Originally Posted by
RonH
When I'm on the bike I only think about flowers and wildlife, warm sun, which way is the wind blowing, etc.
yes, as i said earlier, riding requires zero conscious mental effort. Most of us do something else with our minds, from enjoying the area we're riding through, to creative or problem solving thinking about other stuff entirely, or simply daydreaming.
But from his statement quoted below, it seems the OP's problem is a bit different.
Originally Posted by
BikeArkansas
...A couple times I have wandered off the road when not concentrating on riding......
I don't know of anyone who gets so distracted that he can't stay on the road or trail. I can see anything happening once, but if the OP finds that he's having trouble with this, then he has an extreme case which may have medical or mental implications, and should be looked into.