Mette de Fine Licht tells

“It is probably a strange bike you have! What does it do?"

I often encounter this question when I am holding too red in a Copenhagen traffic light or being overtaken by the bike path. And I can understand people's wonder. Because although there is diversity in the cityscape, it is rarely on the bike path that it is represented the most. And you probably don't expect the cyclist for a tricycle case with auxiliary motor to be a light-hearted smile of 26 years - we all have prejudices.

But fortunately, the question of my bike, Viktoria, is often delivered with a smile and a positive curiosity, and then it's hard not to answer smiling back:

"It can give me freedom and exercise."

Because that's exactly what Viktoria gives me. Freedom. Independent. Movement.

I got bone cancer as a teenager, and after a year in chemotherapy and extensive surgery, I had to forever put my identity as a sports girl in the grave. Fortunately, it was a title that died and not me, and that is what I think about every time I put Viktoria in gear. Although I now live with a metal leg prosthesis, have a daily walking distance of just two kilometers and must not do sports other than a bit of swimming, on the Victoria bike I can taste a little bit of what life would be like if you still has both legs, full mobility and thus also a lot more to have said in relation to one's physical ability. I can only recommend that taste!