Originally Posted by Rick@OCRR

I've experienced that when the bike is working perfectly and I'm digging deep, in a struggle to get maximum power down, thinking the next pedal stroke, the next breath . . . but not about the bike. It does seem to disappear . . . !

It's there, of course, but your concentration is so completely focused on exceeding the perceived limitations of your body, not being consumed by the pain, pushing through the pain barriers, that there's nothing upstairs left to think about the bike.

Not during those intense moments.

Rick / OCRR