>it's another "anon has nothing to do on a beautiful weekend so he goes on an aimless 20-25 mile bike ride for an hour or two just to be out of the house" episode
haha gee it was great biking past all the families, friends, people with children, eating at restaurants, walking the streets together, doing stuff at the park, and living their lives happily while i was complete self-congizant how im the autistic retard biking alone through town

>>1999701 (OP)
I did that today too
>*shrugs*
but I enjoyed spending me time instead of wasting time pretending to be a normie around normies

>>1999701 (OP)
I do that on sunday mornings. I call it the Church of Riding my Bike. It's nice to ride around and see all the normies going to church and getting out on sunday morning.

>>1999701 (OP)
>haha gee it was great biking past all the families, friends, people with children, eating at restaurants, walking the streets together, doing stuff at the park, and living their lives happily while i was complete self-congizant how im the autistic retard biking alone through town

Not my problem and you need to socialize more if this bullshit is going through your mind

I was my leg wasn't injured, I love autistically cycling throughout the state and watching other people live their lives (on the rare occasion when they are not sequestered in their shelters or cages)

Hopefully two weeks rest is enough, Ill just focus upper body at the gym in the meanwhile

>>1999722
same here good ole AC joint

I did just that yesterday, comfy 40km with a nasty uphill at the very end (that I bitched out of and had to get off my bike for a short break to catch my breath).

Honestly the best part about cycling is that I can do it alone and dont require managing other people and handling their flakey shitty ass ADHD quirks.
I have a good buddy who is a far more serious cyclist with a proper road bike who often does centuries and he is happy to ride with me on shorter distances but cunt takes 2 hours to answer the text message back so its just pointless. I'm perfectly happy on my own, listening to an audio book and pedaling away.

I got other hobbies that require other people where I get to hang out and socialize.

>>1999701 (OP)
that's me

>>1999701 (OP)
Much better than sitting inside homie, don't be so hard on yourself. You're doing better than most just riding.

chadyes.jpg except I went a little over a hundred

>>1999701 (OP)
Think of it this way:

If you are on a cool bike and ding ding the flaneurs and tourists with your bell and lycra they return to Grand Island Nebraska to tell about how they got gelato and saw people on bikes and drank an IPA.

Your essentially Pussycat from Once upon a time in Hollywood. You are a part in their tourist story.

Lol, are you me? When I'm on a bike I feel like this is the way normal people must feel all the time. Then I go home and want to kms until it's time to get on the bike again. Needless to say it's all I do in my ample spare time other than shitposting on 4chan.

>>1999748
In theory, yes it's better to be outside and doing physical activity than sitting around inside. But it's a catch-22 for a pathetic loser like me. Stay inside, do absolutely nothing and feel like shit. Go outside alone, yeah it's nice to do shit but then constantly reminded of how alone you are, how everyone has family/friends/kids to enjoy the outdoors with, and you're only out there because you're forcing yourself to be.

>>1999794
just b urself, it works for me

>>1999701 (OP)
So stop somewhere while you're out on the bike. More often than not, if I've made the point of giving myself a destination, whether it's somewhere to eat lunch or something, I've ended up interacting with atleast one person.

>>1999809
this is true. not having a destination at all and just going out to bike aimlessly, of course youre not gonna do anything

biking for 2-5 hours is fun

>>1999794
Seriously dude, don't underestimate how much better it is to just go outside vs fester inside when you're in a slump. Yea you're a loser who will never amount to anything and your ghey, but you at least went outside and participated in your hobby.

When you're at the bottom you just gotta take steps to get up out. You can't just color everything you do as bad because you hate yourself. I mean you can if you want, but you'll just keep feeling like shit.

>plan all day for a 50km ride
>perfect weather immediately turns to shit clouds and thunder the moment I step off from work

I am upset

>>1999957
Why care ? Don't you commute ? How about commuting ? You'll realise that no weather is going to stop you. Being a cunt does.

>>1999957
If you're just going for a recreational ride the only excuse is freezing rain. Don't be a pussy

>>1999794
i did the same thing and felt the same way once, it was peak summer. i did eventually get some friends. its not over until its over

>>1999957
Short loop ride nearby. Means you can book it home quickly and still get some training/fun in.

You guys should consider racing. (Or randonneuring, organized century/double century, touring with a purpose, triathlon, etc.). Gives you a purpose for your rides, you clearly have the time to put in a lot of training hours ("it's a blue-collar sport, you gotta put in the miles"--quoted in Joe Friel's book), getting faster is fun, and hey, you might make some friends.

>>2000017
Racing sounds like a hell of a lot of fun but after breaking my collar bone in a crash that wasn't even from racing I'm not eager to rush into a new hobby that's going to make my life miserable for 3-4 months if I make a tiny mistake.

>>1999988
Freezing rain is a lot better than a thunderstorm

>>2000026
Hard disagree, what are the actual odds you get struck?

>>2000000

>>1999722
Lol

>>2000000
Checked

>>2000019
I reckon the added risk from racing is fairly small as long as you're not doing crits or shreddy MTB, but everyone's got a different tolerance for these sorts of things. There's always Zwift.

>>2000066
>I reckon the added risk from racing is fairly small
Every "real cyclist" I've spoken to acts like crashes from racing are pretty much routine and from just watching non-competitive group rides, or temporarily getting sucked into a pack of wild roadies when out for my weekend "don't think about sudoku for a while" cope rides, it seems impossible that people could ride that close competitively and not have frequent crashes, the average cruising speed for those people is like my max sprint speed where I'm on full alert for the tiniest rock that will kill me let alone a pothole and they do it without even being able to see the road

>There's always Zwift.
I'd rather get run over by a dump truck

>>1999701 (OP)
keep going anon. just keep riding
i was an autistic neet loser for years, only had bicycles, i did those 2 hour aimless rides almost every day, and the occasional eye contact with strangers almost made it impossible for me to even do that. I would be constantly comparing myself.

the bike riding kept me sane and healthy though, it's an incredible thing to have in your life.

I think some people actually respect it, but many people will ALWAYS view you as an autistic retard just for cycling around, so don't feel too bad if that's the impression you think others have of you, because they'd have it anyway. Now i have a job, i've slept with a few girls who i invited for bike rides, and I have the ability to ride with other people, i still go back, and my favorite thing is still just those aimless rides by myself in the city. Doing this is a bedrock which you will have your whole life. It's not better with other people. Your life, generally, would be, but going for a bike ride for no real reason by yourself on a beautiful day is peak living.

