Tour de France here I come

I finally bought a bike! This is slightly delayed--I actually bought it about 2 weeks ago. My whole reason for getting a bike is so that I can start riding it to work (it's only 3.5 miles, so this is hardly an unattainable goal). I guess I wanted to delay posting about it until I actually rode to work a couple of times. Well I'm currently averaging 1 ride to work/week. Alright, let's do the math: I've had it for two weeks, so that means twice; that doesn't sound quite as cool. My goal is to get up to 2-3 times/week (I'm trying to be realistic, the optimist in me wants to go for 5/week). The ride so far hasn't been to bad; in the morning it's mostly downhill and not too hot. Somehow I managed to choose the hottest day ever to ride home last week--it was over 100 degrees--but at the time I didn't know it and it wasn't too bad, so I'd say that's a good sign. For now my real goal is to ride all 5 days of Walk and Bike Week here in the Boulder/Denver area.

I took it out for it's first recreational ride yesterday and had a great time. It's really nice to be able to hop on most roads around here and find a decent bike line/gigantic shoulder. I found a couple of good bike trails that run along creeks and lakes which I definitely like better than street riding. This leads me to the sad conclusion that I might need to get a proper mountain bike so that I can head up to the foothills for some more serious nature rides. But I'm okay with the local trails for now: they're pretty flat, not to rocky, and I got to see prairie dogs up close.

For those of you interested the bike is a Kona Dew, a hybrid bike that has a pretty sturdy frame, thinner tires that still have a bit of grip, and more of an upright sitting position. It doesn't have a name yet though...any suggestions?