Rode on Wed 10/28, then took a week off due to a minor head cold and a really tough work schedule.

With riding this week to date, I have 20 commuting round-trips under my belt. My best so far has been 3 trips out of the four days a week I'm in the office.  This week I'm shooting for 4/4. 

To date my calculations indicate that I have:
1. hauled a 50 pound bike with gear 240 miles.
2. ground up a 0.7 mile long, 300 foot hill 20 times, totalling 6000 of vertical climbing.
3. expended approximately 16,000 Kcal of caloric energy doing this.
4. not consumed 17 gallons of gas (and thus avoided 323 pounds of CO2 emissions), and saving $50.
4. lost 10 pounds
5. experienced an empowering sense of well being and positivity with my new car-independence.

Thanks to Xtracycle for making such a good piece of gear that has made it possible for me to change my life and do some good.