Originally Posted by
Papa Tom
What I guess I was looking for is as an inside scoop as to what was going on in your head before the crash, rather than the circumstances of the crash. Were you distracted? Daydreaming? Pre-occupied with a mechanical issue?
Focused on the road, the traffic, and the conditions. I can tell you in precise detail everything about the mile leading up the collision.
I ride with an intense focus on these things. Counter-intuitively, it's actually part of what relaxes me on the bike. I focus so intently on the task at hand that stress, thoughts about problems, home, work, whatever have no maneuvering room in my head, and fall out of my ears along the road somewhere. It's why I feel so refreshed on arrival at my destination.