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| Husband, wife share commuting ideals By Stacy Trevenon [ stacy@hmbreview.com ] Published/Last Modified on Wednesday, May 7, 2008 1:11 PM PDT Terri and Randy Reece share a lot: marriage, a business and an environmental ethic that sends them to their bikes when it’s time to go to work — or the Toyota hybrid when driving is inevitable. They own Reece Computer Systems in Half Moon Bay. “We do everything we can, while commuting together,” Terri Reece said. “Walking to work, riding to work.” In fact, she added, the business began on a bike. Her husband began it at home, and packed his briefcase and laptop on his bike when he had to visit clients’ homes or businesses from Montara to the south end of Half Moon Bay. “Everything he did was from the bike,” Terri Reece said. She says that, for her, riding to work is a decision based on two factors: care for the environment — “It’s an opportunity for us to take one car off the road, and my opportunity is to do what I can” — and care for her health. At 50, she figures she’s at the halfway mark in life, and “I figure if I’m going to last another 50 years I’ll have to take care of (myself.)” And she enjoys it. “By the time I get to work, I feel ready for the day,” she said. Riding a bike to work is more like play than, well, work, for her husband. “The fact that it’s going to work is somehow less impactful,” he said. He should know — since 1976, he’s biked to work in different countries where he’s lived. He rode 15 miles one way in Florida “when I was much younger,” three miles one way in France and five miles one way in Canada. “That was hard in winter,” he said ruefully. Why did he do it? He loves the sport and the physicality of the exercise, he says; it’s good on the knees and back, good environmentally and economically. “It’s a good win-win for me.” What’s the most important aspect of biking to work? “Get a good seat,” he said seriously. “It’s the most important aspect of the bike.” |