>>I think it's the bicycle-as-transportation (and building the house) that kept me in shape. I used to drive bicycle all year, on rain snow and ice. Now telecommuting doesn't help that much :).
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>>(note to Terry: I used "drive" instead of "ride" intentionally)
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>And this is significant how?

The difference is that it wasn't a ride, it was transportation. I was in the traffic, among the cars... and I specially liked it when they'd stop at the light, a dozen cars in each lane, and I'd just thread between them :).