Quote Originally Posted by MALcontent View Post
I do ride without him, and seem to do fine. Interestingly, we had our first road ride together Sunday and I rode really strong. He even commented on it. So it seems to be something about mountain biking. Bizarre...
For me, I think as long as I am not in heavy traffic on the road, it's easy to zone out and still perform well. The leg and lungs go on auto-pilot. For the trail, any type of zone out distractions causes less performance, or a crash. There is just no time to think about anything else IMHO. Sooo... if there's any thinking about the new sweetie going on, then bingo. fwiw