This turned up in the NYT opinion page today: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/07/fear-and-cycling/?ref=opinion (along with the Marcus Nyblom graphic). I'm relieved that panic attacks rarely keep me up at night; between two and three in the morning, I'm usually planning the day's menu and how to arrange housework around my ride. But the wee hours sharing is just a setup. Mr. Kreider's observations on riding are the point. He does a nice job with the mental absorption that makes cycling so engaging.
I'd like to make the satisfying experience of cycling as accessible. I suspect that we are generally more willing to relate to fear than ambition. And while fear drives some of the clarity in my riding experiences, ambition gets the lion's share. I tend to back off from fear. Perhaps I'm lucky to be a suburban rider or maybe I haven't given fear enough honest consideration. I would ride in Boston more often, but it's not very good training. I'll have to settle for more thinking and more writing.
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