Neither of my bike sheds are 'pain caves'
"Don’t be a caveman", says VecchioJo in the most serious defence of riding outside you're every likely to read
There are several sets of forks, one of which I use for hammering home headset crown races as it has the steerer tube removed. There’s a chest of drawers with the random stuff in: tools for obsolete parts, imperial Allen keys, some suspension seat post elastomers, jockey wheels held together with freezer ties, a healthy breeding colony of plastic light mounts, a pick-up-sticks of quick releases and enough ancient alloy bits of uncertain use to keep Alice Roberts going for another series.
It is, I think, being involved, immersed, noticing the headwind kick in as you turn that corner, or the reward of the tailwind after a few hours of battering into it. It is the satisfaction and relief of making it to the top of the climb, it is feeling more than a fan in the face and gliding through a collection of pixels.
While there is a level of rain that it is pleasurable to ride in, and the romantic in me sees a beauty in it, it happens only infrequently. It’s often becomes just a retrospective justification for that very expensive jacket, and it can get old pretty damn quickly. Some days it’s a faux-rugged giggle, some days I’ve done this shit enough times already and I don’t need to do it again.
Crawling into a cave to play Super Mario Cipollini Bros just isn’t for me, and that’s aside from that posturing terminology giving me the eyerolls. I need to ride a bike outside because it’s Outside, and that brings me necessary release and escape.
I much prefer"real" cycling, too. The author here has a pretty sweet deal though, and there's something a bit condescending about his tone here that I don't much like. Many of us will have a lot more non-cycling constraints on their lives than he seems to have, and we're doing our best to keep up with our hobby as best we can.
2) Miles that you ride, indoor or outdoor, count for you. Miles that other people ride, indoor or outdoor, count for them.I mostly think that Zwift miles are fairly generous, but I don't think that at all when I'm climbing Alpe d'Huez or Ventoux. If I've spent over an hour getting to the top, that counts for me.
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