2manyoranges
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My childish caption to my photo today made me think...
Anyone had a 'distorted reality' or 'The Machinist' moment?
Here are my two mind-constructed experiences.
1
The White Rider
In Thetford and really pressing hard in the singletrack. I am leading Mike by about 100m, and pushing hard. I suddenly catch sight of a rider in my peripheral vision - white shirt and helmet, coming up fast. Not Mike, since he's in all black. I concentrate on speeding up so start laying it down. Next corner I see him out of my right peripheral vision again but closer. So I think about finding a stopping place and after a couple of tight turns in the forest I pull aside, stop and gather breath. No one overtakes. And I look around. No one. And then Mike arrives and says
'you OK?'
'yes I just stopped for the guy in white'
'What guy in white'
'The white rider'
'There was non one between me and you'
'He didn't overtake you?'
'No'
'The guy in White' '
No I could see you almost all the time, there was no one else'...
.. er weird.
2
The Luxulyan Valley
Ant and I have 'daytime lights' on our bikes so we plan to come back the 25km to the barn we are staying in from Falmouth the way we came...through the Luxulyan Valley. We came in the afternoon and are having a drink with two friends in a Falmouth pub. When we say the route we are taking back one of them says
'you can't do that' with a look of surprise and concern.
We are confused. Roadworks?
'..it's haunted...'
'yeah...right...it's chilly in there but that's because the sun doesn't get in'
'it's haunted...'
'but...'
Oh well we leave it. Two hours later we are dropping into the valley for the 5km or so through it.
Big lights are on.
After a minute I switch mine to full beam, not sure why.
Ant does the same.
After another couple of minutes I realise I am pushing really hard.
After another couple of minutes Ant starts half wheeling me and we are off at warp factor 9
After another couple of minutes I decide to fess up....
'Ant I've got the willies...'
and he immediately says '....shit me too!!!!.....'
we covered those 5km pretty damn fast
Anyone had a 'distorted reality' or 'The Machinist' moment?
Here are my two mind-constructed experiences.
1
The White Rider
In Thetford and really pressing hard in the singletrack. I am leading Mike by about 100m, and pushing hard. I suddenly catch sight of a rider in my peripheral vision - white shirt and helmet, coming up fast. Not Mike, since he's in all black. I concentrate on speeding up so start laying it down. Next corner I see him out of my right peripheral vision again but closer. So I think about finding a stopping place and after a couple of tight turns in the forest I pull aside, stop and gather breath. No one overtakes. And I look around. No one. And then Mike arrives and says
'you OK?'
'yes I just stopped for the guy in white'
'What guy in white'
'The white rider'
'There was non one between me and you'
'He didn't overtake you?'
'No'
'The guy in White' '
No I could see you almost all the time, there was no one else'...
.. er weird.
2
The Luxulyan Valley
Ant and I have 'daytime lights' on our bikes so we plan to come back the 25km to the barn we are staying in from Falmouth the way we came...through the Luxulyan Valley. We came in the afternoon and are having a drink with two friends in a Falmouth pub. When we say the route we are taking back one of them says
'you can't do that' with a look of surprise and concern.
We are confused. Roadworks?
'..it's haunted...'
'yeah...right...it's chilly in there but that's because the sun doesn't get in'
'it's haunted...'
'but...'
Oh well we leave it. Two hours later we are dropping into the valley for the 5km or so through it.
Big lights are on.
After a minute I switch mine to full beam, not sure why.
Ant does the same.
After another couple of minutes I realise I am pushing really hard.
After another couple of minutes Ant starts half wheeling me and we are off at warp factor 9
After another couple of minutes I decide to fess up....
'Ant I've got the willies...'
and he immediately says '....shit me too!!!!.....'
we covered those 5km pretty damn fast
