This weekend we took my bike, a Trek 7.3 FX, into our awesome local bike shop, Hodson's Bay Company to get checked over and ready to ride.

There's probably an old entry here on SoD from when we bought these bikes (she has a matching one); I believe it was back in 2006 (maybe 2007). I did ride it a bit after I got it, and she rode hers a bit. She starting having some hardcore tailbone pain after a short ride, and so she stopped being able to ride, and so I didn't ride much either. Now, though, I really want to ride to work a couple days a week. It's only 4.8 miles one way, no big deal at all. It'll save money, and the scary thing is, it might save time on certain days, the way traffic gets sometimes. Either way, it'll be fun and good for me.

While it was in, I had them put on tail lights and a headlight, since when I leave in the morning it'll be dark, as I come in at 5:30. Lots of gadgets strapped to that bike now. ;)

I also picked up a pair of Specialized biking shorts. I've rode in jeans all my life, but what the heck, it's supposedly a lot more comfortable if you wear proper clothing, especially in "certain areas" (use your imagination) so I picked them up. They're the style that look like normal shorts, and have the form-fitting "biking shorts" concealed inside. Very comfortable.

So I'm probably going to ride to work tomorrow morning. We'll see how it goes!