If you're going to be traveling soon, why not take a Strida folding bike
along for the trip?
For more on Strida bikes visit their web site at: www.strida.com
[A person...] on a bicycle can go three or four times faster than the pedestrian, but uses five times less energy in the process. He carries one gram of his weight over a kilometer of flat road at an expense of only 0.15 calories. Equipped with this tool, [a person...] outstrips the efficiency of not only all machines but all other animals as well.