We often hear about \”treading lightly on the Earth\”. We hear about recycling; and about using as few resources as possible.

Then there\’s minimalism; and even working to get your possessions down to 100 things.

People who tackle the challenge have quite a bit of latitude. Some folks want to count each book that they own as an item; others consider their entire home library as one thing.

What about cyclists who want to get into the minimalist lifestyle? That could be tricky, especially if you want to reduce the number of your belongings to 100 (or fewer).

I, for one, would probably count each of my bicycles as a single item. I have only two! But a cyclist who has a road bike, a hybrid, MTB, cross bike, etc. might well consider the entire pedal-powered fleet as one item.

The bicycles are only the beginning. What about the trainer, the floor pump, rollers, and so on? Count each one as an item? Include them with the bicycles-as-one-item? You see where we\’re going here with the latitude bit, right?

How about the cyclist\’s wardrobe? Is having four pairs of shorts a sin against minimalism? If the climate where I live were less humid, shorts would dry faster; and I might need fewer pairs. Well, one less pair, anyway.

Add in tools, jerseys, arm and leg warmers, jackets, skull caps, gloves, helmets, etcetera, the bicycles + related items can come to 100 things before we even get to the rest of the stuff we have at home!

I\’m not against weeding out stuff I don\’t need. Getting down to 100 items? Treading lightly isn\’t so easy!