The cyclist trains to pedal harder yes, but more than pedal, he or she must become an expert at overcoming adversity in all of its forms: tough terrain, tough competition, injury, traffic, weather conditions, illness, flats, mechanicals… the list goes on. 
No matter what, you are a cyclist, you are trained to overcome.

It might sound a bit cliché but cycling is not a sport for the faint of heart. Every rider must stare the different faces of adversity in the eye and time after time overcome the obstacle they represent. Doing so leaves every rider not only physically more fit but also stronger mentally. It is a sport that is also a school of hard knocks. To those who don’t ride we must look like gluttons for suffering and punishment and as such a bit mentally unstable. However, they know not the physical strength that comes from taking on tougher and tougher challenges nor the mental fitness associated with taking on the multitude of obstacles the sport puts in front of us. The cyclist trains to pedal harder yes, but more than pedal, he or she must become an expert at overcoming adversity in all of its forms: tough terrain, tough competition, injury, traffic, weather conditions, illness, flats, mechanicals… the list goes on. No matter what, you are a cyclist, you are trained to overcome.




GLOBAL BATTLE, INDIVIDUAL EFFORT

Obstacles come in many forms.
Some are singular and some are regretfully plural and touch our entire community,
as the case of the COVID19 pandemic.

While relegated to our homes, overcoming this challenge is a strange mix of adapting individually to beat this enemy as a collective. We have had to ADAPT to training in different scenarios in order not only to preserve our own health and that of the others but to not let our love of cycling die despite living through a lockdown.

Overcoming the global pandemic by riding separately together…

INSIDE OR OUT, RIDE BETTER, RIDE BASSO



OVERCOME - INJURY

Of the many obstacles that the cyclist finds along his or her path, perhaps the injury is the most feared as it tests both the physical and mental resiliance of the rider in an absolutely direct manner. Overcoming the injury is a process that involves extreme mental fortitude as one must regain confidence, strength and courage alongside his or her health.

The injury, large or small as it may be, requires not only mental strength to affront painful recovery but also prudence to take on recovery in a smart and methodical fashion and patience to see it through without haste. Regretfully, it is an obstacle that we all must face and overcome at one point or another. Watts may prove your physical strength, overcoming injury proves your mental fitness.



WE DON’T RIDE, WE OVERCOME

The number of obstacles that the cyclist faces are many. It appears as if there is an unending list. Many would say that the list alone sohuld be enough to persuade the cyclist to choose another sport. The cyclist however lives to take on challenges with one goal in mind: to OVERCOME.

Stay tuned for more examples of how we,
the two wheeled community OVERCOME in different ways.