Originally Posted by
Racer Ex
You lack motivation because cycling is a stupid sport with no upside that takes way too much time out of your life to be mediocre at.
So true.
Last year I went out with a woman who mentioned to her sister that I trained a lot and that I raced bikes.
[Sister] "That's interesting. Does it pay well?"
[Me] "I'm lucky to win some beer money here and there."
[Sister] "So you spend all of these hours training and you actually pay...not get paid...to race?"
[Me] "Yup."
[Sister] "Well that's dumb."