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Old 09-25-19, 08:32 AM
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We spend so much time detached.

You look at a cell phone dozens to hundreds of times a day, but miss the sky, the sunset, the seasons changing.

You take your family and/or loved one out to dinner and are surrounded by the noise of a dozen or more TV screens.

You watch a football game, but must have the "Red Zone" switching between ALL games so you don't miss the action, but miss the game.

But a bicycle is a simple thing, a vintage bike even more simple. It takes you back into your body, into the world and if you have a friend along into conversation.

It's not just endorphins that come home after a ride, it's you..

Oh, and why we share what we know and give what we can, if you've ever gone to an estate sale, you know your treasures are just ten cents on the dollar if you keep them, but if you give them away to a person who wants or needs them you never know how many doorways your giving has opened, but you do know what you get back: "Grandpa, it was hard, but I did it, I rode around the block all by myself."

Priceless.

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