Yesterday evening, a friend (that I mentioned in another thread) phoned me to chat and mentioned there was a cycling race happening in my neighbourhood at that moment. She didn't know either until she saw roadblocks while driving her mother near my neighbourhood.

Somehow I had no interest in walking out to figure out where the race course was. She emailed me 2 hrs. later with a photo which signalled it was a race that honoured a cycling racer who was killed in car accident (when he was cycling) a few yrs. ago. There about 20-30 guys racing ...from what I could see in the photo. Then I went to bed.

I appreciate the athleticism of bike racing, climbing against the clock, etc. --but somehow I just haven't found enough enthusiasm to watch bike racing regularily nor follow the professional race cycling news. Even the Tour de France I would only catch snippets of it when the tv was on. Dearie watches it like me...when we happen to be around at home and not for the whole race stage.

There are times I wonder if there's something wrong with me since I've lived a cycling lifestyle, transportation-wise and touring oriented, for so long. But then my partner is something like me...only vague, pedestrian interest. And he has done waaaaaay more cycling mileage wise than I have. On top of that, our in-person cycling friends are something like us: dim knowledge of only 2-3 key professional racers, catching a race for half hr. And then we're off to do other stuff in life or end up cycling away for the day.