We are Bicycle Commuters

Just like you, we hate driving around in traffic, but we’ve decided there is a better way. 

We ride freely in the streets to our destinations without having to get stuck behind a line of cars. We can maneuver our way out of almost every situation. We hardly need to wait for anything or anyone and the moving breeze is usually tickling our skin. 

We move with ease, and when it’s not easy, it’s good for our bodies and brains. The sweat just means we’re getting closer to where we want to be and when we reach our destination, we feel good, happy, and a little out of breath. 

We have fun going to work and the grocery store – which might actually be a bad thing, because it’s more fun to ride our bikes than be at work or the grocery store. We look forward to our commute home and we can easily leave our day’s stress behind us because we’ve effectively worked it out with our pedal strokes. 

Narely is there a day where a downhill doesn’t give us a little smile, and flying as fast as we can, making a smooth turn onto our route doesn’t give us butterflies. When’s the last time you got butterflies while driving across town to work?

We can park where we want, leave when we want, and if we’ve had one too many, we don’t have to worry about how we’re going to get home. 

We try our best to be safe, because our life depends on it and our bicycles will rarely cause great harm to others. Our only objective is to get to where we are going and if you also want to ride bikes with us, that’s rad, we’d like you to join. Our only stipulation is that you ride freely, happily, and with a smile, and if you can’t, that’s fine. We don’t care. As long as you are commuting and as long as you’re on a bike. 

Originally printed in Ride Your Bike! Zine issue #4