You always feel better after a bike ride

Learn where your light switch is

These seven words (a gift from a new friend) have served me well all summer: “You always feel better after a bike ride.”

A bike ride provides near-instant relief for crabbiness, fatigue, stress or all three. No treatment is 100% effective, but it's rare to feel worse after a stint on two wheels.

If you don't have a bike or know how to ride one, you'll be …