"A couple of us are gonna go ride our bikes by the park, wanna come?" Brad asked me.
"Me, bike, yeah right." I laughed throwing my head back.
"What you scared now, boy?" He demanded.
"Um okay false statement why would i be scared of a little toy car?" I asked nervously, my heart ripping of out my chest. Brad saw my anxious face and backed off.
"Bye." He called, muttering some putrid words under his breath.
After half an hour of slapping myself, telling myself to calm down that he didn't notice anything i decided to check out how the boys roll. I wasn't much of a sports person. Every spare moment i had i would spend it lounging around the house watching movies, or fishing. That's right fishing , the thrill of reeling in a 20 pound salmon is the same feeling i got when my wife had our beautiful daughter, Isabel.But enough of that later.
I walked down the steps and jotted over to my pickup truck. It was a three mile ride, to the park i mean. The moment i got out of my pickup truck i was overwhelmed by the life the these guys were living. They were riding the rails like they had done with their four wheelers about a dozen years back. I had never in my life been taken back from life itself so much. That day would live in history, at least for me.
Of course one of my buddies spotted me and let me ride his bike. I was uneasy at first, but when i started riding, everything flew out of me. All the frustration, hate, they all disappeared into thin air.
I have to thank my buddies for all they've done for me. I never paid a single moment of my life to riding bikes up to that day. It's different now, my whole life (and don't tell my wife i said this) revolves around bikes. So you may not know it, but there can a whole different person inside of you waiting to get out. You just have to make yourself let that person come out. Don't hide it. I was a born biker, i have to admit.

- Hope you liked my little fictional story. This should encourage you to live life to the fullest.-

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