Over 50 and Cycling/Being Alone
Man, I love to ride alone.
There is a certain risk associated with heading out into the middle of nowhere on your own and riding with a fast group is a sublime experience but I love the solitude and quiet of climbing a mountain by myself or the last few miles coming home at the end of a 65 mile solo ride.
Silence is an interior state, more like interior stillness. I can find silence even in the face of wind and traffic noise.
Maybe it is my faith. I'm not married and don't find it lonely to be by myself because I am never really alone. Cycling might be a manifestation of that but I really love to roll by myself. Trail running too. One friend called his bike a "Two wheeled cloister."
Not sure what the point is. Just felt like saying that.
-Tim-