Originally Posted by
iowa mark
I ride most of my miles solo, so I get to pretend I'm all kinds of riders at any given moment.
Same here. It's always nice to begin a ride feeling like Pee Wee Herman, and to end it feeling like Hinault / Lemond / Indurain, etc. The mood-improving effects of a good ride are really amazing. That's mainly what I use the sport for, everything else is secondary.