my Dad's tiller from work to home, so my neighbor and friend Nate can use it to cultivate his very first garden! That is exciting and I was happy to help him get it all started. It only took four bungees to secure the tiller to the trailer. I was a little worried about jostle troubles, but the only trouble was a throttle lever spring became detached--easy peasy.
As you can see, the trailer is about 40 years old and is sort of a family heirloom. I was very careful to go extra slow. In my opinion, it was easier to carry the tiller on the bike trailer because it is extremely difficult to load in and out of a car. So, yeah! Mission accomplished. Small but fun mission. Maybe I'll start a haulin' service for folks around the neighborhood. Anyway. As I alluded to in my last post, please anyone who is interested in making bicycling more accessible in STL--STAY TUNED. I have an idea, well I took an idea from another more bike friendly city, and I am going to begin testing out my idea very soon. I want you all to join me.