Comments on: Hunting Rabbits is for Everyone http://ride.forgecycle.com/2011/10/13/hunting-rabbits-is-for-everyone/ Just Keep Pedaling Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:09:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Adam http://ride.forgecycle.com/2011/10/13/hunting-rabbits-is-for-everyone/#comment-92 Adam Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:22:39 +0000 http://ride.forgecycle.com/?p=294#comment-92 As I rode home yesterday, I passed a couple of cyclists, one in a trench coat who was so surprised when I passed that I think he almost fell off of his bike. He was weaving left and right across the center of the path like a drunk, which from the slurred exclamation of surprise as I passed, he likely was.

This lead me to the realization that although I have ridden over 2200km this year so far, I have never been passed, I have never had a truly rewarding hunt, I have never had to go all out for that slim chance of the pass before a turn off, I have never had that cold feeling of defeat of someone stalking me from afar. I am sure that riding at 5am and 3pm does play into this as it really isn’t prime riding time for most people, but it is still strangely disappointing, or perhaps unfulfilling.

With the (or at least my) riding season coming to a close (This morning’s -2 showed that I have a lack of finger and toe protection from cold, I will ponder and remedy this over the weekend), I desire the hunt. Or perhaps just an insurmountable challenge.

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