As the resident biking expert in the family, I asked Jeanine to test out a product called the Copenhagen Wheel.  It is a retrofittable rear wheel that turns an ordinary bicycle into an electric motor assisted speedster instilling in the rider a feeling of super human strength and endurance .  Her smile reveals the verdict and validated my decision to join the company that literally reinvented the wheel. Superpedestrian is a startup, founded in 2012 by one of the wheel’s co-inventors, with a mission to transform urban mobility. Over the last 18 months I have been heavily recruited for various head of engineering roles both here and on the west coast. Most were interesting, all were lucrative, but none till now stirred my passions enough to coax me out of retirement. The superpedestrian mission, its technology and design sensibility, the culture and team of exceptional individuals all spoke to me on a very profound level. My first day in the office will be a week from Monday.  Although I have failed at my first attempt to retire, I feel I made great use of my time off.  I enjoyed travel adventures in a dozen countries, visited more than half the US states, and built a tiny house with Maya.