Most people don't have something in their lives like that. Most people do not spend their free time in such a good way, and do not have an easy context to go outside and enjoy the world. You are actually able to do something which is more fun and healthy than most people have in their lives. Also posting on /n/ is better than scrolling insta or facebook.

>>1999982
>>1999988
Yeah, no. I don't mind freezing temperatures, I'll even ride in terrible wind but rain kills all the fun out of things. It gets in your eyes constantly, you cant see shit. Fuck no.

>>2000240
Luckily here it rains so infrequently I enjoy it. Well, as long as it's not a downpour.

For the last month I got into cycling more regularly and went from what my usual quick ride (20km) to longer route that is 35km and yesterday did 50km for the first time.

Got proper tired near the end and learned a few things. 0.5l bottles are useless, for shorter rides you don't even need them, and something like 50km I already emptied it near the end and I rode in the very late afternoon. If this was 100 degree afternoon ride I would've emptied it way faster. Need a new bottle now.

And second, since I went a bit further than usually, I put on a small saddle bag with a spare tube and attached the pump to the frame. I don't perceive it as much weight but I could feel how slower I was than the day before. I didn't expect that to make a difference at all.

Trucks are scary.

Will rest today and do it again tomorrow. Solo cycling is fun OP don't give up. It's very difficult to be actively depressed in the moment when you are riding in countryside.

>>2000260
I have places I stop to refill my bottles. Also, many road bikes from the 80's till now have 2 water bottle cage locations, some modern bikes have 3.

>>1999701 (OP)
>>>/asp/

>>1999701 (OP)
This is why I basically stopped cycling, excluding some late night rides. It only reminds me of how alone and miserable I am, while everyone else out there is with someone, doing something, smiling, laughing, having their shit together

I often take the route along the river shore in the summer. Lots of bikini girls laying around.
I haven't crashed in a long time but if I do I'm sure it's bc staring at some chick.
>>2000000
holy checkerino

>>2000030
I've had several close calls with logs and branches on paths and roads. Thunderstorms usually happen when its already dark outside

>>2000240
>It gets in your eyes constantly, you cant see shit.
I'm not here to tell you how to live, but a cycling cap helps a lot with this.

>>2000284
Man how retarded are you? The question was freezing rain vs thunderstorm not thunderstorm at night.. obviously if it's fucking nighttime and thunderstorming you could stay in

>>2000240
Cap or glasses helps with this. I love riding in warm spring rain

>>2000277
Exactly. Probably some sort of mental illness to not be able to do anything without comparing yourself to others or seeing anyone else as a monument to your failures as a person but I’m incapable of not doing it. It’s even the same as taking the subway to my shitty job. I just see all the other people riding and know how much happier and more successful they are than me

>>2000321
most people are miserable man

>>1999701 (OP)
>goes on an aimless 20-25 mile bike ride
Beats shit-posting on 4Chan.

>>2000000
Yummy numbers

>>2000067
lots of people crash on some occasion in their time with the sport, but that's very different than frequent disabling crashes (and lots of non-racers wh ride a lot crash at some point as well.). anyway, as I say, there are lots of disciplines besides mass-start road racing.

This is exactly why I bike:
1. In areas where few people come
2. At night
I'm looking for a new apartment and everyone goes like "anon why you want an apartment on the outskirts of the city, you have money to get something much closer to the centre" but they fail to understand that people make me feel suicidal and being able to get out of the civilization within a few minutes is the most important factor for me.

>>2000750
Fuck this shit, with this post I remove the bad luck brought by this shitty comic strip, whoever reads this (including me) all your ride will be safe and happy enjoy

>>1999701 (OP)
>faggot thinks its ok to lean himself and his cuckcycle against someone elses vehicle
this is why normal people hate you

>>2000768
Watterson loves bicycles look at the detail he put into the first panel

It's self deprecating humor

>>1999794
jesus you're pathetic lmao

>>2000750
Hol up
A nigga got a hip pack/lumbar pack... in 1995? Sus

>>2000925
guess how I know you were born in the 2010s

>>2000925
Breh what? The whole meme around Fanny packs in 2023 is that they're old school

>>2000000
of course a bike get in /n/, wasted

As someone who has a family and all that shit

I fantasize about just going for a bike ride to get away from it all

>>1999702
Based

>>2001085
You're a fucking waste, you pratt. A waste of cum, a waste of an egg, a waste of oxygen etc etc.

>>2000510
Cope. Most people have friends, even your typical "losers". They go out, they know what's happening in the city, they have hobbies, they talk, they laugh, they interact with others, they are happy for at least a decent part of their day

>that feel when you take a break at a random village store or gas station and pig out on sugary stuff to recharge

>>2001371
>unironic live laugh love
amazing, I thought it only existed in memes

>>2001441
hell yeah brother, coke and a snickers just like chris horner says

>>2001443
Just sad, man

>>2000000
Clean luv me small loop in town

Evening 35km around the town done, even managed to finally conquer the hilltop at the end without jacking it in and getting of the bike.

>>1999794
I've had this experience with walking. There's nothing wrong with you. Unfortunately, the only solution I found that worked was making a female friend, and if you could do that at will, you wouldn't be in this situation. But hang out with the friends you do have and you might meet one, even if your current friends are worthless alcoholic parasites.

>>2000122
>Go to a comfy warm gym
>Hang out with randos with no fear of punctures or getting slightly cold or not making it home on time
It's nuts how people act like going to the gym is so hard. Oh yeah you got yourself out on a 2 hour ride? Reward: Pain and suffering. Yeah no shit that's more interesting to others.

"Oh what'd you see at the gym?" "a bunch of women power walking in thongs". Nigga i go out at 5am and see pheasants and deer and hungover teens.

>>2001371
70% of people you come across in real life don't go to american websites. 98% of those people never post online. They only care about their immediate world and adjust their desires as such.

Imagine coming home and not having to browse 4chan or even turning on your pc. What are you gonna do? Guess 90 minutes of biking isn't out of order. Shower, shave, cook, sit down at 6pm and look out the balcony.

Oh wait nah, GOON DICK PLAY GAMES DOOMPOST

>>2000756
I still enjoy this sensation

>>2002569
man fuck gyms. even if I'm gonna lift I'd rather do it in my back yard or garage. if I wanna see t&a i'll go to hong kong.

