That’s it. One week. My willingness to share content on social media (even if only links to my posts on ny websites) lasted that long. I’m just exhausted to share the same three pictures about Eddy Merckx get hundreds of likes but not real attention.
OK, maybe the “great solo victories” topic was not the best idea. Although I wrote an article about the poweful narrative of solo victories on my Patreon, including the thoughts that solo victories are relatable even for those don’t know anything about road cycling, it’s not entirely true. People who know almost nothing about road cycling most likely don’t get it why to take solo victories as a unique category. Isn’t every victory in road cycling a solo one? Sport news usually mention individuals as winners of certain races and not teams, don’t they?
Yeah, but it’s about… you know…
Never mind.
Anyway, I did not want to persuade new followers, only to make those ones, following my road cycling history projects since years, apparently, because they like road cycling history, a bit more active.
And again, it’s just typically me. While I’m writing this very post about that it’s done, I hate it, I’m exhausted, I don’t want to do this anymore,
already thinking about giving another try.
Let’s make a week about the
early days of Tour de France.
But, Anita, be aware that people (especially those ones whose imagination about road cycling history includes almost exclusively the career of Eddy Merckx) don’t necessarily see the distinction between the years before and after World War 1. As more and more it becomes clear to me, majority of people don’t get the differences between different historical eras, let alone such subtle distinctions I especially like to pay attention to, they know only one distinction:
past vs.present.
Therefore, while I usually use the phrase “the early days of Tour de France” for the time period between 1903 and 1914, and that how content are organized on my blogs, on social media I can share from a little later period, the 1920s, or even the 1930s too.
People will think the same: something very long time ago.