think about...

the last couple of rides you went on. what were they like? what did you experience?

the thought process might go something like this...'this is the route i took. i pedaled here. up here. down here. over here. etc...'

but i experienced something totally different on an urban ride recently. i went out on a saturday night. i was boarded, and it was getting dark, but i said what the heck. i took off out of my house on the slider, and headed into cleveland/tremont area. it's a nice ride. hit a couple of what i call 'ghetto bridges'. the bridges that go over a freeway to link neighborhoods together. the kind of bridges that are all graffitied up.

anyway, i thought to myself...am i pedaling? i got in such a zone, such a mind set, that i wasn't even thinking about pedaling the bike. like i forgot about my legs. the force of pedaling...gone. it was an amazing experience. one i cannot remember ever having. good stuff.

although riding the slider so much has changed my climbing style. i noticed this on my saturday ride. i'm climbing in a much bigger gear, since the front chainring on the slider is a forty-two, and the inner ring on my road bike is a high thirty something. so the lesson...having different bikes to choose from is a good thing. you learn different things. you might even progress as a rider. good stuff.

shalom...