Tales from the Seven Shop Ride: The Value of Vanilla
We’ve heard professional chefs usually have simple breakfasts: oatmeal, yogurt, that sort of thing. The idea is, if you are going to be critical and discerning with your food all day, you might not feel like engaging that kind of intellect first thing in the morning. Start simple. Begin at the beginning.
Vanilla Is Good.
We think we understand. When we reflect on our typical morning ride at Seven, it’s an uneventful out-and-back on the Minuteman Bikeway with a stop in Lexington Center for coffee. No traffic, no crowds, no climbs, no egos, no going fast. Just a lethargic double paceline and base conversation peppered with bad jokes and proclamations of needing to drop five pounds or racing ‘cross next season. Some might ask, “why bother?” Rides should be exciting, epic, adrenaline-filled multi-hour slugfests, right? Those types of rides are fun, but not every day.
As a crew who are critical of bicycles and cycling all day and every day, we like a plain-as-vanilla morning ride.
-Neil D.
