I like this photo, which was taken by Plucky Steve Coventry someplace in southern Tanzania.  It had been raining like hell that day, and the road was sodden and muddy, and I was basically miserable, because the rain was cold and I hate biking in cold rain.  Plus, I lost a leg to a lion.  Okay, I didn't, but if I say I lost a leg to a baby partridge, you're not as impressed, see? 

As cold as it was, and as hard as the riding was, this is true: 

"The worst day on a bicycle is better than the best day in a cubicle."