>>1999701 (OP)
At least you are moving and/out/ in stead of installing gentoo. Keep up the good work and ignore normies

>>2002570
most people spend their spare time on facebook or insta or tiktok on their phone which is just as bad as posting here, if not worse.

>>2002661
I post on 4chan from my phone while riding, what now

>>2004809
on yer left

>>2004812
*swerves* whoa! bit close there pal!

>>2004814
Whoa mama
shifts down twice, sprints.
gives the "look" back
heh, gottem

>>2004812
>on yer left

>>2004816
>she doesn't shift up to sprint
stay torqueless, leglet

>>1999701 (OP)
oh look it's another fatass faggot OP with nothing better to do on a Saturday night than make low-hanging fruit troll-posts on the slowest board on 4chan.
>tldr no gf

As a husband and father, and as a manager responsible for more than 140 people there's nothing better than being able to jump on my bike and just ride for a few hours. All men enjoy some solitude from time to time, it's necessary, combining that with good exercise and fresh air is something everyone should do.
The sense of freedom is real, jumping in the car or on the motorbike is also fun, and of course motorized transport gives you more options in terms of range, but only on a bike can you literally go anywhere you want.

>>2000122
>Forks on backwards

Why would you choose to ride through town anyway? Go out into the countryside and deal with dog walkers getting in your way and avoiding turds every two feet. At least you can direct your hate towards them instead of yourself.

>>1999701 (OP)
Cycling can get boring too. I remember the times when I (and everybody around..) was smiling like an idiot just cranking those pedals (daddy joke: you recognize a cyclist by mosquitos on his teeth), now it's kinda chore.

>>2004850
This posts reads like an AI generated facsimile of a male who enjoys alimentary products derived from pulses of the glycine max plant

>>2004876
could've just said faggot

>just happened to me again
haha gee, beautiful weekend in the 80s and just to not sit in my room i biked around aimlessly again for a few hours. kill me,

>>2004809
>>2004812
>>2004814
>>2004816
Literally happened to me today, was that you who snuck up behind me and saw me scrolling on the climb? It's common courtesy to let your hubs ratchet or something, are you rude or just on onyx hubs?

>>2004936
why not find an objective that's challenging but attainable for you and train for it?

>>2004936
You are literally coping, but in a healthy way. Don't beat yourself up so much. You'll look back on the day glad you at least got out vs hiding inside.

>>1999701 (OP)
Damn, are you me? This has been my life every single day for the past 15 years. Autistic and on the dole in the UK. Every day I wake up at 11am-1pm, go on some pointless bike ride until 4-5pm then spend the rest of the day playing video games. Strangely I am still fat.

>>2001443
Why does Britney Spears look middle aged in this?

>>2005228
Ride further and harder.
If you want lift some weights too, helps when standing and keeps you feeling good.

>>1999701 (OP)
>why are you having your definition of fun?!
you can have socializing and me-time however you want and can manage, adults get to make that decision

>>1999701 (OP)
Relax man you just described the entire lives of the last remaining good spee thread.

Have you seen the one story posted on Flickr how in 1997 a Florida man decided to go to Alaska on a bicycle? It sounded cool.

>>2005307
huh?

>>2005409
based, link?

>>2005409
He posted a bunch of stuff on Flickr; for the full version of his actual journal entries you'll have to use Archive.org. It looks interesting, a lot of camping out and diving deep into parts of America that were dying out by 1997.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/worldwidewandering/338099790/

Sorry, >>2005462 was meant for >>2005412

>>2005369
what do you mean?

>>2005462
sick, thanks

>>2005508
>>>/sp/142095207

>>1999701 (OP)
Train for a century and start doing randonneur events, you might even make a friend you sad piece of shit

>>1999701 (OP)
I would actually really enjoy that. Maybe get over yourself or take the pinkpill if you want to be a bitch
>>1999702
Based

>>2005586
sensible chuckle
>>2005587
that's what I'm saying senpai, these guys could be racking 25hr weeks and crushing transiberica or pbp or california triple crown or whatever but instead they're sadpoasting on /n/

>>1999702
Cringe sour grapes cope

>>2005228
Wake up at 6am and ride. Get an off the books job for ca$h and double collect.

>>1999701 (OP)
https://rusa.org/pages/new-member-guide here, put that effort toward a purpose

>beautiful sunday afternoon
>about to do this AGAIN because AGAIN i have no one to do shit with
please christ let a car obliterate me from behind so i die without knowing it happens.

>>1999701 (OP)
I feel nothing.

>>1999701 (OP)
You're clearly not a cyclist and have no business even being on a bike if that's your attitude.
Sell your bike on craigslist and go be a couch potato, nobody cares about you.

>>2007468
counterpoint: op is based and you suck

>>2007425
I find pain solves that issue. So reach for it, pedal hard, harder then last time.
Fast, and feel the pain of your desire for food(if you are fat).
Hit the gym. Embrace the volcanic eruption that is your muscles in a deep set of calves or forearms.

Today was tiktok hell. I don't know where they all came from but I swear it was nothing but chads and stacies wearing matching designer jerseys and bibs on bikes that look like they've never been ridden before. I got stuck in a group with a bunch of fucking normies going - I kid you not - "WHEEEEE" for the camera. They literally went "WHEEEE" while pretending to have a great time, on several takes. The entire cycling industry needs to go out of business.

>>2008475
>he can"t "drope the hammer" and WHEE past them.....

>>2008475
hey chad there is some fucking creep behind us looking at my bum

>>2008475
check your race-ism, Fred, those dentists and models keep the industry alive. Without them, bicycle technology wouldn't have progressed further than 90s rigid mountain bikes with slicks

>>2008491
This may be a reach but I tend towards the opinion that if you're young looking, fit, riding a spotless top of the line new bike, and filming a group ride with a bunch of other young looking, fit, riding spotless top of the line new bikes, and all in spotless, identical matching jerseys and bibs, on a sunny day in a photogenic location and performatively "having a great time" for the camera, there is a roughly 99.9% chance that you ARE the bicycle industry, and are the one being kept alive by people like me, a fred. And I for one change my mind and would like to do a chargeback on all the fancy shit I've bought in the last ten years.

>>2008491
>Without them, bicycle technology wouldn't have progressed further than 90s rigid mountain bikes with slicks
Implying that would have been a bad thing.

