Giving.

I've never been much for charities.
  
I believe charity starts at home, sitting in front of a computer, shopping online for bike parts. Usually that's where it ends for me, too.
  
I know firsthand the transformative nature of the bicycle, how it can be an incredible force for good on a personal and community level. How it can bring people together in a pretty darn positive way. How it can open up new possibilities with every turn of the pedals.
  
Bikes are awesome.
  
That's why, despite my complete lack of regard for any other living thing, I support World Bicycle Relief. They supply rugged and utilitarian bicycles to people in Africa, South America and Southeast Asia so they can go to school or work or otherwise expand their world in a way only possible from a bicycle saddle. This is the purest example of the transformative nature of the bicycle, and you'd be hard pressed to find any carbon on these workhorses. They're built to take abuse and provide reliable service for a long time, perhaps making multiple people's lives just a little bit better in incalculable ways.
  
That's pretty darn cool.
 
So, stop reading this meaningless blog and do some good with your time. Go to https://worldbicyclerelief.org/en/ and read about the work that they do. Donate a little money. Make the world a little better without leaving the couch.
 
Come to think of it, it's exactly like sitting in front of a computer, shopping online for bike parts.