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    THE UNEXPECTED

Before Black Friday, I found myself doing what I always do when I’m about to buy cycling gear: overthinking. Cycling isn’t just a hobby for me. It’s the thing that structures my week. I train three times during the week (around two hours per session), and then add 4 more hours over the weekend. Do the math. That’s a serious portion of my life spent sitting on a bike. At that point, gear stops being an accessory and becomes infrastructure. Comfort matters. Breathability matter

For about two weeks, I wasn’t myself.I wasn’t sleeping well. I had changed habits, replaced routines, convinced myself that discipline mattered more than rest. The result was predictable: I was tired, irritable, and emotionally unavailable before 8 a.m. That’s saying a lot, because coffee usually fixes everything for me. Or at least, it’s supposed to. On bad days, my ritual is simple. I go for coffee, grab a book, sit somewhere familiar, and let the world slow down for a bit.