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CHIPPS IS IN THE FLOW ZONE...

...just don’t tell him.

Been ‘in the zone’ lately? Have you achieved ‘flow state’? Perhaps you have; perhaps it’s something you’ve only glimpsed once or twice, or it might be something you’ve never heard about.

‘Flow’ is something that is hard to explain, harder yet to achieve on demand – even if you know what it is. It’s the state where time has no meaning, where your daily worries are left behind and your only focus is in the here and now. It can be found doing many different things, like playing music or painting, but I think it has particular relevance to bike riding, thanks to the speed and skill needed. Especially as it turns out that extremes of either don’t even appear to be essential for the full experience…

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