Nearly over an year ago on 4th February 2016 I bought my first cycle: Btwin Rockrider 300. Just 3 months prior to this I was into some brutally heavy drinking. I could have been easily classified into the category of an alcohol addict with my credit card outstanding towering 3 times more than my monthly earnings. I was also a big time chain smoker. All in all I was living a life of a tightrope walker with nothing in his hands for balancing. It took me nearly 15 months after giving up my addictions to conjure up this confidence to speak up about it. I don't know about other people's lives and issues but I know this from my life experiences that whatever happens, it happens for your own good. One thing leads to the other, and one good thing which happened to me following the bad was cycling.
Through the movie scene from Vicky Christina Barcelona where all three, Juan Antonio, Christina and Maria Elena, they go for cycling in Spain, I have always associated the idea of cycling with wandering, freedom and a great platform for social interaction. That is exactly what it has been delivering ever since I picked it up. Freedom from my tendencies towards addiction, wandering off to faraway places and meeting new and amazing people along the way. We are slave and masters of our own minds. It is what we choose in the moment of action or inaction that determines what we really are. But neither it is that simple and everything that easy, still it is worth the effort and try; cycling.
Today i.e 27th February I will be completing 5000 Kms of cycling in total. For seasoned cyclists it will just be a trifling number on Strava, but for me it is an Achievement. An achievement which I can proudly boast of, with my children and future wives; just kidding. But seriously these 5000 Kms on the saddle has helped me a lot in growing to be a more accepting, loving and compassionate human being. From Murthal to India Gate, to Rishikesh, to Throttle Shrottle Cafe on Gurgaon - Faridabad Highway it had always been a constant tussle between pain and pleasure. Through cycling I have realised the importance of pain in life and the powerful choice with us to choose between whether to suffer or not to suffer from it. Not that I am a sadist; don't get me wrong here; but in our efforts to avoid pain we miss out on so many small and big pleasures of life which can make this life so full of happiness. All we have to do is to accept the pain as it is; not getting too much affected by it; and understand it's transient nature. This has been my highlight realization while riding.
This is just a post to mark the beginnings of another happening year in 2017. This year I have planned to go for the Golden Triangle (Delhi - Agra - Jaipur - Delhi) on my birthday and Manali - Laddakh route in June. Happy holi to everyone in advance. By the way I got a new Cycle, Scott Aspect 740 this year. A big thank you to my Grandfather and my travel blogger Aunt Mridula:
"My Cycle Medusa At India Gate"
Through the movie scene from Vicky Christina Barcelona where all three, Juan Antonio, Christina and Maria Elena, they go for cycling in Spain, I have always associated the idea of cycling with wandering, freedom and a great platform for social interaction. That is exactly what it has been delivering ever since I picked it up. Freedom from my tendencies towards addiction, wandering off to faraway places and meeting new and amazing people along the way. We are slave and masters of our own minds. It is what we choose in the moment of action or inaction that determines what we really are. But neither it is that simple and everything that easy, still it is worth the effort and try; cycling.
Today i.e 27th February I will be completing 5000 Kms of cycling in total. For seasoned cyclists it will just be a trifling number on Strava, but for me it is an Achievement. An achievement which I can proudly boast of, with my children and future wives; just kidding. But seriously these 5000 Kms on the saddle has helped me a lot in growing to be a more accepting, loving and compassionate human being. From Murthal to India Gate, to Rishikesh, to Throttle Shrottle Cafe on Gurgaon - Faridabad Highway it had always been a constant tussle between pain and pleasure. Through cycling I have realised the importance of pain in life and the powerful choice with us to choose between whether to suffer or not to suffer from it. Not that I am a sadist; don't get me wrong here; but in our efforts to avoid pain we miss out on so many small and big pleasures of life which can make this life so full of happiness. All we have to do is to accept the pain as it is; not getting too much affected by it; and understand it's transient nature. This has been my highlight realization while riding.
This is just a post to mark the beginnings of another happening year in 2017. This year I have planned to go for the Golden Triangle (Delhi - Agra - Jaipur - Delhi) on my birthday and Manali - Laddakh route in June. Happy holi to everyone in advance. By the way I got a new Cycle, Scott Aspect 740 this year. A big thank you to my Grandfather and my travel blogger Aunt Mridula:
