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> I’m still chasing that feeling on the bike. I don’t get quite as zen on the bike. I don't know about zen but it sure can get my mind off work and troubles. I

• BLKNSLVR 6y ago
  That's what I get from roller skating (at crowded-ish rinks). I'm not that great at it, so I need to be concentrating to the exclusion of almost everything else in order to not crash into children like an irresponsible adult. The pulsing flow of the other skaters; the groups, like schools of fish, expanding and contracting, creating gaps to squeeze through on only one foot which then immediately close hard behind you, blocking anyone who may have been following, meaning that any path through congestion is necessarily unique to the individual. The requirement of an almost full 360-degree awareness of a varying number of parts all moving at different speeds. And yet family-friendly at the same time in the same space.