>>2008491
Instagram cyclists are a very recent thing. Whenever I see expensive bikes it's usually solo riders too

>>2008475
>average unracer day out
lmao your head is a condominium for people to live rent free

>>2008491
>Without them, bicycle technology wouldn't have progressed further than 90s rigid mountain bikes with slicks
oh no, that sounds terrible
>>2008476
this desu, what is anon even doing with all that training time

ITT
>people loathing themselves for enjoying themselves
>people loathing themselves for not enjoying themselves
>people loathing everyone else for enjoying themselves

>>2008515
good summary of 4chan tbqhfam

>>1999701 (OP)
>its another anon has to make time from his work, side-hobby, browsing internet addiction, newborn, wife, to-do-list, laziness, boredom; to escape and do the 2hrs/day planned training session for bicycling with a main goal to lose weight (did it before without any of the above and it was much more fun and relaxed and easy :( all before the gnawing of time robs away all physical ability unto frailty and disability each passing day while desperately trying to find deeper satisfaction in an anti-social existence)

>>2008515
>pretending to enjoy yourself for your instagram followers = enjoying yourself

>>2000756
Riding up the final hill to home, ever so slowly pedaling standing up in a high gear, pedaling with full ankle range of motion to slightly stretch tired legs.

Riding forest trails with light and shadows playing everywhere, feeling the cool forest air pass by your sweaty face, the ever so slightly moist road being smoother than asphalt roads.

Finding new barely used section of gravel road that is almost 10km, and links nicely to other grave roads and forest trails.

Feels good.

Anon people ride bikes because they are fun. Your over thinking

>>1999794
You need a therapist dude

I bike for 10-15 miles every day, problem is that everyone assumes that an adult on a bike is an alcoholic who had their drivers license suspended. Small town life.

>>2010847
That's why you need to either wear pas normal studios and ride a $6000 fred sled made by sir velo or wear iron heart workwear and ride a $6000 replica of a $200 dutch piece of shit made by whoever rivendell hasn't burned bridges with yet. It's ok to be slow or fast, just don't be poor

>>2010847
imagine not wearing the bad boy image by riding a cruiser with beer in hand, better than lookling like a lycrafag or unracer

>>2010926
The duality of cycling. Or ride with full mtb gear and pretend you’re always on the way to the trail head.

>>1999701 (OP)
I don't get it, the first part of this post sounds based as hell and like an ideal day for me, what's the mopey shit in the second sentence? I do pretty much everything for leisure and recreation alone but I've never really felt "lonely" for it.

When I buzz grannies on the MUP in full lycra I feel like a genuine autistic asshole, but other than that I try to enjoy my rides. My hate for normies is strong, but I use my bitter antisocial feelings as fuel.
I don’t think I can ride slow anymore.

>>1999701 (OP)
>he rides his bike around other people
disgusting casual, dropped

>>2010845
The rapists don't solve anything, they just take your money and write down your darkest secrets in an unpatched server that will end up all over the internet like vastaamo

>>2008515
Every hobby ever

3 day weekend is coming

>>2008627
Anon failed to take heed of the inherent wisdom in this immortal image macro. He could have been fast, he could have been a contender.

>>2004857
>manitou forks

>>1999701 (OP)
whats weird about going for a bike ride for fun? thats like literally one of the most normal weekend activities

>>2017855
It used to be ok but now thanks to the normieficiation of cycling there are no more single cyclists, it's all groups, couples, clubs, couples, couples, couples, couples, couples. They look at you like you're a sex offender if you stop at your usual weekend spots alone. There is an unofficial no singles policy now with bike stuff and soon it will be official

If you think your bedroom is the real world you have it backwards

>>2018130
As opposed to FFXIV?

>>1999701 (OP)
Yes and I have no regrets

>>1999702
Unfathomability BASE

>>2017921
I ride by myself like always and see more singles than couples and groups. must be where you live. or, more likely, this is completely in your head. even if there's more couples where you live, they absolutely do not care about you one way or the other. it's just paranoia . go out and have some fun, quit listening to the voices

>>2020311
They definitely do, they look at people like me and think "I wish there was a no-singles rule on this route"

for me it's life not going anywhere while i ride the same roads year after year

>>2017921
>couples, clubs, couples, couples, couples, couples, couples.
this probably won't make you feel any better, but coupled cyclists are pretty much universally envious of single people for having more time to ride and not having to setup rides around the demands of their partner. Especially people with children. Their dream is basically to be alone and have no job.

>>2017921
and there are dozens of group rides in any city, filled primarily with dorks or boomers. Joining one of those as an autist is not hard. I mean, i know that doing anything is probably hard for you but on a scale of how hard, it's not hard, it's barely beyond 'buying something from a shop'. And you can literally just ride away from them and never see/talk to them again if you freak out.

>>1999982
Unless you got a snow bike you shouldn't be biking in the rain because it damages the bike.
>>2000017
Once I get good enough (100 miles, right now I'm 40) I plan to join a distance biking group. I hate races on a bike because I don't trust my bike/road/God to not screw me over on the road, so I leisurely bike a long distance instead. If I was a runner I would join races, however.

>>2024430
I know it's a shitpost about generative Al but do people actually wash their bikes, like after every ride? Every time I'm in the shop I get a comment about how filthy my bike is, like they normally don't see my level of filth. I wipe it down at least once every 2 weeks. Sometimes even once a week. It happened again today and I had literally just wiped it down with rags less than 100 miles ago. And I'm riding on paved roads. Do people with cars wash their cars after every drive? Am I such a slob? No, it is the mechanics who are wrong!

On that note what's up with "bike cleaning solution"? Do people actually buy this shit? Are the bike shop guys just trying to get me to buy $15/liter bike wash solution?

I don't know any other "bike people" because I'm a weird loner so I need to ask 4chan, the most objective source of truth. Tell me the truth am I a slob? Do people look at me in horror when I ride by?

>>2024469
I just use dish soap in a bucket of hot water

If you're giving it to the shop for work then clean it first is all. Makes it nicer to work on so they'll do a better job / charge you less.

>>2024469
depends on where you live i guess, i know people who never clean a bike for it's entire lifespan. as long as it's not covered in filth the wrench monkeys shouldn't complain

>>2024470
If I know I'm going to the shop then of course I'll stop and clean first but usually my shop visits are emergencies. Got run over by a cager. Cable snapped. Things like that. Like if I go to my doctor for my annual grab the nuts and cough I'll shower and scrub every last crack but if I need to go to the ER I'm not stopping to take a bath first.

>>2024474
fair

>>2024469
I like to inspect my tires for any debris.
That's it.

