
Among bike commuters, there are many levels of dedication, from the fair-weather biker to the hard-core, everyday, snow-or-no-snow, rain-or-no-rain trooper. Rick Rundus is certainly on the latter end of the spectrum, biking two miles from his home to his job at the U of I year-round, regardless of weather.
Smile Politely caught up with Rundus as he was preparing for a backpacking trip on the
Appalachian Trail, and he shared his views on why cars act the way they do, how to make Champaign-Urbana more accessible to bicycles and what's going well in the local bike culture.
Take a peek inside the mind of an all-weather commuter, after the jump.