Originally Posted by
Cousin Jack
.... I think it's because for some of us, the bicycle was the first "freedom horse," the first tool which expanded our horizons, the first means by which we could escape human limitations.... even the first liberating mechanism.......
Very well written.
Bicycles are for almost everyone not just the first... but
the only way to amplify our human powers (with maybe the exception of a handful of those that have attained human powered flight).
Bicycles have always been... and always will be special machines that can become an extension of our bodies. Bicycles expand our speed, strength, range, and endurance. I find the experience of cycling as alluring today (as an old man) as I did as a small child.