A Love Letter to My Bicycle

Either you get it or you don’t.

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To My Dear Mid-1970s Schwinn Traveler Bicycle:

I remember the moment I first laid eyes on you. You were greasy and muddy, but I saw through your road weariness to your graceful curves. Riding in the back of my husband’s truck, you weren’t much to look at. But my eyes lit up when he told me about how you had been sitting by the side of the road with a…