I started cycling to and from work a few months ago, it's about 13 miles each way, so is a decent bit of exercise to start the day. I went to the Bike Station in Glasgow and picked up a second hand mountain bike for £75 which seems to do the job fine. I've been really enjoying the cycles and will probably invest in a road bike in the next year or so (I always notice road bikes zipping past me with seemingly little effort).
Is anyone getting involved in the European Cycling Challenge? I generally leave my bike on John Street near the city chambers and the last few nights I've went out there's been something free on my bike (nothing big - had a couple of fluorescent straps and a seat cover, but nice all the same) advertising for this challenge. Glasgow apparently want to reach 500,000km in the month of May for the challenge. I'm going to aim for about 600km to 'contribute' to it, but not sure that all of my cycling will count because half of it is in Renfrewshire.