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Want, want, want...
Friend of mine said, "You should be old enough for your wants not to hurt you." So, I'm supposed to be able to say "yes, I **know** I want to play more, buit someitmes you can't."
(I want to spend all day on the forum, I W*A*N*T to...)
I do, but with caveats...
I feel/have felt that bike magic of wanting to ride for the sake of riding; to get up and go away borne on nothing but the legs, wheels, heart and soul of my addiction...
but I like everything I do to have some purpose- which is why I'm itching so badly to get back into commuting; biking with a reason instead of just for a hobby to get out. I only use my car to get to work these days, (I hear it sniffling to DGF's Saturn about how it thinks I don't love it anymore, just its sound system and engine...) and maybe someday I can cut that out, too...
I miss looking at my bike with that "You and me; as long as I have you, I need little else in this world" feeling in my heart and throat, as I did when I was carless, but that will soon return...
All you need is T.I.T.S. (Time In The Saddle)
Me too, Knotted Yet. Feeling it too.
Kitsune, I know what you mean about wanting things to have purpose. I feel that way too! But I have come to think of my biking as having the very real and useful purpose as spiritual revitaliser. Serenity and inner joy are really valid things to work towards, as I'm sure you'll agree. Purposes do not have to be "merely" practical or material.
And my car has been gathering lots of dust as well, since I got my bike and do most all of my into-town errands on it these days. It amazes me to see how little I use my car since I started biking. I do however have the good fortune of being able to work at a home office, unlike most people who need to get to work in their cars. I admire and am in awe of all you daily biking commuters!!
Thought about this thread all day.
A while ago I figured it takes me 200 m to get into The Zone.
Then, The Bike and I are one unit. I feel a perfected creature as I corner one leg up - one leg down, go over lumps and holes standing on the pedals at 9 and 3 o'clock,knees flexing, changing gears at exactly the right moment...
So as long as I can ride 200 m + I will be *happy*
(not that I don't enjoy the usual mind-altering agents: chocolate, gin, nutmeg,beer of course)