I Make Bike Good

I am Patrick. Some years ago I started cycling. Then I stopped. I didn't intend to stop. I really enjoy cycling. I had trained for and finished a century ride with Team in Training and had every intention of making that the first of many.

But then life happened. I was infected with the same inability to maintain consistency with exercise that infects the rest of America. Though I loved cycling: the feeling of it, the way I felt afterward, the wind blowing through my helmet, the reward of cresting a hill and starting down the backside, the pain of Sugarloaf. I loved it all.

I don't know why I stopped. I don't know why people stop in general. I imagine part of the answer is that it was easier to not bike than to bike.

But now I am starting again. I intend to keep going (of course I do -- why else would I start?) My hope is that maintaining this blog will motivate me to continue cycling, if for no other reason than to have something to post.