As this riding season comes to a cold and unwanted halt this year I am reminded of why i ride. It is impossible to describe the feeling of riding to someone who has never done it. Never been there alone in the helmet just you and the bike and the world for yours to take. You will travel hours and hours with a fellow rider just for a quick lunch and then heading back, go your separate directions. It wasnt the lunch that was important but the journey there. In my travels I have found people that make the journey worth it. Make me want to keep riding just a few more miles so the ride never stops. People who are now and always will be my family. You encourage each other while riding to never stop to enjoy it all to the fullest without fail. Eventually you ride so far, so far away, away from all cell reception, all civilization to a place that is perfect. To a place that steals your heart. Then you look around and find out that it isnt the place you love, it isnt the place that stole your heart it was the ride, the journey there that has made it worth it. You realize that you want to keep riding to keep going. And when you push yourself far enough it is in the brief moments of solitude, the brief moments of the beauty around you, the brief moments of the absence of your cell phone ringing, it is then you realize you are in love with riding. No matter the kind of bike, the time of day, the time of year, the group size, I am in love with it all. I am so thankful for the people I have met while riding. So many great friendships that are not friendships, they are now family. They are brothers and sisters. I am thankful for all the shared experiences. If you ever find yourself in a situation where life is to stressful you can always head out on two wheels and talk to yourself. It has been said all problems can be solved inside a helmet. It offers a kind of self perception that is not seen anywhere else. And even when we stray from the path there is something inside of us that never lets go. And when we find our way back we fall in love all over again.
Posted on: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 14:58:56 +0000
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