Tulips by Ben Moses
Getting your groove back on the bike, experiencing that momentum once again, and immersing yourself in the ride is the theme for Issue 23 of our magazine. Dropping on the same weekend as Paris-Roubaix, it also includes a free cover story from Mark V about a race that is simultaneously one of the most famous and the least representative of the sport. There’s a crazy story I heard about Roubaix too.
A couple months ago, in Issue 21, Patrick wrote about a drop bar playground and how he
… Never stopped loving the way the bike could swoop and zoom over unpredictable terrain.
He said those words to me just a few hours after riding Old Caz on a Diverge. He was still buzzing from the experience, beaming from the afterglow. I said, “write that down!” And he did. The emotions of rediscovering what makes us ride long hours keeps us going through the lows and for new riders, it’s what you’ll end up chasing too. Doesn’t matter where you find it — a personal best commute, race, ride, or tour — just that you eventually do.
The groove happened for me a few weekends ago, when we decided to just keep riding on a nice day after so much rain, and finished at 5 hours and 100 miles. Stepping off the bike, within an hour I was doing chores, and having dinner with family. It hit me then, “just banged out a hundred miles, then vacuumed, some laundry, and NOT TIRED.”
Still in shape to ride that long, I gotta keep the momentum going.
Also, the sounds of that ride is wrote I about in Issue 22….
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