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Did you mean to reply to me? I think I was clear that what I said was without judgement. I genuinely don't understand the perspective of the people who grimac
by Baeocystin 8y ago
Did you mean to reply to me? I think I was clear that what I said was without judgement. I genuinely don't understand the perspective of the people who grimace all the time while riding. If you get off on passing people, ok. And it really is ok, there's nothing wrong with feeling competitive. That's not what it is about for me, and I both bike and lift, and push myself hard. I just enjoy the process and the camaraderie.
- darkerside 8y agoI think parent was responding to the appearance that you don't understand the fact that someone can be enjoying themselves without smiling.
- Baeocystin 8y agoI assume they're getting something out of it, but it sure doesn't seem to be anything I would call joy.
- mandelbrotwurst 8y agoI think you and the person you're replying to may just be defining "enjoy" differently. To me, enjoying something just means you like doing it for some reason or another, not necessarily that you're on cloud nine throughout.
- Baeocystin 8y agoI wouldn't say I'm on cloud nine. But if I'm out for a ride, and things are working like the should, no leg stiffness, balance isn't off... It really does make me happy enough to smile. And that in turn makes my effort feel lightened. It is so much more enjoyable than the approach I took when I was in my 20's, which was more of the no pain/no gain variety.
- mandelbrotwurst 8y agoGotcha. Yeah, I personally "enjoy" both of those types of rides!
- cullenking 8y agoI race motorcycles. I don't get joy out of it, I get satisfaction and a feeling of achievement. I get a feeling of ultimate focus for 15 minutes. Nothing compares to it. I can't imagine processing the experience as an emotion, that would require taking focus away from the knife edge of going fast but not fast enough to crash. My good friend races with me and he says it's the most fun thing ever, he's grinning in his helmet. We are doing the same thing, we are getting something positive from it, but we have completely different ways we experience it.
- Baeocystin 8y agoThanks for the friendly reply. Appreciated.
- Malician 8y agoI can absolutely get euphoria while pushing myself to the limit (I don't bike or wear Lycra, though.) I don't know if I have the free energy to smile in those moments...
- photojosh 8y agoI smile when I'm riding along casually, and I'll grimace when I'm working hard. I enjoy both of those things in their time. Why not both?