Probably why I ride...

I transcribed this quote, watching the movie, on a flight to Sydney in 2018

Probably why I ride...
Marin Headlands in 2014

There is a scene in the biopic 'Robin Williams: Come inside my mind' which shows him cycling down the hill from the Marin Headland Golden Gate lookout toward Rodeo Beach (in my photo above) with this quote from Eric Idle:

Cycling to escape: "He had a restless mind, he'd go for 60-70 miles that stopped the thoughts, I think the thoughts can be disturbing, I think he didn't feel worthy" - Eric idle
'Robin Williams: Come inside my mind'

I've ridden that ride, probably why I ride, it resonated...

This Post from Threads (seen March 1 2026 NZ Time) prompted me to write this post about a 2014 ride and a quote noted 8 years before.

My ride, from 2014

AutoCAD Blogger Day 2014
Watching the launch web presentation, live

About the somewhat bizarre reason I was in San Francisco and able to do this ride. A trip from New Zealand to watch a web live stream?

This ride pre-dated any use of ride tracking but the loop—starting from a bike rental near Fisherman's Wharf—was approximately this...

Was something like 50-60km with a few hills in the Golden Gate Recreation Area and up Twin Peaks about twice as got the wrong road a couple of times...
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