Cycling isn't for amusement

[igenlode]

Why does everyone assume I 'go for bike rides' as some kind of leisure pursuit? I almost *never* set off for no purpose on my bicycle (save for a brief period at the start of lockdown, admittedly, when I had no manuscript in hand and was attempting to exercise myself in as high-intensity a fashion as possible...), and "wasn't it a nice weekend, where did you go" always has the same answer -- I went along the same heavily-trafficked roads as usual to buy urgently-needed supplies and it wasn't much fun.

And when my bike isn't working, that isn't a minor inconvenience to my hobby -- it means I can't get anywhere. Including to bike repair shops located more than two or three miles away, because I have to be able to walk back.