Tired old wheels

The places we will (hopefully) go
Deerfield Beach, FL
December 2011
This photo originally shared on Instagram

At first glance, these are just a couple of old bikes locked up under a subtropical sun, barely worth a first look, let alone a second.

But I’m drawn to the scene as powerfully today as I was the day I shot it so many years ago.

Because any bike, even an old one that probably wasn’t all that valuable or drool-worthy when it was new, retains that near-magical ability to transport nearly anyone nearly anywhere, regardless of their station in life. It’s a transformative, life-changing technology that doesn’t get anywhere near the respect it deserves.

Which is a bit of a shame, because everyone deserves to have their life brightened by possessing the ability to crank a pedal and go somewhere else, or new, or special, or necessary, or all of the above.

And it all starts with humble machines like these, standing ignored in the beating sun, waiting for their next chance to change someone’s life.

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