I'm glad I'm not alone
Cadence? Eyes locked on the road? Zen?
Hmm, that isn't my riding. I'm looking around at the smallest details around me.
Oh there are plenty of those moments too. But it seems that during a long ride there are times when things just quieten down and I get into a zone and its just me and the bike and the road. Its like I'm not even thinking - only being.
I'm not saying that an entire day of touring is like that. Maybe 20 minutes of Zen before a car passes and it gets lost in the exhaust. Or maybe an hour later in the day until my mind starts wandering and thinking about dinner.
But reflecting back on the day's ride. That's when I start thinking about how much I really enjoyed those periods of just riding.