reasoning

I finally realised why I prefered cyclocommuting to the other kinds of cycling I'd experienced so far: namely, you're not allowed to stone at the wheel. Having to avoid people and take speed bumps and navigate traffic lights means that you have to use your brain as well as your thigh muscles while you travel, which gives me (at least) an incredible feeling of connection with the road. This doesn't happen on the lame flat track I'm restricted to most of the time or even the comparatively hilly (though organised) Pasir Ris park. Moreover, you have a goal to reach, so you don't get the deflating feeling that you're cycling just because you have nothing better to do for exercise. If I have to go anywhere between Pasir Ris and Bedok on an individual errand nowadays I think I will cycle. Unless, of course, it threatens to rain.