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Originally Posted by merckx
This is where I sit. I pinned a number on for many years. My riding was all about training and performance. I can't/don't do that any more. Though, I also cannot exist without turning the pedals. I now enjoy riding a sportif style bicycle. I also enjoy riding long distances. When I can no longer ride for long duration, I will ride for shorter duration until the moment when I no longer can. I prefer to leverage my body forward with my own steam. It is pretty simple. We exist until we don't.
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Yup. I'll never win a cat1/2 race again and I'm ok with that. I still like to mentor the local college team and when they drop me on the climbs they often times are nice enough to wait till eventually I bid them good day. That's life. There are also plenty others I can ride with. In fact that's why organized racing is set up the way it is. You start off as a 5 and try working your way up. One member of my club has been a cat 4 literally for 15 years and enjoys every moment of it. He's found his spot. That's just the way it is. Obviously ebikes are not aloud in organized racing but still. PErsonally I'd rather jsut know my place and be happy with it.
In fact I never really understood that in golf too. Why should I who plays golf maybe 3 times a year be given special privilege when I play against my brother who plays probably 350 times a year and because of his hard work and dedication shoots in the 70's... And BTW my brother has one arm!
01-03-2020, 02:21 PM
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