Originally Posted by
since6
We spend so much time detached.
You look at a cell phone dozens to hundreds of times a day, but miss the sky, the sunset, the seasons changing.
You take your family and/or loved one out to dinner and are surrounded by the noise of a dozen or more TV screens.
You watch a football game, but must have the "Red Zone" switching between ALL games so you don't miss the action, but miss the game.
But a bicycle is a simple thing, a vintage bike even more simple. It takes you back into your body, into the world and if you have a friend along into conversation.
It's not just endorphins that come home after a ride, it's you..
Couldn't have said it better. Riding with one other person brings a closeness to all other people, somehow.
There are also a lot of good people on the forums for old Honda motorcycles and SAAB cars. Probably because these vehicles break enough that they also take you back into the world and bring you closer to your friends you have along! In addition, working with cantankerous machines of all kinds nurtures an intuitive understanding of the counterintuitive concept that going at a slower pace keeps your problems (mechanical and possibly mental) from catching up with you.