General Cycling Discussion - tired of the bike

ok i just read a post about someone being burnt out from biking. a lot of very good post followed. here is what i did , bought another bike. yep, went right out and got me another bike to go along with my 4 or 5 other bikes, and i rode more this year than i have in the last 3, before . before i got this bike i raced, toured. mtb, tt, you name it but it is all about the bike try as i might i couldnt keep my mind interested in biking, so a new bike, but hold on to your seat the bike i bought was a recumbent, .i know what most of you are thinking , i thought it too. i hated them didnt even want to discuss the stupid things , but i love bicycles and part of me wanted to be still riding but the part that won said no. the bent bike made me slow up, before all i wanted to do was be faster than last time, faster, faster and finaly there was no more faster in me, my mind said stop. do i want to sell my dimond frame bike ? no way i went out wed, and did a 15 tt, and and loved it i am thinking of doing my last tour of the year on it. the point i want to make is try something different it doesnt have to be a recumbent, maybe try a cyclocross, or go ride a bent. do something that doesnt make you dread riding, no matter what we ride we are still cyclists. some may be a bit snobish, i was , but now when i see someone riding for the pleasure of it i dont think that they can not possibly be enjoying their ride because thet werent hammering like me .
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Fascinating. :thumbup:

I just do not understand. must be the fact each person is different. I tour, commute, sometimes even go fast. The cycling addiction is like the motor bike to a biker. It is freedom, which at the same times makes you strong. How could it get old or boring. Each mile is different.
The more miles I do, the more I plan on doing. Just got back from a tour. Every free moment, I am planning the next. Leading candidates, Santa Cruz Mountains of Central California or US 50 through Nevada- entire state west to east.
Of course this is all in preparation for the big tour across the USA. Or maybe, first the Mer to Mar across the South of France. Heah, we all need variety. Make your riding different by doing something different.

Yes, regardless of the bike you ride we are all cyclists, but I would draw the line at "Unicyclists". :p

One of the things that hooked me was the idea of propelling myself, sometimes at speeds I had never before considered.

Driving a sportscar fast is great. In my old age, I think that was replaced by bicycles. Though the fast part is not all that important anymore. I can afford to look at the world a bit from the bicycle.

Cheers...Gary

Originally posted by gmason


One of the things that hooked me was the idea of propelling myself, sometimes at speeds I had never before considered.







Driving a sportscar fast is great. In my old age, I think that was replaced by bicycles. Though the fast part is not all that important anymore. I can afford to look at the world a bit from the bicycle.







Cheers...Gary





I completely agree; I love sports cars, and would be driving a Ruf-tuned Boxster-S had I the spare $80K to make it happen; there is nothing in this world like cruising with the top down at 200kph on a wide open highway with no other cars in sight (don't ask how I know this, we may have CHP spies in the forum... :D )





At the same time, however, cars are costly in both the enviornmental and monetaty meanings of the word, and their usage for daily mundane transportation is completely illogical; I fail to understand why someone "needs" a brand-new Camaro SS to drive three miles to the store to get milk, and to drive the ten miles to get to work in the morning.





I choose to bicycle because it makes sense. It makes me stronger, healthier, and happier; it has saved me from the tyranny of going to a MegaGym to sit on a stationary bike and be bored while I do a so-called cardiovascular workout; and I do mean so-called -- I was doing a solid half-hour on level 8 (out of ten) at the gym, and when I hopped on a real bike, I almost died after three miles. Now, a scant two weeks later, I just got done doing a forty-mile ride, and the only reason I went home instead of making it a half-century is that I had only eaten a PowerBar and a Clif Shot. And that was forty miles with hills and a b**** of a headwind (the kind of ride Chris L. calls a warm-up. :D )





I choose a bicycle because it is friendly to those around me; because the kids in the neighborhood wave at me when I pass, rather than running like soldiers at Iwo Jima when I zoom by in my car.





I choose a bicycle because I love to eat; I don't worry about counting calories, or about eating too many carbos (is there such a thing)? I'm not worried about a beer belly after drinking half a case of good Deutschebier, because as far as I'm concernted, it's all just good fuel.





And, lastly, I choose a bicycle to keep myself in touch with the world around me. When you drive a car everywhere, you don't hear the kids on the playground. You can't stop and look up to see clouds accosting a gorgeous full moon. Car-drivers don't have the luxury of conquering a hill, or experiencing the child-like glee that is found by zooming down that hill and feeling the rush of the wind. Car-drivers fail to realize the size of the world; a hundred miles is hardly a jaunt, and two thousand pounds changes from a method of transportation into a serious responsibility -- when one is a cyclist.





But that's just my opinion; I could be wrong.

Matadon. You said it so well, I have to email your response to others. Thanks.

Originally posted by Matadon
Car-drivers don't have the luxury of conquering a hill...
I don't know about that, Matadon. Last night I drove for several hours for the first time in years. My legs felt like they were gonna drop off...

Originally posted by Pete Clark

I don't know about that, Matadon. Last night I drove for several hours for the first time in years. My legs felt like they were gonna drop off...

You have my sincere condolensces.

Originally posted by Pete Clark

Last night I drove for several hours for the first time in years. My legs felt like they were gonna drop off...

Atrophy is not quite the same thing as exhaustion. ;)

I'm not worried about a beer belly after drinking half a case of good Deutschebier, because as far as I'm concernted, it's all just good fuel.

Beer as fuel - I hadn't thought of that :D

Richard :beer: