This is SO COOL

One thing I love is the sound of a Harley. I really do. I'd never really be tempted to ride a motorcycle but I'd love to wake up to the sound of one everyday. One of the things I love about auto racing is the sound of the engine. It's such an adrenaline rush. It really gets the testosterone flowing.

I love cycling. Cycling is my way of getting away from the world and my way to keep myself healthy and active.

How about combining cycling and those engines?

Well that happened today. Cycling + Adrenaline Rush = Happiness...oh and faster speeds.

I was cycling today on Route 119 in Rindge, New Hampshire and into Ashburnham, Massachusetts when all of a sudden I heard the thunderous roar of Harley's and motorcycles in the distance. I got excited. I didn't see them though. I checked back looking for the motorcycles probably 5 times in 30 seconds before I finally saw them. Once I heard that they were really close to me I picked a road sign to race them too. Did I win? Not sure...My guess is no, but it was close.

From then on (probably the last 4 or 5 miles I was riding my road bicycle right next to two Harleys or in some cases cheap bikes with non distinct sounding engines) Wow did that get me excited. I went as fast as I could next to the motorcycles because I wanted to keep up with them. I was in my zone and I was moving. Wow I was moving. I got a thumbs up from a man on his motorcycle. Another guy said something to me but it's hard to hear when you have 100s of motorcycles around. I just smiled at him. I think two more people asked if I wanted to race, which I of course wanted to do. It's actually what I was doing. I was going as fast as I could to keep up with the motorcyclists. When I got onto Route 101 in Ashburnham I (and the motorcyclists, I am not that selfish) was greeted with waves from on lookers.

At one point I also kept even with a motorcyclist. I almost past him. Holding even with a man on a motorcycle is quite an experience. That guy must have been so pissed off to see me riding next to him and with him for 5-10 seconds while on my bicycle. (It felt longer than that but I'm guessing I was so in the zone that it made it seem like it went on longer)

I can't tell you how amazing it felt to bicycle next to Harley's with their engines humming. It felt so amazing. I was in a whole different world. It was just such an amazing feeling. Such a great emotional high, the kind Ricky Williams used to dream about. That was so relaxing and so amazing. It was one of my favorite experiences of the year so far. Bicycling next to them just got me going and I was cycling in a gear (not on the bicycle, my body) you only use on special occasions.

It felt so awesome. I think I've said that a lot.

Can you also just try and picture a motorcyclist and a cyclist riding next to each other. Many motorcyclists look...well...distinct. The ones with the patches and leather jackets. They have their white beards and bandannas. Than you have a cyclist with his expensive bicycle that he has to pedal and the spandex cycling gear too. It's such an odd combination when you think about it.

Imagine if cycling in motor cycle rallies became a sport? Sounds like something I might read about in Rick Reilly's next "Sports From Hell" book. I will say that I would certainly take part in that if it became a sport.