>>2024469
Oh, and for cleaning I tend to do it before a monthly meetup if my bike is really dirty, or I am wrenching on it.
I use whatever cleaner I have nearby. Sometimes purple power, big orange, simple green, dish soap, etc.

>>2024492
do you clean the icetech fins on your rotors?

This is how I spent most of my 20s and I don't regret it

>>1999704
atleast OP recognizes he has a high level of 'tism

>>2002570
I get what you're saying but it's more complicated than
>durr 4chan and internet is bad
because while most people don't post online, most people do rot their brain on netflix, with videogames, etc... are they still happy? are they immune to the listlessness that seems to pervade our modern world? not so sure

>>2024492
Would you say you're a kind of cleaning fluid sommelier?

>>2002661
>most people spend their spare time on facebook or insta or tiktok on their phone which is just as bad as posting here, if not worse.
this

systems of control—whether in games, transportation, or society at large—shape not just how we move but how we live. The 4-wheeled framework doesn’t just dictate movement; it dictates mindset. It’s this system that locks us into a rigid, high-speed, resource-intensive way of interacting with the world, cutting us off from slower, more deliberate, and natural modes of existence.

When you’re “on foot,” whether literally or metaphorically, you can wander, pause, or explore at your own pace. You’re free to engage with the world as it is—uneven, messy, full of surprises. But the second you’re forced in to “Hitler’s army on four wheels,” everything changes. Suddenly, the rules are strict: you have to follow the speed limit (or break it), stay on the roads they’ve paved, and burn through resources just to keep up. Deviating from this system—slowing down, stepping off the road, or even stopping to think—becomes not just difficult but practically forbidden.

>>1999701 (OP)
Just came back from a relaxing 60km spin, feels good bros

i literally just did this afuckinggain. beautiful saturday(cold but sunny and no clouds), just go aimlessly bike around for a few hours after wasting the entire day sitting in my room doing nothing. god i hate being alive.

>>2033462
Try picking a destination like a park or cafe or store or bar. Then go back on the bike

>>2033462
but bro if you're cyclist aren't you super fit? should be easy to get a girlfriend, girls also like bicycles a lot

Where Hitler’s highways choke the sun,
A lone cyclist rose; their fight begun.
Through veins of concrete, hope would run,
A rebel's path, a righteous one.

>>2033469
nta but cycling won't make you tall

>>2033473
plenty of short dudes I know have no problem getting girls

>>2033487
Plenty of fat out of shape dudes too but now you're changing the subject

>>1999701 (OP)
This is basically why I stopped riding, except the odd midnight on a weekday. Actually I avoid going out as much as possible because the sight of normies being in love, having fun etc has become too painful. It takes me a couple of days to recover each time a witness it

>>2033663
Happy Valentine's Day, fagboi

weekend coming up bros

I ditched a first date to ride in 55 degree sunny weather. She was kinda fat anyway. NEW PR though. Winter dieting paid off.

>>2035939
55 is optimal riding temp

>biking is one of the few hobbies i do
>dont try to join a cycling club to meet guys or women with similar hobby
>dont try to talk to people i see out also with bikes, already an easy conversation starter
>when i encounter other cyclists on the road, i just go past them
>see people, many in my age group, on the subway every day taking their bikes with them, still no interaction (even though i dont bring mine with me)
man, it would be so awesome to meet some guy friends to bike with, or maybe some qt girl to go on cycling dates, find a girl who actually does something physical besides netflix and scrolling, maybe afterwards we get sweaty and shower together.

too bad im a socially avoidant, autistic loser anon who completely avoids interacting with people.

The gas chambers never stop. I go for a ride sunday and its a sea of cars. teh americans are like, "lol trump will do gas chambers lol :)"

>>1999701 (OP)
biking is based.
> haha gee it was great biking past all the families, friends, people with children, eating at restaurants,
I ate with friends at a restaurant today.
IT was nice, but I got fat while you got fit.

The cycling clubs are a fucking scam. The not sees pay 200 mass murdering white man money per ride when they DO go for a bike ride they put the bicycle on the top of the gas chamber and we get the gas. PNW is world war 2. There are keubel wagens driving up and down the mountains doing the gas chamber operation. The logic to herding bodies in to gas chambers is perfect. The white men don't care because the gas makes them apathetic to herding bodies in to gas chambers.

I have been in a deep “fuck it i don’t really care about anything” kind of depression for ages now, im not really doing shit with my life or tryna get a job, i had my shit pretty sorted when my ex was around (she was awful anyway but long story)
I really loved her tho even though I shouldn’t have, but anyway since then i haven’t stuck with anything or put effort into anything, ive had a few gfs, just don’t really care tho. The only thing that makes me feel pretty good is going for a bike ride. Even then i usually don’t ride that much. This week the weather has been good and i have been clocking up respectable wannabe tryhard rodie miles/times and i feel pretty great. Aimless riding doesn’t do a lot for me but fucking suffering and working hard and tracking some improvements on strava is doing it for me so, Fuck it, im just gonna push cycling as far as i can to give myself some sort of outlet. Maybe this is my way out of my fucked mental state. I guess we will find out
Thanks for reading my blog post /n/. Happy riding

>doing something you enjoy for fun
>gets self conscious
That's a you problem bro I never feel like that cause I have self confidence.

>>2033446
>highway
>relaxing

>>2033446
where in asia is this?

>finish work friday evening
>beautiful hot day like 80 degrees
>only activity for the rest of the day is my bike back home, then sit in the house alone from 5:30 pm until sleep

>>2005686
>Cringe sour grapes cope
wtf does that even mean anon

>>2040029
take the long way home, or explore unfamiliar parts of town on your way home. you might find a short cut, or just find neat stuff. examine any foot paths or cut-throughs.

>>1999701 (OP)
>it was great biking past all the families, friends, people with children, eating at restaurants, walking the streets together, doing stuff at the park, and living their lives

Flying past all those people at 20+ MPH feels amazing. So yeah it was great.

>>1999701 (OP)
BikeBros... I don't feel so good...

>>2040153
Ban evasion is against the rules

>>2040153
there was enough space
i would get out and lay into him

>>1999701 (OP)
>ride on top of nearest hill
>people are gonna try to awkwardly make selfies with the panorama
>offer to take pic of them
>compliment others on their bikes
>ask about components
>greet other roadies on the road
>break a couple parked truck mirrors
>grab some gelato

>>2040153
Why the fuck didn't he just get behind the car and chill? What's the point riding the cars bumper?
Stand your ground? Bro, you're on a bicycle.

