Why Bike "Long"? What's the reason, the attraction?
Here, just a few quick thoughts after a nice recovery ride. At 50 k, stopped for a convenience store coffee to get me home and shared a few thoughts about my own reasons for cycling long many days out of the week. Temps dropped 12 degrees in a few hours - so coffee was helpful! https://www.strava.com/activities/11413979605
I share 4 possible reasons but please add your own in the comments. Mine are the first two.
1. Health. Low impact. Cardio fitness.
2. Mental Health. Keeps one sane.
3. Discovery. What's around the next corner? Exploring.
4. Community. Feeling a part of something. Groups, friendship.
David Deubelbeiss is a homeless mind, an author, world citizen and traveler, writing numerous books and many volumes of poetry through over 5 decades. Live simple, simply live - his motto. He's also an avid endurance athlete. Once running for Canada and participating in many ultras, setting several world records. He now cycles long. He's the author and creator of Naked And Alive. Read some of his stuff there - https://deubel.substack.com