Originally Posted by
Novakane
I've done one longer ride and a few shorter rides running errands so far this week since the weather has been nice. My hope is that if I can keep this up, the worries will go away and I'll be back to my old self bicycle-wise.
That's the ticket. And if you do fall, get a little road rash - really, so what? That's why we humans are self-healing creatures. On the other hand, if you find certain behaviors needlessly risky, eliminate them. I stopped riding centuries because I got bored and stopped paying attention, the odds were getting a little too high that I was going to plow into someone's parked car. That's hasn't left me a negative feeling about riding, I am not fearful, I've just acclimated to my personal reality. Ride your ride, have fun....