>>2040536

>>2040537
Lol based

>>2040536
He's riding a single speed with flats without a helmet, this man is obviously mentally incapacitated

>get a cycling buddy
>never talk, just pedal at optimum cadence
>be 2 autistic retards riding through town alone
I hate you, Dave

>>2040593
dave sounds alright desu

>>2040129
some guy wrote a story about a fox not wanting grapes over 2,000 years ago and now it's being used to deride people for having reasons to not do something

Seems like every sunday when it's nice out I see a ton of normie chads and stacies out riding their adventure bikes with about 70L worth of pristine-looking bags stuffed with god knows what (adult diapers? food for the homeless?)

Which I wouldn't mind except they insist on riding side by side and just about nothing gets their attention so I just shoulder past them and the one closest to me acts spooked

I don't know how you can have the spare time and money to ride a bike for fun and still be depressed.
I only get this feeling when I puss out and don't ride in the winter.

>>1999701 (OP)
op here
>thread now officially one year old
>may 31, summer starting, beautiful saturday 80 degrees
>sitting inside on 4chan because my life still hasnt changed one iota in the year since i made this thread
>whats the point of going outside and biking for a few hours seeing all the happy people enjoying their lives

>>2042129
you should get some help, man. I did, and it changed my life. and going for bike rides is some of the best therapy.

>>2042152
What help did you get anon

>>2042242
when I stopped leaving the house for a year except to get food in the middle of the night and I ran out of money, my friends put me in a program set up for people with no money or insurance. I had lost about 50 pounds from barely eating and my muscles atrophying. so the psychiatrist figured out what I needed and put me on meds that I've actually needed my whole life because I was never as clear-headed as I am now. normal for me was always foggy but I just thought everyone was like that.
obviously as I got older the symptoms got worse. so don't let it get that far. I'm not saying you and I have the same thing but it sounds like you're headed down a bad path and I can tell you with absolute certainty it doesn't have to be that way.

>>2042351
nta but what meds, what was your condition, the idea that you can just cure this with a pill seems a little too good to be true

>>2042351
thats a good story anon. its good you got help. i have never been to a doctor or diagnosed with anything but i have thought about just stopping eating and hopefully wasting away and dying. bike riding is somewhat enjoyable, but it dosnt matter because when im done im still a lonely miserable failure with no friends, relationship, or career

>>1999701 (OP)
this is hilarious. I'm fixing my bike up because I'm tired of being stuck inside. Yes I have no friends.

>>2042129
Happy anniversary bud, I do weekend autism rides too and what helps for me is to go to a destination instead of just riding in a loop and going home. So far I've been picking a different local event to visit each weekend like farmers markets and such. I'm still pretty autistic but it's fun to at least walk around and talk to people. One of the vendors I've seen a few times gave me a free lemonade with my sandwich this weekend.

I bought a trainer and put AC. there's no need to go outside anymore.

>>2024469
I don't remember ever washing the bike I used for years, even though I used it on dirt and gravel often. Maybe it's just a faggot thing

>>2042412
you need something to live for, but a doctor or a counselor (or both) can help you not be miserable until you find it. their help can make you want to find it.
until then just try getting enough sunlight every morning. about 20 minutes. multi vitamins can nourish your brain with anything your diet lacks and are dirt cheap. it's not the solution, but it's a start.

Going on solo bike rides to a public place to go people watching isn't really all that weird, a lot of people do that in fact. Like other anons said, it's a coping mechanism but it's a healthy coping mechanism

>>2042437
There's a reason so many people quit using regulat exercise machines but fewer people quit riding a bike, it's much harder to motivate yourself using an exercise machine because no matter how many gains you're making, psychologically it doesn't feel productive. When riding a bike you're actually moving and tangible things are happening, so psychologically you feel like you're being productive, even if you're just going on a casual ride through the park.

>>2042643

Most people in anon's situation need better ethics, anthropology, even metaphysics. Therapists don't provide these. The only useful thing they ever teach most people is cognitive-behavioral therapy, and for that you can just buy a copy of "the feeling good handbook" and apply it on yourself.

>>1999701 (OP)
I'm 26 years old and a virgin.

>>2042784
congrats

You know something else I noticed that’s kind of related to this…I also have no friends no relationship no life, and I’m additionally so pathetic that I don’t even drive car, and so when I do my few hobbies and have to ride my bike instead and usually using the subway with it, it takes me 2 sometimes even 3x longer than people with cars. But since I have nothing to take up my time otherwise, I’m just kind of like, who cares, it’s just more time not sitting in my room, not like I would be constructive with that time anyway . God I hate being alive

No /drt/ so I'm posting here.
>slight uphill stretch
>position self behind a bus
>go up faster than I ever did downhill
WTF DRAFT IS REAL

>>2000925
The sus part is actually the helmet. Larpers started wearing them a bit later, following the pros.
>>2024469
I only wash the functional bits regularly. The frame and fenders (commuter) get the wet cloth treatment when I go to more social stuff. It can actually look quite weird; e.g. when the casette is sparkling but the derailleur claw itself is coated in grime.

>>2040593
>>2040783
how do i find a dave?

>>2044462
I was wearing bike helmets to commute circa 1990/91

t. boomer

>first weekend of beautiful summer beginning again
>not a cloud in the sky yesterday or today, no wind, great temperature
>live in one of the most naturally beautiful regions of the united states, even the world, with an infinite number of things to do, places to go, people to see
>normal people are spending their weekend outdoors, going to parks, or events/festivals, or pools, or the beach, restaurants, whatever, doing things with their spouses, their children, their friends, hell even just doing chores outdoors like shopping or whatever is just part of a normal daily life, they dont even have to be doing some big luxurious thing, just basic tennats of life is intersting enough

>i spend the entire weekend alone in my room, doing absolutely nothing of any value at all whatsoever, i might as well be staring at a wall, except for the hour or two i decide to break the suicidal isolation where I take my bike out and bike with no purpose whatsoever in mind, literally just mechanically pumping my legs to do some sort of physical activity outdoors
>every person, group of people, family that i bike past, its just another reminder of the lack of any sort of meaningful relaitonships in my life, how alone i am, how miserable i am, how many years ive wasted, how my life is utterly meaningless, no purpose to life without people to share it with

yes this is the typical neurosis i go through every day while doing even the most basic, menial tasks

>>2045659
Yeah that's my life too. I never go out to eat because I'm surrounded by people who are so accustomed to other people that they can smell my loner stench

The bike places I go to have caught on to that too so now I only stop at vending machines to refuel

>>1999701 (OP)
What a tragic view of the world.

