I’d like to thank whoever replied to my posting, however, unfortunately I lost your email. I believe I deleted it in an email clean out frenzy on Friday, as our IT guy here is constantly “riding” our butts to keep our systems from being bogged down.

I apologize if my initial email made it sound like I believe being a bike commuter is hard. My purpose is to talk to someone who does it and to talk about the benefits and the challenges to riding a bike. Yes, the internet is a great way to do research, as in this case where I was able to identify a source to tell the story. However, if you are at all familiar with our newspapers, you would understand that I can’t write a story based on research off the Internet. I need a local source who can illustrate the story for my readers. The Internet can be useful to fill out my story with fun facts, but I can’t just write a story based on facts taken from the Internet.

Who knew that my request for a source to help tell others about what it’s like being a bike commuter could possibly elicit a negative response. I hope that’s not reflective of the commuter community in general.

Thank you for your help and again, if you corresponded with me via email last week, can you please resend me your contact information so we can get the ball (or bike) rolling.