After several years of braving wooded trails and busy city streets, I’ve put my mountain bike into semi-retirement. I’ll still take her out for rugged riding, but as of a few months ago, I have a new two-wheeled mainstay — my Giant Tran Send.
Giant Tran Send? Isn’t that what Matthew was glowing about in a previous blog post? Yes. Same bike. We both have a sleek, urban-utility commuter bike with fenders and a rack on back, except mine is gray and Matt’s is blue. “Hello, inner 8-year-old” is right. It glides on the paved trails of Indianapolis and helps make my 13-mile roundtrip to work a breeze.
Matthew and I will be among several other Angie’s List employees who will be using pedal power to get to work this Friday, which is Bike To Work Day here in Indy.
Bike To Work Day is part of National Bike Month, an initiative led by the League of American Bicyclists. Its goal is to promote bicycling for recreation and as a viable alternative to commuting by car.
With gas prices skyrocketing, biking to work makes more and more sense. Not only does my beautiful new street-friendly bike please my inner child, it helps out my adult wallet, too.
You write very well.