...I'm a cyclist too. It has transformed my life...
On that we agree.
I am fortunate in that I can commute to work on a bicycle, I live just 15 minutes away but by taking longer routes I can turn it into up to a two-hour commute each way. I love this self-imposed hardship, the necessity of rolling out before dawn and the fact that being out there in the weather, whatever it is, has become part of my daily routine.
More than that the opportunity for epic endeavors. I have ridden from Texas to New York, and recently England, Scotland, Ireland and France. I used to think of my motorcycles as freedom machines, and I suppose they still are. The sight of a loaded-up motorcycle in the driveway, camping gear and bags attached and the world waiting at the end of your driveway, is a fine thing.
Heading out for distant places on a bicycle is like that, but better. You never know what the day will bring, or where darkness will catch up to you, or upon what patch of ground you will spend the night. I could live that way, easily.
Birdwatcher
Do you ever go to the advnture motorcycling website advrider.com
