Why do we ride?

Because we enjoy it!
Richard Masoner reiterates that people use their bicycles more because they enjoy it - and not because they save cash or the environment...

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"After your first day of cycling one dream is inevitable. A memory of motion lingers in the muscles of your legs, and round and round they seem to go. You ride through Dreamland on wonderful dream bicycles that change and grow."

H. G. Wells

Post Nandi pain...

After the last trip to Nandi hills,the following passage from Armstrong's book (Its not about the bike) occured to me...

Cycling is so hard, the suffering so intense, that its absolutely cleansing. You can go out there with the weight of the world on your shoulders, and after a six-hour ride at a high pain threshold, you feel at peace. The pain is so deep and strong that a curtain descends over your brain, At least for a while you have a kind of hall pass, and don't have to brood on your problems; you can shut everything out, because the effort and subsequent fatigue are absolute.