Concerned about holiday cycling withdrawal
 

So I am going to the in-laws for Christmas. They live on a small island, about five kilometers in circumference. Some cars mostly bikes, golf carts and walkers. I have access to bikes but not my bike.

I am feeling pangs of loneliness not being near my bike for almost a week. It is not practical to bring my bike. And once we are there we don't want to leave especially since we are house and dog sitting an ocean front property.

Does anyone else experience this?

How do you cope?

I guess these are first world problems.

Merry Christmas everyone.

Sounds like a mental issue to me. Assuming that this is a relatively warm place, I'd grab any bike I could and ride it with the intent to not hurry anywhere.

If you're driving, take a bike.

If you're flying or taking some other sort of mass transit, maybe your Christmas present to yourself should be a travel bike of some kind?

Are you in the middle of a structured training plan for a particular event?

Enjoy what the surroundings have to offer and be present for your family. Your bike will be there when you get back.

Okay this was not meant to be taken with the seriousness it is being taken with.

No it is not a mental issue. I like my bike and I like riding it. I will be grabbing any bike available to pedal the two km I need to go anywhere on the island.

To get there I drive then take a car ferry then drive then take a small boat and then arrive on a dirt road island about two km wide and three km long. For the holiday season and schlepping involved taking my bike Indy practical.

No I'm not training.

I just like riding my bike and prefer my bike over other bikes.

I understand you completely. When we visit the inlaws, sometimes I bring my bike and other times not. Sometimes it rains the whole time I'm there, and I also suffer from withdrawal. I go for long walks but it's not the same.

I've this whole week off from work, and the forecast is calling for 3 days of rain and then maybe more. I went to the gym and rode a spin bike for an hour and lifted weights. A poor substitute for actual riding but it will have to do.

Me too lol get a wrench, adjust the seat and ride, ride ride ride (-:

Yeah we usually beach comb and take a hike around the neighboring island which is a provincial park.

I am also the only one who can stand my mother in law in the kitchen and actually help her without a fight. Then there is also chopping wood which my son sits and drinks a hot coco and yells boom with every hit.

So I have plenty to do and I enjoy it. But riding my bike is fun.

I guess it's too cold to go kayaking?

It is usually to rough these days. Have my dry top there though.

Bring a laptop/tablet & answe all the questions on this forum. ;-)

Even better than riding a bike. Why else would we be on here while our bikes wait longingly a few feet away.

Had to spend 4 months in Cranbrook in the middle of winter a few years back. Not much opportunity for outdoor riding but I took my trainer and rode most days on the patio in sub-zero conditions.

Gives you a reason to get that N+1 folding bicycle for next time. :)

good advice

i would just ride a bike if you have access

i like this best. that has been my argument but it has not worked on the wife so far... but I am still trying

I walk/jog when I don't have bike access and treadmill when it's nasty out. After my injury when I couldn't ride I walked the treadmill. During some snowy weeks I treadmilled until the tread wore out. I then marched around the basement in figure-8s and up and down the stairs for 10 days until the new part came. I must have looked rediculous, but I got back into shape. I also went to work early and walked up and down the hallways. Any exercise can work as a placeholder. Getting back on the bike was such a triumph, and having the cardio already in place allowed me to focus completely on how sweet it was to experience the pain of protest from my bike muscles.

Exactly! :lol: :thumb:

I was out sick from work last week, and I only work three days a week, so I ended up not riding for 6 days. It was horrible.

I would say any riding is better than no riding at all. If you have access to a bike, then ride it. Walking is great too, as well as running. I love to run in new places.

I usually interchange between three or four countries and keep bikes stashed at each place :D

Solves all problems!

2km? I'd probably just bring jogging clothes. :)

I have -- seriously -- almost talked myself into a folding bike just so that I don't have to give up riding when we go visit family!

You're going to be on a small isolated island. It's a perfect time for meditation. Be still, and point your face towards the sun.

I take about 10 days off the bike during my summer vacation and another 10 days during my winter christmass break from work. No problem for me, I still get to ride 345 days per year and that's more then enough for me.

I brought my road (not commuter) bike on vacation to Florida. Awesome group rides here. Just they start at 7 am, so I don't always get up in time. Nice to ride fast in a group for a change.