Out with the Old, and in with the Old

No Dabs, 12/29/22

Are you a creature of habit? Me, too. While I enjoy adventures and trying new things, for the most part, I do what I do and I do it over and over again, day after day, which is better known when it all adds up as having a routine. It can be boring, but that’s not the norm, as the feeling of boredom isn’t something I experience all too much. I think of it as a way of living a life and maybe even going as far as having a lifestyle.

My lifestyle includes riding a bike outside on dirt. It’s been that way on what is/looks like a mountain bike for 29 years. As a kid, too, I rode my bike in the woods at the end of the alley, putting that total around 40 years.

As the calendar year ends, I look forward to more of the same, more of what the past 29 years on a bike have given me:

Experiencing natural beauty

Bending low around a turn

Lung-busting climbs

Downhill smiles

Cleaning rock gardens

Post-big ride exhaustion

Out with the old and in with the new, is how some people see the end of the calendar year. Maybe it’s an aging thing, or maybe it’s where I am of late, but I’m not seeing things that way. I’m looking forward to more of the same: Out with the old and in with the old.

I’m not asking for anything new. If I am able to have more of what I’ve already received, I’ll be grateful.

More rides around San Diego county

More contentedness in seeing seasonal changes

More good health

More happiness in seeing others ride

More camaraderie on and off the trail

Less is more. Gimme me a lot less in 2023. If that happens, it’ll be a successful year.

No Dabs is a monthly column by James Murren that celebrates our mountain biking community and lifestyle.