A Bike in Time - A Rant

     As I go through life I've come to realize more and more that the time I spend on my bike is time well spent. I could be wrong, but I don't think that anyone ever regretted a time they went biking. And I feel like that's how it should be. A bike, I've come to believe, is an intimate thing. When someone chooses to go biking, it's a conscious decision to open yourself up to the joys and wonders of a purely humanistic activity. It's an unspoken bond between a person, their bike, and the greater world around them. 
     When a person chooses to go biking, it's almost as if we see the world from a whole new lens. Think about it. Biking is faster than walking, but slower than riding a car. When you walk, you see the world in "real time". Everything moves just at the right speed for your mind to be able to wander. To take things in at a deeper level.       When you ride a car, you're moving at a speed where your mind takes in bits of information as you ride along. How many of us actually remember all the parts of a car ride? A lot of it is second nature. We don't take time to sit and wonder about the world when we're going 55 down a highway. When we ride in a car we take the world in on a very superficial level. 
     Then there's biking. 
     When we bike, we're moving just fast enough where our minds don't get bogged down by the intricacies and minutia of the world around us. We leave all the "deep thinking" and thoughts behind. When we bike we move slow enough to be able to take in the world, but fast enough to move through time fluidly. When we bike, we are put into a peculiar mindset that is truly magnificent. We're able to take in everything around us in a way that sets the experience apart from anything else out there.
     It's that experience that keeps me biking. Despite how busy life gets, which it often does, I know that my bike will always be there for me when I come back. Like an old friend welcoming you with a hug after a long stint away, a bike welcomes us to a view of the world that is amazing.
     If you get the chance, get out there and go for a bike ride. And as always, have a bikerful day!

- Ruzz