bikerHen, I share your "cycling style." I don't even use clips! On more than one occasion I've described my approach to cycling as that of partaking in a Pagan sacrament. I once won a bike race -- I was ten and riding a three-speed.

But now I ride to be alive and to greet the Great Blue Heron, the Yellow Swallowtail, to "chukkk" back at the Red-Winged Blackbird, and enjoy the peepers sounding off in my favorite roadside bog.

I get passed a lot. I get teased by folks in my bike club. But as a cancer survivor, I don't want to go ANYWHERE fast anymore!

Love the ride you ride (sounds like you do!)

xx, Balrog