Biking Into Work
Posted on June 21, 2008
yesterday liame and i biked into work in preparation for jaspers eventual retirement in a couple of weeks. i know in order to get through this depressive cycle i am in, i need to get more exercise. biking to work is part of the solution to my exercise needs.
last week i purchased a “croozer dog” bike trailer to pull liame in (see link above). i chose this trailer due to its ability to handle a 100lb dog, something none of the other trailers currently on the market can do. currently liame fits in it rather nicely (since he is only 50lbs and still only 6 months old).
he didnt seem to have any problem riding in it, infact when i checked in on him during our 30 minutes trip, he was lying down yawning. getting him into the trailer was a bit of a challenge though. inorder for him to hop into the thing i had to get out the great motivator – string cheese. i threw it into the trailer and zipped it up while he was munching on it. the only thing that i need to warn people about is the fact that with a dog moving around in the trailer, a kickstand isnt enough to keep the bike standing, you need to have some other method of supporting your bike while your dog is in the trailer. although when the bike did eventually fall over it didnt flip the trailer with liame in it – thank god.
with the high gas prices, the ability to reduce your carbon emissions and the need for regular exercise i would like to encourage all of you to bike to work during the summer months.
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