Recently my lovey wife purchased me a new road bike for my commuting pleasure. I was sick and tired of the routine that was already in place… riding a stinky ass BART train, then hoping on a deathtrap shuttle, it was not the right way to start out my morning. So I basically said fuck this noise and jumped into the new year right with a new bike in my hand. A badass TREK 1.5. A nice pearly white finish with black accents and chrome highlights. It reminds me of a Stormtrooper, so I fell in love with it just a tad bit more. So to nerd it up a bit, I’m going to name this beast Troopie, haha.

Right now taking it slow (still have the old routine a few days out of the week), starting off with 3 days a week. Its not that bad of a commute to start; ride down to CalTrain and hop on a train, 15 minutes later, just a short trip to work. Almost a 7 mile ride one way, so close to 14 a day. Eventually my goal would be to ride the full route witch is about 22 miles round trip. Yikes…