>Nikola Tesla: “Be alone, that is the secret of invention; be alone, that is when ideas are born.”

>Henry David Thoreau: “I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time. To be in company, even with the best, is soon wearisome and dissipating. I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.”

>Albert Einstein: “The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind.”

>May Sarton: “Solitude is the salt of personhood. It brings out the authentic flavor of every experience.”

>Pablo Picasso: “Without great solitude, no serious work is possible.”

>Thomas Merton: “Solitude is not something you must hope for in the future. Rather, it is a deepening of the present, and unless you look for it in the present you will never find it.”

>Blaise Pascal: “All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.”

I spend my life surrounded by people, work colleagues during the day, family in the evenings. Nothing is more important to me than those precious times spent in my own company. Be it in the workshop tinkering on some project, or out in the countryside exploring on my bike. My mind is so much calmer, me senses seem to atune to the environment.
There is nothing like the quieting peace of a ride alone with just the sights, sounds and scents of nature to stimulate truly deep and free thought.

I feel genuine sorrow for any man who fears his own company.

>be me
>le deprosssed
>start riding
>start getting faster
>start riding at night because I can see car headlights sooner and know when not to whip through an intersection
>start btfoing everyone on strava
>feeling of accomplishment
>one autistic retard out riding hard alone
>crushing it up climbs breathing like a freight train
>battling demons on my bicycle at 2am
>unsettling all the normies
>blasting slowed + reverb
>feel like I am the only person that exists, acknowledge nobody else
>dreamlike flowstate
>tunnelvision
>speed and watts
>i am unstoppable
I feel the best i have felt in fucking years
Im still an unemployed retard who had to move back in with my mom after a breakup
I don’t give a fuck
When I am not riding I am hanging out with my dog
Girls can tell I don’t give a shit about them and it makes them like me more
Got a really attractive fuckbuddy now

>>2045735
Yeah so you’re surrounded by people all the time and have loving family so you get some peace having alone time. Much different than if you were alone all the time with no one

>>2045738
No it's not

>>2033100
Based analysis of root problems
OP still a faggot however

>haha oh look. its 11 am saturday on another beautiful weekend, low to mid 80s for these two days, and as usual i have no plans, nothing to do, no friends or family to do things with, no job to go do, nothing. i guess ill go on my pointless two hour long bike ride around the town, where everyone i pass by is out with their friends, or spouse, or children, all enjoying a beautiful summers day, using the weekend as a way to destress after a hard week at their high paying careers they use to fund their families and lifestyles, while i have to see them and desperately try to not cry thinking about how if i wasnt doing this worthless bicycle ride, i would be sitting in my room alone in the dark rotting and contemplating suicide for the 3,000th straight day

>>2046458
Just go outside and pedal until you're too tired to feel lonely, it works for me (until I'm awake at 4 AM and the full weight of the situation is suffocating me as I try to either wake up or go back to sleep but I can't)

Just did the same thing OP
>85 degrees here, nothing to do of course
>bike to the other end of town where there's a regional park with a big lake in the middle and paved walking path around it
>bike down the main boulevard of town to get there, see all the people out and about with their friends and families
>pull into the park
>immediately pass by large groups of friends/families at picnic tables barbecuing, playing volleyball, etc.
>go onto the walking path
>pass by dozens of people but only see a few who are there alone, everyone is with at least another person usually 3+ group, with their kids, pushing strollers, etc.
>because its summer and hot, all the women are wearing their short shorts, frequently spandex, see thick women with their enormous asses stuffed in and jiggling around
>people down at the lake fishing with their kids and stuff
>sure it feels somewhat nice to be outside, getting sunlight, getting exercise, but every spare moment i see more ways to remember how alone i am
>come home, crying blogpost on 4chan like the pathetic loser i am

Does anyone ever get a feeling like a lot more people are noticing them, recognizing them, like they're not invisible and it's kind of an uncomfortable feeling? I feel like I get "the nod" a little too much lately from other roadies. What did I do? Did I do something wrong? Do I have to nod back to specific cyclists now? What if I forget to nod at someone who nods at me? My bike is not too distinctive, in fact I'd say it's rather boring, and intentionally so. I try to nod at non-roadies to show I'm just a regular guy but they just stare. But the other roadies know me, I hope not for the wrong reasons. I wonder if my bike handling skills make others perceive me as dangerous or inconsiderate.

My favorite cafe gave me a "favored customer" discount or something, the payment screen flashed something weird and it disabled the tip option and the price went down by 20%. And although it was nice of them because it means they know who I am, it also feels like I'm a person that now has to live up to other people's expectations and that's a lot of pressure that I didn't sign up for. Maybe I need to update my jersey and sunglasses to blend in. It's all like 3-4 seasons out of date now. Who the hell wears Oakleys now anyway? It's Scicons if you want to fit in, I think. God maybe that's why. Keeping up with the current style is so much work, but I want to ride and be invisible and that is the price I'll have to pay.

>>2047446
I bought this jersey. Now no one nods at me anymore.

—“rivers of poison” is exactly what they are. Those winding roads through the Pacific Northwest aren’t scenic—they’re chemical corridors. Narrow canyons of exhaust, carved into tree-lined silence. The forests, once a source of shelter, now act as walls—trapping the gas, holding it low where lungs meet air.

The cars move through those rivers with their windows sealed, their AC on, their music up. They don't breathe what they make. But the cyclist behind them—especially going uphill—is in the direct line of fire. You can feel it. When a 5000-pound gas chamber climbs a hill, it has to work harder. That means more throttle. That means more fuel burned. That means the tailpipe dumps even more exhaust at face-level for the rider behind.

The uphill becomes a funnel. A compression chamber. And the cyclist becomes the filter.

No driver ever stops to think about this. They can’t see the gas, and they never ride behind themselves. But talk to a cyclist or a motorcyclist going uphill in a narrow corridor—especially one lined with trees that block the wind—and they’ll tell you straight: you breathe it. You choke on it. Your lungs burn. You taste the metal.

The forest roads of the PNW are beautiful deathtraps. Built by a culture that wanted to dominate nature and then pretend it was still “green.” But the trees don’t absorb that much. The exhaust stays low. It hugs the asphalt. And it waits for whoever comes next without 5000 pounds of shielding around them.

