Janakai Purushe is known as the hot genetic researcher who rides her bicycle to work, the grocery store, and just about everywhere she needs to get to. She has a car but prefers to bike it around town to save money.

Janaki Purushe, a 22-year-old genetic researcher living in Rockville, Maryland, bikes just about everywhere she goes. “When I had the opportunity to finally plan my own life after I graduated college,” Purushe explains, “I took into consideration where I was going to shop, where my friends live, where my boyfriend lives, and I definitely tried to plan the location of my home around where I was going.”

Now, although she still has a car, Purushe bikes to work every day. It’s a ten-mile round-trip commute, and she carries a change of clothes for when she gets to the office. She says she loves it. “When I’m riding my bike, I really pay attention to what’s around me, and the weather’s been great. I feel like I’m getting more out of my days.”

The sad part of the story is that she even rides her Huffy to her boyfriend’s apartment.

On a side note I am looking for a good, affordable bike to buy if anyone has any suggestions.

photo: CNN