In his book on irrational problem solving, Alchemy, Rory Sutherland mentions in passing the oddity of bicycles.

Scientists can’t agree on how exactly a bike functions, they came into their current form factor through trial and error, and they are objects that, as Rory put it, “work but don’t make sense.”

As much as the bicycle’s form and function defy reason, what’s even more curious is the fact that someone as uncoordinated as me can ride one—requiring as it does a level of balance and coordination that I lack in most other areas of life. I have no jump shot to speak of, made Jiu Jitsu my fighting style because I lack the balance for striking, and can’t do a handstand unless it’s in a hallway where the walls are really close together. But somehow, like the equally logic-defying act known as ‘being creative’, I can ride a bike almost effortlessly.