What I like about the View From Pardes is that to me it doesn't seem to be so much about cycling, per se, when she is writing about riding.... but about her observations of the world when a bicycle is a part of it. I have no idea if that makes sense, but there is something quietly humble and spiritual, and normal. You actually get the sense that she is connected not only to the bike but to everything it encounters. It is not about getting more fit or getting more gear, or becoming faster, or any of that stuff. It is really nice storytelling. It is what cycling has finally become for me, after all these years, and I have never been able to put that into words, but she has.