The basic idea of Life on Gentle Cycle first arose when we realized that we enjoyed slow, quiet, self-organized, semi-planned bicycle touring — an approach we called gentle cycling. When we retired it was like changing the setting on a washing machine from agitate and spin to "Gentle Cycle."  The metaphor seemed to fit how our life had changed, so we  kept it.

We use our blog and Facebook page, also called Life on GentleCycle, as catalysts ---> an incentive and reward system that motivates us to an engaged exploration of living gently in the world.