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I do long distance solo road cycling. The riding takes just enough of my cognitive capacity that the rest of my mind wanders lightly, usually not thinking about
by stantaylor 1mo ago
I do long distance solo road cycling. The riding takes just enough of my cognitive capacity that the rest of my mind wanders lightly, usually not thinking about anything of substance. It feels like meditation to me.
- newsclues 1mo agoYes, if you’re on a car free path, even better!
- DC-3 1mo agoFor a confident road cyclist it is usually a better experience to be on an actual road than a cycle path even though you have to manage vehicular traffic.
- newsclues 1mo agoThe city I grew up in used to have lots of rail routes and they were converted into mixed use paths, some paved, others gravel. It's so much nicer to enjoy a car free path, where you don't have the sounds, smells and brake dust to breath from cars. More trees on a path than a road. I am a good cyclist, I ride in downtown Toronto, but if I want to space out and let my mind really wander, a path is orders of magnitude better than a actual road. There is no benifit to navigating traffic and risking injury. More relax and free to stop or slow and take notes. There is nothing better about being on a road with cars vs, in a nice park or path.
- mantas 1mo agoEh. Not the op, but calm backroads are perfect for such rides. Good enough surface so no need to scan it for the better line as on gravel roads or offroad. Little traffic. And cars are much more predictable than the chaos of bike paths.
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- embedding-shape 1mo agoSimilarly, in the summer I do long open sea swims, and the calm is incredible when it's just you and nature, nothing else. Your mind is guided to focus at the task at hand and lets you wander around just a bit. The post-activity decompression is also real nice afterglow to complete the experience.