Thanks for Going Along on The Ride

I've been thinking a lot lately about how much I owe to the bicycle. The bicycle has provided me with so much over the years. It's a symbiotic relationship of sorts. I put people on bicycles and sell the bicycle lifestyle, and in return the bicycle provides me with a whole host of things that I could never put a value on. It has always given me a large number of great friends that have in common with me a love for this two-wheeled machine. Any person worth their salt knows that friends are the source of life's wealth. Who cares if your bank account is empty if you have a wealth of friendship? Bicycling has provided me an abundance of acquaintances and friends that each have a special meaning and value to me. I'm sure that without cycling I would still have friends, but cycling friends are special because we have a tie that binds. Our common love keeps bringing us back together. I have now also been blessed with a cycling family. Tania and Ian and I also share this common love, and it brings us together as a family. Every day at work I see the bicycle and its power to transform, empower, and bring joy to people. It changes people's lives in amazing ways. It has certainly changed mine.