Mark Barnes

Why We Ride (eBook, ePUB)

A Psychologist Explains the Motorcyclist's Mind and the Relationship Between Rider, Bike, and Road

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Why would anyone want to do something as dangerous as motorcycling? For those who love to ride, no explanation is necessary. For everyone else, there's Why We Ride. Designed as both an explanation for outsiders and an anthem for those within the fold, this new book presents the insights of Mark Barnes, PhD, a motorcycling clinical psychologist. As a popular columnist at Motorcycle Consumer News for more than 20 years, Dr. Barnes articulates the elusive physical, emotional, and interpersonal elements that make the world of the motorcyclist such a rich and exciting place. His wide-ranging text covers both sports psychology and the psychoanalysis of common riding experiences, including the results of Dr. Barnes' own empirical research. Heartfelt and thought provoking, here is a straightforward account of what makes real motorcyclists tick.

Inside Why We Ride:

What makes all the hazards and hardships of riding a motorcycle worthwhile to perfectly sane, intelligent, and responsible individuals

Insights from clinical psychologist and moto-journalist Dr. Mark Barnes

Examination of the complex gratifications, relentlessly compelling passions, and deeply personal experiences that motivate motorcyclists

Sports psychology, psychoanalysis of common riding experiences, and reflections on the author's personal journey as a rider

Results of the author's own empirical research on the motives of motorcyclists

Thought-provoking exploration of the human dimension of motorcycling

Special section on how riders achieve the quasi-mystical state of "Flow," a concept currently at the center of modern sports psychology

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: CompanionHouse Books
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Januar 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781620082294
• Artikelnr.: 49076567

Autorenporträt

Soon after launching his career as a clinical psychologist in 1992, Dr. Barnes merged his interest in people with his life-long passion for motorcycling by writing about the human dimension of riding and working on bikes for enthusiast magazines. He settled in as a regular contributor to Motorcycle Consumer News in 1996; since then, 200 (and counting) of his monthly columns have explored wide-ranging psychological aspects of the motorcycling experience. Mark has also written almost as many gear and accessory reviews, technical/how-to articles, and feature stories about motorcycle-related events and destinations, and he presented his own research on the multifaceted appeal of motorcycling at a Popular Culture Association conference. Having ridden extensively both on- and off-road, sampling racetracks and virtually every type of bike in the process, Mark has amassed a wealth of observations and insights over four-plus decades of involvement. That personal history, coupled with his training as a scientist, clinician and communicator, has allowed Mark to capture in words the elusive physical, emotional and interpersonal elements that make the world of the motorcyclist such a rich and exciting place

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Preface
PART ONE: WHY WE RIDE
Introduction
The Survey
Category One: Engagement
Category Two: Autonomy
Category Three: Mastery
Category Four: Exhilaration
Category Five: Transcendence
Category Six: Relaxation
Category Seven: Practicality
Concluding Comments
PART TWO: SELECTED COLUMNS
From the GARAGE
The Joy of Maintenance
Perfect Imperfection
Just Say No
Necessary Evils
Your Rite to Ride
Making it Personal
Necessity is a Mother
Garage Fever
From the ROAD
Human Relations 102
The Verdict
Can't Live with 'em, Can't Live without 'em
Feels Like the First Time...Again
The Call of the Open Road
Get Lost!
What Should Be vs. What Is
Doh! Brain Fade and the Perils of Fatigue
From the TRAIL
Dirty Thoughts
Half the Fun
Back to School
Near-Life Experiences
Experts
From the TRACK
Concentrating on Concentration
Learning Curves
The "Trust Me" Line
You Just Can't Get There from Here
From the COUCH (Freud goes for a ride)
Twin Brain - Part One
Twin Brain - Part Two
Moto-Voyeurism
Linkages
Spiritual Motorcycling
Self-Diagnostics
Shifting
Riding in the Zone
Motorcycle Camping
Moto-Connoisseurism
Safe Distance
Displacement
Black Boxes
The Voice of (In)Experience
Loud Pipes Do What?
Top Ten Reasons...
Moto-Placebos
Oh, What a Feeling!
Getting in Touch with Your Inner Cartographer (or not)
From the HEART (personal favorites)
Wrecks
Sensory-Motor Satori
A Cure for What Ails Us
Riding Through the Valley of the Shadow
Giving Ourselves a Hand
Milestones
PART THREE: FLOW FOR RIDERS
Introduction
Aspect One: Challenge-Skill Balance
Aspect Two: Action-Awareness Merger
Aspect Three: Clarity of Purpose
Aspect Four: Clarity of Feedback
Aspect Five: Present Task Focus
Aspect Six: Paradox of Control
Aspect Seven: Absence of Self-Consciousness
Aspect Eight: Transformation of Time
Aspect Nine: Autotelic Experience
Concluding Comments