Time Off

I've been extremely negligent with my upkeep of Bicycle Industrial Complex (BIC).

My absence is due to the fact I felt that I didn't have anything to say and partly because I haven't been able to do any riding after COVID hit.

Sure, I've been to the hospital several times during the pandemic but fortunately, none of my visits were as a result of an emergency. However, I know several people that had gone to the emergency room, and everything about being in an ER has been impacted by COVID because of delays, medical staff burnout, and lack of beds in some areas.

As a cyclist, I've been afraid more times than I can count and you can say that the natural state of being a cyclist is being afraid. Learning how to ride without training wheels is scary. Riding in traffic is scary. Having people threaten your life while riding is terrifying.

However, cycling is liberating, fun, empowering, frustrating, dangerous, empowering, challenging, and exciting.

Now, we can add winding up in an emergency room during a pandemic. 

I'm not so concerned about being injured. I've been seriously injured while riding. I don't like it but it is part of cycling. However, I'm concerned by the fact that if I'm in the ER, it will take personnel and services away from people that are seriously ill or dying.

Being a cyclist means having to constantly weigh a risk/reward benefit right now, I've weighed my risk vs rewards, and, for the moment, I feel my risks outweigh my rewards.

Do look forward to hitting the trails again? Hell-to-the-yeah I am. I'm going stir crazy. My mental and physical health has been in a decline since the pandemic. 

Someday, I hope to see you out and about.