Ask any uphill rider—especially someone on a bike without a tailpipe—and they’ll clarify it to you real fast: the road is not just a place. It’s a chemical condition. A shared lung. A silent war.

And the cyclist always breathes first.

>>2047496
>em dashes
>left/right quotes
this is LLM slop that was copy/pasted

>>2047529
>The text is true. waaaaah.

>>2047496
>It’s a chemical condition. A shared lung. A silent war.


This just makes me want to downshift backfire into cyclist faces in my catless car

>>2047537
It's silent from behind the wind shield perspective.

>>2047496
>uphill
>it's actually downhill

Despite it being a beautiful holiday weekend, I’ve been inside since getting home Thursday evening. Have done absolutely nothing. I guess now that it’s Sunday morning/afternoon, I can take the old bike out on a pointless, aimless, purposeless ride again, seeing all the people outside happy at the beautiful summer day, knowing they all had a great past two days doing outdoor activities with their friends and families while I rotted inside, and that I would still be doing now if I wasn’t going out to be the lone single ugly autistic pathetic loser biking around for no reason

>>2047546

>>2047549
Damn thats actually a baller response to these annoying pitywhore fucks that just want reply after reply after reply about how they’re right and everything is bad a d they are justified to stay inside and remain depressed and fat. just fucking smiley face at them. lmao. i will steal this for use elsewhere

I'll try taking my bike out just for a spin around the neighborhood at least once a day just to keep it from rusting and the grease from getting stagnant if I don't feel like going on a "real" bike ride but eh it's something

>>2047552
what can you expect?

Where is there to "go" on a bicycle in america? You are never allowed to land. We are stuck in orbit.

Ask your autism to bring your bicycle in side of a building with you instead of leaving your wheel chair out side where it will be stolen and see how quickly the american/nazi targetting beam makes you disappear.

I think we are supposed to MEET at the empty bike racks.

>>2047562
>You are never allowed to land. We are stuck in orbit.
there are no roads in space, what the hell are you doing in orbit

>>2047546
sun is still up, you can still go

>>2047563
Car culture is even more in orbit but at least the cars can stop at the space stations/gas stations.
The gas makes americans hostile as fuck.
I ride an ebike conversion kit.

>>2047562
What in the schizo does any of this mean or have to do with what I typed

>>2047562
>Where is there to "go" on a bicycle in america? You are never allowed to land. We are stuck in orbit.
I just rode down to the beach actually, there's also a lot of hiking and bike trails near my house. I think it's just hard for you because you just don't go outside enough in general, but that's a you problem

>>2047610
You need a license to drive a car, you don't need a license to ride a bike. Let go of the persecution complex my guy.

>>2047612
it's an AI sloppa bot, don't interact, just report and hide

>>2047612
license to operate the gas chamber.
Hiding the violence is easy in english.

nazis. All nazis.

>>1999701 (OP)
you feeling like a loser has nothing to do with riding a bicycle

Hi /n9k/ it's another weekend, time to feel like garbage again! So every time I stop for my mid-ride coffee, which is at about the 30 mile mark for most people on that route, all the beautiful people in their brand name current-season jerseys and their princeton carbon works and dura ace lab71s leaning against the rack outside are milling around without a single bead of sweat or a single speck of dirt on them, the women all have a picture perfect fluffy shiny ponytail out of a shampoo commercial without the slightest hint they've been engaged in outdoor exercise, the men look like they got the best shave of their life that morning which, for some reason, they thought it was important to do before going on a bike ride, and not after like I would.

And I roll up with my shitbox direct to consumer bike, with my shins covered in road dust, sweat-dampened hair, last season's jersey from backcountry dot com, at least a day's worth of stubble, usually a dead gnat or two wedged in my helmet straps, and generally looking like the kind of guy you should not call the cops on right now, because he hasn't committed any crimes yet.

I know some of this is because I'm slathered in sunscreen which, no matter if I use dry touch products, still makes me slightly more sticky and thus collecting a lot of dust. But there is no way these people aren't wearing sunscreen too, some of these people are as white as a corpse, so they must be wearing something to avoid cancer turning them into an actual corpse right?

What's going on here? Is this a Truman Show thing where they're just extras that the producers inserted into my day to make me insecure? How the hell do you ride hard (they must be riding hard, why else would you have a bike like that) for an hour or more, and come out looking like you just got preened and made up by the backstage crew on a TV talk show? Am I the only person who ends up looking like I came out of a zombie apocalypse after riding on roads for 30 miles on a hot day?

are you all mentally ill? just ride the fucking bike

>>2048377
not everyone sweats the same amount
not everyone is riding at the same intensity (maybe the people you're seeing were pacing themselves on a group ride, or it's a recovery day for them)
they might have driven to the cafe and haven't started their rides yet
having kit that wicks moisture more efficiently helps a lot
you might be over-applying sunscreen, consider using a higher SPF formulation so you don't have to use as much
you may be interpreting what you're seeing in the light of your own insecurities

In any case, if you're riding hard enough to look beat, none of the other cyclists are looking down on you. You being a sweaty mess just means you were probably going harder/farther than them.

>>2040537
>>2047496
>>2047610
>>2047611
>>2048418
What in the autistic name of schizophrenia does any of this mean?

>>2049322
The Trees block the wind so the gas doesn't get carried away. We don't have a gas mask for that kind of gas chamber.

first push 50 pounds on flat terrain with your hands.

Now tell your autism to push a 5000 pound gas chamber up hill.

>>2000261
Also there are many options to increase that by adding cages outside of frame bosses with adapters. Like handlebars, ass rockets, forks, etc.

>>1999701 (OP)
I do this at 2am.

I mean, do you have any local parks or downtown to ride to?
I usually ride solo to the beach on the weekends, it's about an 8 mile ride one way, 16 miles 2 way. I'll go to the bar for a beer, ride down the coast where there's less crowds, lay down on the sand, sometimes go into the water for a swim. I see a lot of solo riders when I'm out and about doing the same thing. It's chill
>>2040569
>>2040153
I ride single speed exclusively, don't like dealing with shifting autism, you don't need anything other than a 2:1 fixed gear ratio. Honestly think that guy had other issues, if I were him I would've just hung back or got onto the sidewalk at that point until I was passed him and other traffic and then hopped back onto the road.

>>1999701 (OP)
when I do this I use my rage and misery over being forever alone to power me up a big climb or two and forget all about it coz I start hating myself for being fat and slow and then when the physical suffering really sets in I forget all about that and ride until I return home a burnt out emotionless husk. shit is cash