Originally Posted by globecanvas

You can stop racing or riding for a while without "quitting," too.

Originally Posted by island rider

Speaking of which, Globe, want to tow me around for a while this weekend? I was thinking of doing one or more of the TOC stages.

Originally Posted by globecanvas

If you're looking for company, there is a fastish ~50 mile ride Saturdays 8:30am out of Overlook Bikes in Woodstock that I think usually does the Kaaterskill Falls and Stony Clove climbs. I know the guys and it's a good ride.

Details somewhere on here probably: https://www.facebook.com/groups/439318609549965/

Originally Posted by topflightpro

This was a pretty crappy day on the bike.

First, I was hit by a car as I was rolling out of my neighborhood. A woman, who I assume is a neighbor, rolled through a stop sign and hit me. Fortunately, she was going slow, and I was able to turn away a bit to minimize the impact. She ended up just hitting the rear of my bike, and I was able to keep it upright. She apologized as I yelled at her, then she drove away. That's when I realized how messed up my rear wheel was. I am pretty sure it's going to need a complete rebuild.

After that, I nearly decided to just go home, but instead swapped rear wheels and went for my ride.

Later, a small light blue van in the oncoming lane, swerved over the double yellow line at me. I've never had that happen before. Maybe he was just not paying attention or texting and swerved out of his lane accidentally, but it didn't seem like it.

Then shortly before I got home, an old lady laid on her horn just because I was there. I've encountered her before. I don't really know what her problem is.

It was almost enough to make want to quit riding.

Also, my wife went to the orthopedist today. (There is a new ortho clinic near here that handles walk ins and is open on the weekends.) She crashed last weekend and still wasn't feeling much better. Turns out she cracked her hip. The injury is apparently pretty common among the elderly when they fall out of bed. So no riding for her for 6 to 8 weeks.

Originally Posted by island rider

I'm thinking of hanging up the bike. The major driving factors: 1) My wife hates it. 2) The number of people I know IRL and here who have crashed, gotten hit or hurt riding lately has risen this year exponentially. 3) I am starting to have very little desire to lose large pieces of my weekend to racing. 4) I started playing golf again and realized how much I miss it.

Much of this might be because I haven't raced all that much this year, so I need to get it back into my blood. Or because I expected better results after training so steadily through the winter, but... there you have it.

Could this just be a summer doldrums?

Originally Posted by furiousferret

Cycling for me is an antidepressant....

Originally Posted by Hermes

So I say do both...golf and race bicycles. I went out for a training ride on Saturday morning and then to the golf practice range in the afternoon.

Originally Posted by island rider

I'm thinking of hanging up the bike. The major driving factors: 1) My wife hates it.

Originally Posted by rideaz

That seems like a pretty significant one. Why does your wife hate it?

Originally Posted by island rider

I'm thinking of hanging up the bike. The major driving factors: 1) My wife hates it. 2) The number of people I know IRL and here who have crashed, gotten hit or hurt riding lately has risen this year exponentially. 3) I am starting to have very little desire to lose large pieces of my weekend to racing. 4) I started playing golf again and realized how much I miss it.

Much of this might be because I haven't raced all that much this year, so I need to get it back into my blood. Or because I expected better results after training so steadily through the winter, but... there you have it.

Could this just be a summer doldrums?

Originally Posted by hack

Sheesh ... this all hits close. While my wife doesn't hate my riding/racing, she's none too thrilled with how much time it eats up on top of riding out on some potentially unsafe roads. I used to play a ton of golf and have been out maybe 2 times in the past two years. I jumped into a round a week or so ago (played like crap) and had a blast. It is amazing that so much time is necessary to be racing pack fill. There are days (and races) where I spend a good amount of time thinking "why am I doing this". Sadly, I don't have any good answers for you, but I feel the pains.

Originally Posted by island rider

She subscribes to the new math. Bike + outdoors = death. There's more to it than that, but she has a fear of bikes and me riding them which doesn't appropriately correspond to the reality of the situation. It's getting better, but it can create a bit of a strain.

Originally Posted by topflightpro

Thanks guys.

And Chappy, I did not get her insurance. I went by her house last night to get it, but she was too busy to come to the door. I will try again tonight, but am not optimistic. I do have several friends in the local police department who can help me should I chose to go that route.

Originally Posted by topflightpro

Thanks guys.

And Chappy, I did not get her insurance. I went by her house last night to get it, but she was too busy to come to the door. I will try again tonight, but am not optimistic. I do have several friends in the local police department who can help me should I chose to go that route.

Originally Posted by island rider

Wow, you guys really keyed in on one part of that... but I guess it's in the way I phrased it. I don't think the lack of results is really it. I think it has more to do with so much solo training and so little racing and looking at a calendar where the closest race I have for the rest of the summer is like a 3 hour round trip.

Originally Posted by island rider

Is it weird that this makes me feel better?

Originally Posted by furiousferret

My wife has a nice policy on me, so there's a look of disappointment during the race when they announce a crash and she sees me roll by.

Originally Posted by revchuck