The Amazing Way Bicycles Change You| Anthony Desnick | TEDxZumbroRiver

I cycle, eat veggies, don't smoke, rarely drink, cold shovers, I do sort of intermittent fasting too. Not because of all of the associated benefits for my body... But because I'm broke and that's all I can afford. I love it.

When I was 12 I saw an Italian bicycle and I Lost my mind. Now I’m 59 and still don’t own a car. I’ve cycled across USA 4 times. I’ve ridden across India China Aussie and euro.

My grandpa is 94, still in good shape. He cycled all his life until his 90s, never owned a car. He is my role model, I sold my car years ago and go by bike everyday. Cycling is freedom and joy.

1h of commuting burns 500 kcal btw. 1h of training burns 700-900 kcal 1h of driving a car burns $10 in gas.

A bike is like a personal spaceship.

I work at a bike repair shop. The joy in people's eyes when they walk out the door with their new bike or when they pick up their old bike after a tune up is beautiful. Think it's too expensive to tune up that old road bike you've had in your garage? A small price to pay for happiness and health. Ride. A. Bike. TODAY!

For me. The amazing thing about bicycles is that they have no engine or battery. The idea that you can hurl yourself up to 30mph on your own power is quite amazing.

As a life long cyclist I tell anyone who will listen that cycling is as close to the fountain of youth as you're gonna find.

I found cycling and strava exactly 6 months ago. I now eat, sleep, walk, talk cycling. I am a stationary taxi driver who seldom moves in his job. I now ride 100+ miles per week and at 41 year old. I feel free and fitter than I have felt in nearly all my life.

I lost 175 pounds in one year by riding a bike! I started at 350 pounds - could barely make 3 miles my first day - I was totally exhausted. It was the only exercise I could do that was more gentle on my body & KNEES. After one year I was averaging 30 to 40 miles a day and I ride 5 to 7 days a week! I am also a snow-bird and am able to ride outside 12 months out of the year. Bike riding saved my life! As of this writing, I am 63 years old.

I used to ride EVERYWHERE in my teens and 20s, my bike was part of me. Now I'm 38 and live in one of the most highly ranked mountain bike spots in the world and I haven't owned a bike since I passed my driving test 10 years ago. This year, I'm going to sell my car, buy a bike and invest the extra cash into my own business and become totally self-employed. Time to be free again.

9:00am - watches this video 11:30am - orders new bike :D

Biking to work made me more productive and less grumpy. Work hours fly coz I look forward to biking afterwards.

Bicycling changed my life. I was nerdy, uncoordinated, overweight kid who was finally able to balance a bicycle at age 12. I bought a friend's 2-speed Schwinn "middleweight" for $15, got hooked, and asked my father for a 10-speed that December. He was delighted that I was showing any interest in anything remotely athletic, so he obliged with a bottom-of-the-line Bianchi road bike. Ten years later I was working at a bike shop to help pay for my education, when the father of one of my childhood friends came in. He did not recognize me at all and was surprised I knew him and his son, until he finally blurted out, "Oh ... you were that little ROUND kid!" I had finished a double century two months before and had been commuting by bicycle for several years, and was probably in the best shape of my entire life. 120,000 miles later, I am still an avid cyclist. I particularly enjoy collecting, restoring, and riding European road bikes of the 1960s and 1970s. I supplement cycling with weight lifting and walking/jogging, but bicycling is the one sport I have truly, deeply loved.

I'm 63 years old. My dad taught me to ride my bike when I was 3 years old. I don't own a car. I commute 30km a day, 12 months a year. In Canada. 13,000km a year total distance. I. Feel. Great. I cannot imagine my life without a bike.

Don't forget ebikes: They are really changing the game for older riders (like me) or for people who live in hilly areas (like me). Pedal assist ebikes makes cycling even more fun with the same great benefits as traditional bikes. And yes, I've lost 10 pounds and my health has improved noticeably!

I live in a third world country: Venezuela, where the idea of biking as a culture is a remote circumstance. The conditions necessary to bike in a safe way do not exit. However, I refused to drive a car. I bike with the forces of my soul and I trust this humble instrument of transportation and spirituality.

I quit cigarettes in '96 after having smoked 13 years. Mtn biking saved my life & have found no other activity that compares in terms of pure enjoyment.

And so my journey begins 05/2020, never too late to change your life.

I am 24 years old. Considerable amount of stress between law school, home, and everything else. Just got into cycling and I wish I would’ve started earlier. I have been able to tackle high stress loads much more efficiently and have been able to be present. Being present is...one of the biggest things a bike did for me.