I am sure many of you have your share of frustration coming from riding the subway or driving in New York City. To avoid traffic, I like to ride my bike to everywhere. I took my bike to the shop this morning for a final tune-up and tested the gears with a nice and relaxing lap around the Central Park. After my lap, I went back to my apartment to gather up my books and laptop for work. I thought about taking the subway back into Manhattan, but knowing that the wait and monotonous ride would waste my time (I hate reading on subway because my eyes get tired from the dimmed lights), I chose to ride my bike.  My ride to the office is approximately 4 miles. I felt productive riding to work because I got to exercise and enjoy the gorgeous weather.

I rode about 20 miles this morning from going to the bike shop, back home, then to work. Here are my routes:

Home to bike shop, to the Central Park, then back home.

To work - nothing beats riding a bike in gorgeous weather.

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