finding myself again on two wheels. I didn’t come back to cycling with a plan. No training schedule. No big goals. No fancy bike. I came back because I felt sluggish, tired, and disconnected from myself. I wanted to get back into shape nothing more complicated than that. So I bought the cheapest road bike in Halfords. An Apollo Paradox. Basic. Heavy. Affordable. It wasn’t about performance. It was about seeing whether I even enjoyed cycling anymore. Growing up, I lived on mo