Buy a battery and a motor....
Get some scuba and underwater welding gear and go fix BiXiden’s pipeline follies.
Some really nice stock racing photos (they go on forever) from all countries. You can buy them framed or unframed:
https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/cycling-teams.html?page=3&sortBy=relevant
2023 was the first year in my city where it was easy to ride your bicycle year round. Usually we have periods of -40 and icy conditions, but not this year.
I just purchased an Evelo Omega, which is a very interesting e-bike. It has a torque sensing powerful mid-drive motor with a carbon fiber belt drive and a continuously variable automatic-shifting transmission, and dual batteries with a 100 mile range. You set your desired cadence through a cell phone app or a controller on the handlebar and off you go: the bike does everything else. The torque sensor and the mid-drive makes for a very light and natural pedaling sensation. It’s like always having a wind at your back. Although it has five levels of pedal assistance, I rarely go above level three which smoothly gets me to eighteen miles per hour. The CVT and automatic shifting is weird at first, but I quickly grew to love it. I recall going up a sharp twenty-five degree bank with a minimal effort and no clunky shifting. All in all it, is sort of like gliding along and is throughly enjoyable.
"...While the 2018 physical activity guidelines recommend that adults engage in at least 150 to 300 minutes per week of moderate exercise, 75 to 150 minutes each week of vigorous movement or an equivalent combination of both intensities, it turns out that if adults do more than the recommended amount, it can lower their risk of death..."
"...Those who worked out two to four times above the moderate physical activity recommendations—about 300 to 599 minutes each week—saw the most benefit..."
"...“It is well documented that light to moderate regular physical activity prevents” cardiovascular disease, says the study. “But previous studies also showed evidence that long-term high-intensity endurance exercise (e.g., marathons, triathlons, long-distance bicycle races) may cause adverse events such as myocardial fibrosis, coronary artery calcification and atrial fibrillation as well as sudden cardiac death.”
Yet this study suggests there is no harmful effect of high, long-term vigorous physical activity on cardiovascular health. But more studies are needed...."
The message is clear. Motorists will kill you if you give them the opportunity, and intersections are a target-rich environment. And the law doesn't protect you from them, so you've got to look out for Number One. The surest way to keep your skin off the tarmac is to take the cager's shitty judgement (and absolute lack of respect for cyclists) out of the loop.
Bonus puzzle points:
One book is for me. One book is for my wife. One book is for our daughter. One book is for all.
Guess which book is for who.
First correct reply wins a prize of anything they wish to gift to themselves as a prize.