Originally Posted by I-Like-To-Bike

I still have the "complex" (of over 70 years of riding) that allows me to enjoy every bicycle ride without compelling me to consider it as a training event or exercise regimen, or a need to justify riding without a fitness or performance goal.

It also allows me to consider that other cyclists don't have the same reasons to ride as me.

This is a "complex" which some of the self-styled enthusiasts who post on BF appear to lack, hence their compulsion to gratuitously inject OT performance goals and metrics into general safety, advocacy and numerous other non-racing/non-competitive bicycling discussions.