Good:
Those moments where it feels effortless. Wind at your back and you are flying!
The top of a hill in the UP of Michigan after the long, slog up in the heat, after swatting deer flies who find you a tasty sweaty meal.
Grilled ham sandwich in Packwood, Iowa, on the RAGBRAI route.
A conversation with a cyclist you will never see again.
Wide, smooth shoulders.
A ride after dark on closed park roads in Texas, listening to the pauraques and night herons.
Compass tires on my hybrid.
BAD:
Deer flies.
Flats.
Bugs in the helmet.
Heat rash.
Going to the bathroom and trying to pull your shorts up in the heat and humidity.
Being always the last person up the hill.
Asthma.
Ratty pavement.
Cars that buzz you.