Shame, Fear and Envy Prevented Me From Learning How to Ride a Bike, and Caused a Rift in the Family

I love riding bicycles but learning to ride was clouded by fear, pain and envy. To begin with, we were not a “cool-bike” family. Our bikes weren’t even decent. We got a couple of hand-me-down bikes from our cousins up the street. Or, rather, my older brothers got those hand-me-downs and then I got them … Read more