Joined: Nov 2006
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From: NJ, NYC, LI
Bikes: 1940s Fothergill, 1959 Allegro Special, 1963? Claud Butler Olympic Sprint, Lambert 'Clubman', 1974 Fuji "the Ace", 1976 Holdsworth 650b conversion rando bike, 1983 Trek 720 tourer, 1984 Counterpoint Opus II, 1993 Basso Gap, 2010 Downtube 8h, and...
My commute is broken up by a train ride; so my early morning NJ ride to catch the train should be lovely, but I worry about missing my train, so I can't relax then. And the Manhattan part of my ride is down a busy section of 5th Ave, or up a busy section of 8th Ave; no relaxing there either. I do try to relax in the afternoon stretch in NJ, from the station home. But even then... I have to force myself to kick back a bit. Surprisingly hard to do.