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When you learn cycling, you learn the art of balancing yourself to drive safe on the saddle. This in turn helps you balance yourself flawlessly with nature and real life situations.

I have been bicycling off and on for more than 3 years now. I am a Commerce Graduate from Nagpur University who has just started with my first job as an Accounts Executive in a multinational company here in the city. It’s been a week now that I started the job and the main concern is how to commute to work covering a distance of 8 kms between my home and workplace. From the past seven days I am using the city transport and sometimes cabs but have to look for a permanent solution.

Just a thought flashed through my mind and I felt like going back to the woven memories of some of the beautiful days of my life. One such day was when I learned to ride a bicycle at the age of 15. My first paddling, my first clutch of the handle, my first adjustments of my bicycle seat, and the first balancing without the two support wheels on the sides. It was all like a mesmerizing flashback memory, a memory etched forever. I don’t know whether I was too small to express in words or whether I was conservative enough to share my first bicycle experience then. But all I could remember was that it was an ultimate time of pure happiness. I still remember the early few days of my bicycle learning experience of breathing fresh air, enjoying the beauty of springtime flowers, and feeling of warmth under the glistening sun.

Moving ahead in life, I started to realize that cycling for me had become a moment of reflection, revelation, and meditation. And I opted to travel a 20 minute ride to college every day while swaying other commuters, passing away smiles, stealing frustrations, spreading positivity, and networking with people at every red signal. The same continued for three years until I became a Graduate.

Now, I am standing on the crossroad of life to embark upon a new venture to fulfill my professional goals. Every journey begins with the need to travel and so did mine. So, now what? Confused and wandering? Just a few days to think and I came down to a conclusion that nothing is better than using a bike to work to rediscover true happiness while leaving behind all stresses and frustrations. This in turn is an attempt to attain a sense of accomplishment with the convenience and joy of riding. Finally, I stamp on my decision to use my bicycle for commuting to work. Of course, the bike will be new from a leading bicycle store in Nagpur but the experiences I think will linger on from my flashback memories to a more meaningful journey of life.

Hello, friends! I am Nivedita, a 60-year-old arthritis patient in New Delhi. For the past six months I had been experiencing intolerable pain due to my condition. Medicine had failed to ease my pain and my family doctor had ruled out surgery. 

Then something magical happened. A visit to my daughter, who is married to an entrepreneur in Nagpur, last month changed my life and I discovered new joys I had never experienced.

One bright morning I saw an old man cycling in Pratap Nagar. The man was a picture of calmness. I wanted to talk to him but within seconds he disappeared. Later I learnt that he had gone to Ncyclopedia, the leading bicycle store in central India.

I asked the man how he managed cycling at such an old age. He smiled and said he was 72 years old (didn’t look though) and had learnt to ride a bicycle only a week ago. 

He was bored and surfing the internet one day when he came across this Facebook update: ‘Learn Cycling in Three Easy Steps’. 

He enrolled for the training and nowadays rents a bicycle from Ncyclopedia every other day to experience the joy of riding. A healthy way to keep himself occupied.

Taking a cue, I also registered for the training programme. Balancing was tough initially but scientific methods and expert instructors ensured I learnt to ride a bicycle in four days.

When I returned to New Delhi a week later I found something missing and realized it was cycling. I soon purchased a cycle and included cycling in my daily routine. It’s been a month now that I am regular with my cycling.

The knee pain has vanished, cycling has taken care of it. I took up cycling to stay healthy but within weeks it has become integral to my life. I am experiencing new joy, serenity and optimal mind-body balance. Cycling has given me much more than what I could expect at the age of 60. 

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