I find that with each trip I make while driving, I am more keenly aware of an emotional switch. I become more aggressive and irritable. Every little rude thing that other drivers do makes me agitated. It's strange, but when I'm on a bike and I'm the slowest thing on the road, the rage goes away.
I'm not a roadrager and never have been, but my attitude is certainly more positive when I'm on the bike. I have more to fear for and am more vulnerable to the whims of drivers asleep at the wheel, but somehow this doesn't bother me. I guess it's because riding a bike is a recognition that I am not really in that big a hurry to get somewhere.
It's my coffee, my exercise, my mental preparation and satisfaction.
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