Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
In this latest lockdown I’ve started cycling without my GPS or a cycling computer. I mostly use the GPS for navigation but since my rides are now well within what I’d call my local mental map. I don’t need it for navigation.
It is rather liberating riding without any numbers on display, no map, no speed , no distance, no HR etc. I’ve always enjoyed the environment around whilst cycling. But there’s an extra joy riding without the devices and without recording the trip other than in my memories.
It takes me back to the first twenty or so years of my cycling before I had anything more than the simple mileage counters that clicked away at the front hub.
What about the rest of you? Always recording your rides, or happy to just go enjoy a ride and never mind collecting or looking at any data about it.
It is rather liberating riding without any numbers on display, no map, no speed , no distance, no HR etc. I’ve always enjoyed the environment around whilst cycling. But there’s an extra joy riding without the devices and without recording the trip other than in my memories.
It takes me back to the first twenty or so years of my cycling before I had anything more than the simple mileage counters that clicked away at the front hub.
What about the rest of you? Always recording your rides, or happy to just go enjoy a ride and never mind collecting or looking at any data about it.
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