Currently I need a car some days at work, but my goal is to bike to work at least twice a week.

I already bike everywhere with an almost-maniacal devotion. Is it my very strong desire to avoid being crammed armpit-to-armpit in one of Vancouver's over-heated buses, or the fact that I don't have to wait, and parking is easy? I sold my car when I moved to Vancouver three years ago and have been a bike nut ever since!

...or so I thought! Now I realize that my range is quite small - from my home near Fraser and Broadway to downtown, west to Alma, east to Renfrew, and south to 41st. That's it. I've never biked, say, to the North Shore, east to Burnaby or New West, or further south than Marine Drive. I'd like go on significantly longer bike trips some day (Seattle? Portland? California?) and that means getting used to having my bum planted firmly on a bike seat for longer than 30 minutes.

So, I'm going to ride farther and longer and expand my cycling range both physically and - probably even more importantly - mentally! I'd like to start in the next week and ride the new Greenway route from Vancouver to New West. Can't wait!

I have a bike that I love, and I want to be sure that I'm riding her around town as much as possible!

Want to make a positive impact on the world? Interested in cycling the Pacific Coast or Europe?

Join one of the two 2009 "Riding to Break the Cycle" tours where teams of 25 young people pedal from either Vancouver, B.C. to Tijuana, Mexico OR Amsterdam, Netherlands to Istanbul, Turkey to raise funds and awareness about how microcredit can help developing world entrepreneurs lift THEMSELVES out of poverty.

For more information visit: www.globalafc.org

My goal is to quit smoking, i hate it. Also to be more activ, I am planing to buy a bike next week, its been years since i had a bike. I am doing all this for my self i want to be a better person for me, and for my young son who is a year old. I want him to thing dad is healthy.

Then I will look to changing the world.

Want to change how you get to work this summer?  Do it the safe and fun
way. 30 Days of Sustainability will be on location this Saturday May 10
from 1:00-4:00pm at the Harry Jerome Sports Centre (7564
Barnet Highway, Burnaby) with partner Burnaby Velodrome Riders
to share basics of safe commuting to make you feel confident
enough to leave the car at home, even for one sunny day a week! Also,
look out for the 30 Days team giving out prizes, the Vancouver
Cycling Coalition, the British Columbia Sustainable Energy Association
(BCSEA)'s energy efficient demo bike and your chance to win a pair of
side stage wristbands to see Jack Johnson Live in Vancouver with a copy
of his latest album “Sleep Through the Static” as part of Jack
Johnson’s 2008 Global Tour greening initiative!

Want to change how you get to work this summer?  Do it the safe and fun
way. 30 Days of Sustainability will be on location this Saturday May 10
from 1:00-4:00pm at the Harry Jerome Sports Centre (7564
Barnet Highway, Burnaby) with partner Burnaby Velodrome Riders
to share basics of safe commuting to make you feel confident
enough to leave the car at home, even for one sunny day a week! Also,
look out for the 30 Days team giving out prizes, the Vancouver
Cycling Coalition, the British Columbia Sustainable Energy Association
(BCSEA)'s energy efficient demo bike and your chance to win a pair of
side stage wristbands to see Jack Johnson Live in Vancouver with a copy
of his latest album “Sleep Through the Static” as part of Jack
Johnson’s 2008 Global Tour greening initiative!