@ascentale @MartyCormack @bikenite I'm quite shallow into it. I do bikey things but mostly it's a means to an adventure with delicious happy neurochemicals picked up on the way.

For example, I like doing tours and love the idea of doing long endurance rides, only a little bit to push myself but mostly to see what I can see along the way - at a far more human pace than a car, train, or plane.

In the city even it means seeing more wildlife (deer, coyote, otter, beaver, fox) that drivers don't usually see, and in populated areas experiencing sights, sounds and smells (and being able to stop immediately to check something out)

@liztai @Mastodon It wasn't until I had one post actually *seen* by many that I realized that I hadn't thought of anything beyond the idea of it. Nothing about what it might be like (it was stressful waiting for comments from trolls to delete and/or feel bad about), or what I even thought I would get out of it *afterward*. Even the idea of somehow getting to support myself as, for example, a full-time touring cyclist by doing that (a completely unrealistic dream) sounds like a great way to suck all the fun out of it.

I like my handful of people here and visiting my blog.

The other nice thing about a blog? Most people who want to be jerks are lazy. They would rather review short form posts and content than a 3000 word blog post.