What I'm supposed to be doing, weight, foot-position, line et c.
Unless I'm night riding in the woods on my own, in which case it's "Don't think about The Blair Witch Project, don't think about The Blair Witch Project" on an increasingly fast and panicky loop until I turn for home and ride as fast as I bloody can!
APF
I'm a keen photographer so I'm always looking out for good locations. Other than that I tend to zone out.
I think of nothing and everything. Riding alone is great for clearing my head and sorting things out, i dont mean big life decisions or whatever, just emptying my head of everything. Sleeping is supposed to be when your brain sorts itself out, mine does it when im riding.
In the woods, SLP opportunities.
I ride solo with an mp3 player in one ear an invariably think why the **** am I listening to the spice girls.
Although on one ride I was so out of it that I genuinely asked myself how come all the music on here is tracks that I know....
Sex, Work, Kids. Not all at the same time, that would be appaling
Hmmm, Am I the only one who spends the whole 2-3 hours thinking about work!? Thankfully after that I tend to be able to leave it outside the home though.
everything and nothing
what is it about fit female horse riders???
Road ride - usually sing / think how lucky i am to live in such a beautiful place.
MTB ride - usually think how much better it would be if i had company
If I'm on my own I sing. Usually the Indiana Jones theme tune... If I'm with other people I'm usually wondering why I'm slower than them!
on the commutes i have a mp3 in one ear until i start to hurt or come up to a climb when tierd i just y th ebollox am i doing this then....
tell myself to stop pussying out and push harder after all pain is just weakness leaving the body 
My last night ride was spent mostly thinking about this thread.
Thanks STW.
On Sunday night going up through Talybont Forest I tried to imagine I was doing the Tour Divide and that I'd been riding for over 100 miles and was looking for somewhere to camp out whilst not getting eaten by bears.
When I popped out of the forest, I could see zillons of stars so I turned my lights off and stood in awe of the scale of the universe. That sort of stuff also makes me think about God, but we've done that on another thread...
Climbing over the Gap my mind was blank while I concentrated on my riding line. On the decent I thought about how long the mountain rescue helicopter would take to get to me if I binned it, assuming I wasn't unconscious and had a phone signal.
And before I knew it I was at the bottom and thinking about what I'd eat when I got back home.
Ian
Ian riding the gap at night sounds awesome.
I think about the time I have saved by not waiting for my useless mates to get ready
Nothing. I am in a white space.
That's why I like it.
I sometimes wonder when/who will find my body if I badly stack. 
Nothing much, just glad to be out. At times wounder why I am cranking over the moors on a bad weather day at the age of 62.
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