I should be away on my next bikepacking trip soon. I’ll see how that goes, as my last rides were physically demanding. Or is it mental? It’s ‘ras le bol,’ as the French say, meaning ‘to the edge of the bol,’ in English that would be, ‘I’ve had it to the back teeth.’ Most people …
The Ride Ten days to go. The bike waits. Maybe the body does too. Last rides were hard — muscles crying, lungs clawing — but maybe it wasn’t the legs, maybe it was the mind that quit. Uphill is a state of mind. Sometimes gravity’s in the head. The Book The files sleep in their …
Planning the next ride.