When people ask me why I have taken to using my own pedal power for transportation, I often lack the proper words to answer this very question. I tend to fumble my words and come across as being overly passionate or just plain whackadoodle. Can I really answer that in one sentence?
I recently watched Billy Elliot with my wife and if you have not seen this, do it. Especially if you are American as the BBC does an outstanding job.
Right, so why Biking? As adapted from a famous scene in Billy Elliot when the young lad is asked why he likes dancing...
Me: Don't know. Sorta feels good. Sorta stiff and that, but once I get going... then I like, forget everything. And... sorta disappear. Sorta disappear. Like I feel a change in my whole body. And I've got this fire in my body. I'm just there. Flyin' like a bird. Like electricity. Yeah, like electricity.
That pretty much sums it up. Yeah, like electricity.
