Talk about my bicycle

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+title: Bicycling
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+A few recent events have conspired to push me back into cycling to work and back:
+
+- I have to come in to work every day of the week
+- My wife and daughter and both at home almost every day of the week, and don't
+  walk me in very far
+- A road closure has made 5pm traffic stop and go for about half of the route
+  home
+- COVID messed up my lungs and gave me an excuse to be lazy
+
+So now I'm riding the bicycle instead of walking to work.
+
+It takes about 20 minutes each way, as opposed to 40 minutes walking. I imagine,
+after sitting in traffic, finding parking, and then walking from the parking lot
+to my building, driving the car would be 20-30 minutes. In fact, the other day,
+my daughter drove in to her job downtown a few minutes before I left on my bike,
+and I passed her on the way in. The bike lane is never stop-and-go traffic.
+
+I'm riding my IKEA Sladda, which was recalled years ago due to the drive belt
+breaking. I kept it, because I've had chains break before and I'm pretty sure I
+can cope with a belt breaking. 
+
+The bike has been maintenance free for years, other than inflating the tires.
+One day that belt will break, and I'll probably have to replace the entire
+drivetrain. But the rest of the bike is solid. Hopefully it helps that I use the
+front brake when I want to slow down in a hurry, no slamming back on the coaster
+brake for me.
+
+![My Sladda](/assets/blog/Sladda.jpg)