Biking, or the love of motion on two wheels

I have always loved biking, since I was a kid and it meant freedom, to explore my neighbourhood, to find new hiding places, to try and see if I could make that jump off the curb, usually with a resulting skinned knee. As I got older I graduated to faster and more expensive bikes, road bikes, mountain bikes. But always the thrill stayed the same; going places under your own power, unfettered by time, or money, or traffic. I would get to where I was going and think, wow, isn't it nice just to be here.

I don't bike as much as I used to, but still when I get on a bike it feels like the most natural thing in the world, like I was meant to be there. And always I feel better afterwards, there is something definitely cathartic to biking, maybe all the wind in your face blows the cobwebs out of your brain.

We all should try and bike more, for the environment, for our health, but also just for us, for our well being. There is always a place on the road for one more bike.