There’s an awful lot to be said for bimbling. Most things cycling, and more so mountain biking are aimed at having the lightest, stiffest, fastest, raddest bike and kit going.
But it’s not the be all and end all. For me, whilst I enjoy going flat out, measuring my pace against others and tackling ever more technical trails, that brings with it some pressure, and it’s pressure I’m often aimimg to avoid by biking, so I don’t want to go flat out.
A bimble is the best thing possible for me mentally, I have pretty dark moods and spells of feeling down/conflicted/lost (I hesitate to say depression as I don’t think it really is and don’t want to trivialise it for genuine sufferers). Just grabbing the bike and heading out with the map and only a rough idea of where I’m going to go, is so liberating.
Long live the bimblers!