Originally Posted by pedal

I ride to get somewhere or I ride to get back to where I started. I ride a short distance to see how fast I can do it or I ride a long distance to see how far I can go. I ride to escape the cruelties of the real world and think about nothing but my line, speed, corners, gears, braking, or destination. I ride to endure the suffering of physical fatigue for the sake of enduring less fatigue on the next ride on which I'm sure to endure through more fatigue. I ride for myself and nobody else.

Why do I ride? I don't know, I just get on and ride.