Little things that make you happy
trailtrash
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In case the 'Little things that drive you mad' thread makes us sound too grumpy, how about a thread to balance it? I'll start with:
I'm out on a good long ride last week which includes some roads I've not ridden before. It was very hot and I'd been out a couple of hours when I spot a sign warning me of an approaching ford. For some reason I envisage a roaring torrent of brown water rapids waiting to hurl me and my bike over a cliff to certain doom but instead I come across a picturesque babbling, crystal clear two foot wide shallow stream across the road at the bottom of a dip. I splash through, giving my legs a cooling splash. There's no-one around. I go 'woo-hoo!'. There's was no-one around on the way back. I went 'woo-hoo!' again!
If you tell anyone, I'll deny it.
I'm out on a good long ride last week which includes some roads I've not ridden before. It was very hot and I'd been out a couple of hours when I spot a sign warning me of an approaching ford. For some reason I envisage a roaring torrent of brown water rapids waiting to hurl me and my bike over a cliff to certain doom but instead I come across a picturesque babbling, crystal clear two foot wide shallow stream across the road at the bottom of a dip. I splash through, giving my legs a cooling splash. There's no-one around. I go 'woo-hoo!'. There's was no-one around on the way back. I went 'woo-hoo!' again!
If you tell anyone, I'll deny it.
There's always one more idiot than you bargained for.
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Riding to work on a glorious cool but sunny Sydney winter morning.John Stevenson0
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Riding (or walking) to work on a glorious cool but sunny Bath summer morning.john_stevenson wrote:Riding to work on a glorious cool but sunny Sydney winter morning.Jeff Jones
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Climbing the stairs to get a shower after doing a century...
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The fast carving left-then-right turn into work on a sunny morning commute.
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Nature without people.
Silence
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new mail order bike parts arriving.
peeling a sticker off something without leaving a mark.
finding some spare change in your saddlebag when at the cake stop when you thought you had none.0 -
Sun, more Sun
Smooth tarmac roads.
Empty roads.
Very long descents.
Dry sunny day.
Having the wind behind me for 30+ miles.
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finidhing early on a Friday and costing the UK economy £50m p/a - apparently!!
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'winning' the road sign sprint. 'Hello to Jason Isaacs'0
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My daily challenge of cycling no slower than 20mph through the whole of Bottle Lane (a long winding road in the middle of beautiful fields).
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Music festivals
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Monumentally stupid animals.
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Finding a spare pound in your pocket.
Coming back from a ride with my bike in one piece ( yes i crash that often :? )
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Receiving hand written letters in the mail from the one i loved :oops:
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I feel it, when I sorrow most;
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