30 Days of Biking Week 4+ (April 22 - April 30)

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April 22

Trip 1: Morning work commute
Miles: 4.4
Cargo: my laptop bag
Weather: 50°F, cloudy, chance of rain

Trip 2: Evening commute home
Miles: 4.4
Cargo: my laptop bag
Weather: 65°F, sunny

Comments: Rode the Robin Hood 3-speed today for the first time in a while. God I love that bike! Its momentum in third gear is tremendously satisfying.

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April 23 and April 24

Argh. Had to skip these days because my kids refused to get on the back of the Boda Boda together. Why did I buy a cargo bike?! I thought they would be happy to ride together for at least three years. Almost nine-year-old decided he doesn't like riding so close to his brother. But he's not mature enough to ride on his own yet — is "mature" the right word? He just doesn't have the bike-handling skills to deal with my work commute. So for these two days, I drove the car. Grrrr.

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April 25

Trip 1: Sheepshearing festival!
Miles: 2.5
Cargo: 45-pound child, picnic blanket, water bottles, layers
Weather: 40°F, sunny

Trip 2: Grocery shopping
Miles: 1.1
Cargo: 4 balls of yarn, 45-pound child, picnic blanket, water bottles, layers
Weather: 50°F, sunny

Trip 2: Home
Miles: 2.5
Cargo: groceries, 4 balls of yarn, 45-pound child, picnic blanket, water bottles, layers
Weather: 50°F, sunny

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April 26

Trip 1: Groceries shopping redux (forgot a few things)
Miles roundtrip: 1.6
Cargo: ketchup, etc.
Weather: 55°F, cloudy

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April 27

Trip 1: Morning work commute
Miles: 4.4
Cargo: laptop bag
Weather: 50°F, cloudy

Trip 2: Evening commute home
Miles: 4.4
Cargo: laptop bag
Weather: 55°F, mix of sun and clouds

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April 28 — April 30

Unfortunately, the rest of the week did not work out for biking. I had a conference to attend.

Total miles this week: 25.3

Total actual days of biking in April: 18

Total miles for 30 18 days of biking: 160.45

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Onward!

It's now May, and the weather is divine. I hope to keep up with biking on most days (18 out of 30 is not terrible). I also heard from a friend that she's considering buying a cargo bike for her family, so I feel my cargo-bike ambassadorship is going well.

Come July, I will no longer have the preschool dropoff portion of my commute (!) so I really will have zero excuses.