Fixin’ bad habits

Riding the fixed gear on the commute for a few days has shown me some of the habits I have developed over the years. All those places I tend to slack off and freewheel are now pointed out to me with a swift kick in the feet. Nothing like a bit of reinforcement to help program the brain, Skinnerian dynamics at work. This morning, as I was cruising through the back parking lot to the office, I realized I was consciously thinking of freewheeling around some obstacles. I had assumed all the bad stuff had been programmed in and was happening at a subconscious level, now I wonder how much is conscious but automatic.  Perhaps by the time road racing season rolls around my mind will have been re-programmed and many of the bad (riding) habits exorcised.