Hi all,
I loved MMM's recent article on the efficiency of biking to work.
Presently, I walk pretty much everywhere I need to get to as I live in a city (work, groceries, social events, etc), but I realize my time could be spent even more efficiently if I got on some pedals.
I know how to ride a bike, thing is: I'm terrified of city biking. My city has some routes with dedicated bike lanes (100% comfort) but for 95% of it, you share the road with cars (0% comfort). There are side street options available, but based on where I am, that would involve biking through busier streets to get to them first.
Have any of you overcome that fear of biking in a city? What did you do to become comfortable?