I just want to love to ride again.

[shootingstar]

I've never had any goal for cycling in upcoming seasons after each winter when I start cycling lots again. When I "re-improve', only because I am cycling alot again, it's like falling in love all over again.

And that's the way I hope it will always be. It's worked for me for past 17 yrs. since rediscovering cycling and part of why it works, is that a large chunk of my cycling is solo, at least 40%.

But it also helps when I cycle with another person, it usually is for each other's company, though we don't necessarily say much at all. My partner and I, unlike some cycling couples ,don't say much to one another when we cycle together. Often it's like a journey meditation together, even though we usually aren't cycling side by side most of the time. Yes, we can go for 50 kms. and probably have said less than 10 sentences to one another, but it's pure zen to us.

And oh, since we live car-free for many years now, bike is just part of us. So it's not always something I think about as I "have to" bike. It just IS for us.