A while back, a man in his 70s looked at my bike skeptically.

"Why do your ride it?"

When I said "saves money," "doesn't pollute," he scoffed. But he agreed when he said it was good for my health.

I forgot to tell him real reason: Joy.

Day in, day out, my bike makes me happy.

🧡

When I was in my 20s, I decided that I was going to live a car-free life.

Almost four decades laterβ€”no regrets. Opting for transit, trains, bicycles, buses, and subways has taken me to great places, and given me the kind of life I always wanted to live.

More in the latest High Speed dispatch:

https://www.highspeed.blog/no-regrets/

@straphanger I had an old Bianchi like that in the mid-'90s. That Celeste green is burned into my soul. What a beauty.
@mxhdroom It’s got some rust now, but still goin’ strong!