Originally Posted by hawkijohn
All the riding I've done since getting into cycling just 7 months ago has been in the training mode. Seems every one of the well over 2000 miles has been at pretty high intensity. I'm not complaining about that, I've really enjoyed the hard work it's results but it seems lately I've gone out with the intent to just do a little recreational riding and I'm right back to checking ave speed, speed I can climb a hill vs the last time I did it, top speed down a hill, and on and on....I'm not highly competitive with others but just love to see myself beat my own previous bests. I'm starting to wonder if I'm missing something. Am I a little out of balance in my total cycling experience?
I think that, if you have to ask if you're missing something, then you could well be.
The only way to find out for sure is to try out the other fork in the road for yourself. If you decide that you don't like it as well you can always go back. Either way you decide to do it is OK with me.