Bicycle

The bicycle is the most civilized conveyance known to man. Other forms of transport grow daily more nightmarish. Only the bicycle remains pure in heart. ~Iris Murdoch, The Red and the Green
After just getting back from a short ride I begin to wonder "why do I like to ride so much",I believe there are many reasons. First of all I love hard work,I know I'm a sick man, but I do like to work hard. On my bike I can work as hard or as little as I want. Before I drove a "Pizza Wagon" for a living I worked as a carpenter, before that a roughneck, both very physically demanding jobs.
 Secondly I think I really enjoy the freedom I get on my bike, kinda like the "cowboy" part of me. I could never afford a horse so the bicycle is the next best thing, and I don't have to feed it or clean up after it. I can ride any trail  or street I want, and it is a fantastic way to enjoy the outdoors. I don't always want to "fire up" the pick up truck to go to town, so I ride there, to run my errands.

All in all I just enjoy my bicycle, the exercise, the freedom, the convenience, as the quote above says, it is pure in heart.