Ride Bikes? Ride Bikes.

Over the years there's been a lot of hot air devoted to what cycling is 'about': It's a metaphor for what your life is about, or what your life isn't about, and it says something about you, or it doesn't, and your bike is wrong, or it's right, and there are rules, but also there are different rules, and on and on. I find all of it to be more than a little exhausting, because who gives a shit?

Just ride your goddamn bike.

Ride your mountain bike, your road bike, your gravel bike, your e-bike, your fat bike,* your push bike, your three wheeler, your whatever. Ride it up hills, down hills, over hills, around hills, on the flat, in the wind, out of the wind, in the rain, in the snow, in summer / winter / spring and fall, in a big circle, take the lift and coast downhill or pedal up, ride to your friends house, to work, to your loved one, to the pub, to run errands, for fun, for fitness, for community, for freedom, for escape, because you want to, because you have to. Just ride your fucking bike.

If you don't like riding bikes that's cool. Do something else, for whatever reason you want to do it. Don't let anyone gatekeep that thing. Gatekeeping is bullshit.

These videos from Rapha are slick and polished marketing but I think they tell a good story about how crazy people can be about riding bikes. It helps that Lachlan Morton is a low-key savage on two wheels. Maybe it speaks to you, maybe it doesn't. I got a kick out of it.

Enjoy your weekend.



* I struggled with this one. Fat Tire e-bikes are... not my favorite. But you do you.