Originally Posted by
OldTryGuy
One huge difference with this Forum's members leaving compared to another Forum I frequent is that the departure here is generally by choice, the other forum is by death.
Let me just mention, PCa (Prostate Cancer) does kill and having a yearly PSA can alert one of possible complications. BTW, I have the killer - Gleason 10- PCa and that is why I am attempting to continue living, cycling, as if nothing has changed. Believe me, it has changed and quite drastically, but the joy AND PAIN I get from bicycling is confirmation that I am still alive.
Be safe, be well and enjoy your rides.
Sobering post @OldTryGuy , and I have been impressed by your ride reports.
My most serious health crisis was a bad cycling accident in 2012, but even before that I had contemplated and posted on a few threads about my most metaphysical reasons to cycle:
Originally Posted by
Jim from Boston
For all you folks that are so sure you can dodge a crash...
...Since you brought up mortality… two striking quotes about mortality that I read / heard in the 70’s have stuck with me to this day:
1. By Ashleigh Brilliant, a cartoonist of Pot-Shots who wrote epigrams (“Brilliant Thoughts In 17 Words Or Less”), in particular to paraphrase,” I hope it’s a nice day, the day after I die."
2. The Moody Blues from “You and Me""
"What will be our last thought
Do you think it's coming soon?
Will it be of comfort
Or the pain of a burning wound?"
On a few threads on BF, I posted about how I live my ante-mortem life:
Originally Posted by
Jim from Boston
Ever contemplate your mortality on the road?
Actually, in one of my most serious contemplations of mortality, the Road served as a relief:
Originally Posted by
Jim from Boston
My magic moment when I realized what makes cycling fun (important) to me was at a lunch with two doctors about 20 years ago. We got to talking about the vicissitudes of life, like sudden death, or trivial symptoms as harbingers of a serious disease. We eventually came around to that old chestnut to live life to the fullest everyday.
As we were leaving, the surgeon, a marathon runner, said, “Well, any day with a run in it is a good day for me.” I was already an avid cyclist and cycle commuter, and that clicked with me, any day with a ride in it is a good day for me.
Last edited by Jim from Boston; 04-11-19 at 08:26 AM.