No, it wasn't a sponsored event or anything, but the weather's beautiful, Rachel was an angel a few weeks ago and got my bike tuned up, and I was craving some exercise, so I took my bicycle to work today.

It's only 3 miles to work, and is mostly a straight-shot up Shoreline. In a testament to alternative transportation, Mountain View has plenty of bicycle lanes [1.9mb PDF], including lanes on every street on my shortest route.

Rachel saw me off, and less than 20 minutes later I was at work, feeling totally energized. Woo-hoo! This is definitely going to become a regular thing.