"Is everything super important or does nothing matter?"
In my mind, if nothing matters then equally everything matters. And I also feel that this is why we get so worn out by the recently-mattered.
but, as things percolate through the layers of experience and settle in the depths of our memories, we start to be able to focus on what _mattered_ because we can see how it affects us now.
So, "Is everything super important or does nothing matter?" well I think some things are definitely important but it is nigh impossible to know what they will be until they've been sifted. So, I try to pick things that matter/don't-matter in the now and maybe I'll get some of them right.
For bikes, I will continue to ride on 31.8mm handlebars because maybe this will matter and anyways I already own them. I have chosen not to care about brakes all that much because anyways my riding adapts so quickly to whatever I'm using. Reach? meh. Stand-over? yeah I'll care. etc.
Anyways, always a treat to hear from Dave, and especially wonderful to see responses like Mike's. Really adds some soul-value to this weird sport for me.
June 3, 2024, 4:26 p.m. - UMichael
"Is everything super important or does nothing matter?" In my mind, if nothing matters then equally everything matters. And I also feel that this is why we get so worn out by the recently-mattered. but, as things percolate through the layers of experience and settle in the depths of our memories, we start to be able to focus on what _mattered_ because we can see how it affects us now. So, "Is everything super important or does nothing matter?" well I think some things are definitely important but it is nigh impossible to know what they will be until they've been sifted. So, I try to pick things that matter/don't-matter in the now and maybe I'll get some of them right. For bikes, I will continue to ride on 31.8mm handlebars because maybe this will matter and anyways I already own them. I have chosen not to care about brakes all that much because anyways my riding adapts so quickly to whatever I'm using. Reach? meh. Stand-over? yeah I'll care. etc. Anyways, always a treat to hear from Dave, and especially wonderful to see responses like Mike's. Really adds some soul-value to this weird sport for me.