The former professional cyclist and PhD philosopher James Hibbard poetically and literarily recounts the discovery of cycling as a life elixir in his book. Framed by the description of a three-day bike tour with two former professional colleagues through California, he describes his development from amateur to professional, his experiences as an active rider, and his philosophical insights. The book is, on one hand, a narrative about the love for cycling and the experiences it can offer, and on the other hand, a journey through 2,500 years of Western philosophy. It also extensively addresses issues of doping and the condemnation of sports fraud as an ethically intolerable crime, vividly portrayed from the insider's perspective of a professional. The author candidly shares his struggles with depression and how cycling and philosophy helped him overcome them.