I might lower this to 3.5 stars because although I thought a lot of the stories were written well, quite a few of them became forgettable by the end. With a specific theme such as bicycling sci-fi, you’d think this collection would get repetitive, but every author managed to be creative and bizarre in some way. Sometimes I vibed with it, sometimes I didn’t, because although so many of these worlds were unique, the shortness of this anthology meant the depth they could’ve presented was compromised. 

My personal favorites were “Clashing/Complementa” (that one was very cute but also action-packed!), and “Beyond” (I felt it was a strong end to the collection, and the mix of optimism and melancholy reflected the overarching theme of change. I also thought that of all the exposition-heavy stories, the worldbuilding was the most creative here).