Another cold day, and soon I will be out there, among it, putting my foot to the pedal and the pedal to the power.

I will be… back on the bike… again.

Like clockwork, or something, but I’ve missed cycling. Perhaps not terribly, but I have missed it, and I have missed cycling, and I am looking forward to being back on the bike. I am looking forward to being out there and making use of my body to move through space and move through time to travel some length of distance.

Though maybe not today. Tomorrow instead… maybe. We’ll see.

No, definitely tomorrow.

I’ve been planning to get back on the bike for a few months now. It has taken some time, but I’m now getting on with it. Started fixing it up last weekend. Need a few more parts before I can cycle to work, but I’m getting there. The bike is coming together and soon I’ll be sorted, or something.

But yeah. I miss cycling, and I miss doing it, and I enjoy it more than I do driving, so it’ll be good to be back on the iron steed on a more regular capacity, but I need to stick to it. I need to keep going and push onward, and then push onward some more. I need to keep on pedaling and keep going with it, and reconnect with that sense of movement. I need to be within that sense of motion and keep on moving with it.

Cycling is a great thing. I know I’ve said this before, but I find it difficult to overstate sometimes. It’s also great to know how to maintain a bike. Naturally it’s not necessarily the easiest thing to do at times. It can take a lot of work, but you get the hang of it and you keep going, and then you go some more. You start saving money, and you spend less time sitting in traffic.

There’s something about a sense of the wind against one’s face without the sound of it whipping around your ears that’s hard to beat, I feel. There’s also something hard to beat about how awesome it is to power around under one’s own muscles.

Not everyone can cycle, and I get that, but for those who can, should. The more people who do, the freer the roads are and the less stressed everyone can get to where they need to. Also cuts down on pollution.

So… yeah. Was back on yesterday, back on today. Need to realign the new brake pads I put on, but the bike works. Need to do some more work on it and need to replace a few parts, but it’s doing what it needs to do right now, and I’ll keep on putting my feet to the pedals and complaining, and I’ll keep on sweating and pedaling. I’ll keep working toward being able to cycle wherever I can within a reasonable distance.

I’ve missed cycling a lot.

The time it took to write five-hundred words: 08:54:63

A bit slower than usual, and not that great. Gets what I wanted to get across across, however.

Written at home.