Time to kick back in 2009.
In past years I targeted a century a month, about 36 100km rides, a 200km ride every month, and some other long rides etc. That meant this sign would be over my head: "Ye Must Ride and Ride Long."
Not this year.
I discovered geocaching www.geocaching.com/ and I can do it on my bike. These kind of bike rides will be of the leisurely type with a lot of time off the bike exploring mama nature or places of interest. What's "neat" is that the coordinates of the cache take you some place new; a place you might not go simply because you didn't know it existed.
So I'm changing me bike philosophy this year: Just ride when I feel like and kick back a lot. I mean A LOT.
- Bike to some place of historical interest and spend time there.
- Bike more with me BIG GUN camera and document China while I'm still there.
- Bike more with the better half on the tandem at a "let's look at that" pace.
- Bike more off road where there are no cars. I can ride a MTB for a goodly distance before the ol back ache flares up.
- Bike more of Shanghai and forget about getting in a 100kms.
- Bike with a beginner group or better yet offer to lead a beginner group and teach them some safe riding techniques.
- Bike on more than one tour and do it leisurely.
- Bike in Italy or France from B&B to B&B with a winery along the way.
- Bike because I want to.
My motto was and is: "Bike Long and Prosper". It stays the same, just not as often.
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  Great reasons to ride!
Enjoy it. 
posted by Kin on
1/15/2009
at 1:21:52 PM
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 Yeah, I second that too. I ride now for ME. I'm not chasing anyone but myself from now on. If it ain't fun, I'm not doin' it, period!
posted by Mozam on
1/15/2009
at 4:45:43 PM
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 Aye Kin and Mozam.. me thinks me remembers the 1st Mate signing up for this kind of cruise a few fathoms ago.
posted by Slo_Joe on
1/15/2009
at 7:37:19 PM
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 But, but, but...PBP in 2011
posted by PoiterH on
1/16/2009
at 12:56:08 AM
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