Starting to lose the desire to ride
11-07-12 | 04:44 PM
#26
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Ride to the gym.
Ride to the library, to go shopping, visit friends.
Leave the car if you have one and just ride wherever.
You may still build up the miles but just enjoy it better.
Ride to the library, to go shopping, visit friends.
Leave the car if you have one and just ride wherever.
You may still build up the miles but just enjoy it better.
11-07-12 | 05:40 PM
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I think if you get to the point where you dread to ride then you are riding for the wrong reasons.
I ride mainly because I enjoy it, and what health benefits I get is just icing on the cake, and I don't have to force myself. My only goal I set for myself is to make time to ride everyday, even if it's just a few short laps around the neighborhood.
I don't care to compete but rather ride at my own pace, at whatever distance I feel like riding, and ultimately just to please myself.
https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...njoy-Riding-Or
I ride mainly because I enjoy it, and what health benefits I get is just icing on the cake, and I don't have to force myself. My only goal I set for myself is to make time to ride everyday, even if it's just a few short laps around the neighborhood.
I don't care to compete but rather ride at my own pace, at whatever distance I feel like riding, and ultimately just to please myself.
https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...njoy-Riding-Or
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11-08-12 | 07:46 AM
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That is exactly what I do. It is wonderful (except I don't bake cakes) - but I do a LOT of stuff on the internet - I am making a chocolate inquiry into the expenses of some of our non-profits around here today!!
11-08-12 | 07:58 AM
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Yen, one of the reasons I own so many bikes is that they each serve a different purpose. Hence, when I feel the need to take a break, it typically doesn't mean taking a break from riding. Rather, it means taking a break from a specific kind of riding. Last night, for example, I just got in from a delayed flight from St. Louis, it was raining, windy and cold. Yet, I was feeling restless and didn't want to be a couch potato. So, I took my commuter, with a very upright position, around the neighborhood to look at the damage that was still being cleaned up from Sandy. I stopped and chatted with four or five neighbors, rode to the nearby convenience store for a cup of hot chocolate, and rode back home. It was a real treat not to have to think about getting miles in or distance covered. No cycling specific clothes on this ride, no special preparation, and no goals. It was just what I needed.
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11-08-12 | 10:30 AM
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Yen, one of the reasons I own so many bikes is that they each serve a different purpose. Hence, when I feel the need to take a break, it typically doesn't mean taking a break from riding. Rather, it means taking a break from a specific kind of riding. Last night, for example, I just got in from a delayed flight from St. Louis, it was raining, windy and cold. Yet, I was feeling restless and didn't want to be a couch potato. So, I took my commuter, with a very upright position, around the neighborhood to look at the damage that was still being cleaned up from Sandy. I stopped and chatted with four or five neighbors, rode to the nearby convenience store for a cup of hot chocolate, and rode back home. It was a real treat not to have to think about getting miles in or distance covered. No cycling specific clothes on this ride, no special preparation, and no goals. It was just what I needed.
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11-08-12 | 12:11 PM
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I go back to walking, but i still take the computer with me to see how far i went! It's insane to think about the distances i would do when i didn't even really set it to walk a long way, nor was i really prepared. 
11-08-12 | 01:32 PM
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Relax, Yen. Even the pros need some time each year when either they don't ride much, or they just ride around without paying attention to the numbers.
Speaking for myself, after a long tour or an extended period of training I generally find myself taking several days off or just using the bike for transport or recreation. It's no big deal, the enthusiasm soon returns if you don't force it.
Speaking for myself, after a long tour or an extended period of training I generally find myself taking several days off or just using the bike for transport or recreation. It's no big deal, the enthusiasm soon returns if you don't force it.
11-08-12 | 02:22 PM
#35
I'm beginning to dread the next ride rather than looking forward to it. I'm doing an organized metric this weekend and am not excited about it. I used to eagerly anticipate the next ride, but each one is starting to feel like something I have to do to prepare for the next event. I want to complete my first century next February, and that not going happen unless I ride, ride, ride whether I want to or not, not, not.
I'm wondering if this is a passing phase or if I really do need a break. I feel busier than when I was working, the holidays are coming, and I want a few months of nothing on the calendar -- just putter in the house and garden. I've even considered returning to work just to get away from the multitude of new things that are now on my plate. I like to do a lot of different things and it seems that my days are so busy I don't take time to relax.
I just want to get up and ask myself: Shall I take a walk? A bike ride? Go to the gym? Work in the garden? Make a cake? Try a new recipe? Clean a room? Whatever -- just no goals, lists to keep, or things to remember!!
I'm wondering if this is a passing phase or if I really do need a break. I feel busier than when I was working, the holidays are coming, and I want a few months of nothing on the calendar -- just putter in the house and garden. I've even considered returning to work just to get away from the multitude of new things that are now on my plate. I like to do a lot of different things and it seems that my days are so busy I don't take time to relax.
I just want to get up and ask myself: Shall I take a walk? A bike ride? Go to the gym? Work in the garden? Make a cake? Try a new recipe? Clean a room? Whatever -- just no goals, lists to keep, or things to remember!!
I wish I knew how to boot strap myself back into the saddle but , for now, I'm just stuck...........
I hope you find a way back into the saddle soon.
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My preferred bicycle brand is.......WORKSMAN CYCLES
I dislike clipless pedals on any city bike since I feel they are unsafe.
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Steel: nearly a thousand years of metallurgical development
Aluminum: barely a hundred, which one would you rather have under your butt at 30mph?
11-08-12 | 02:28 PM
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I think if you get to the point where you dread to ride then you are riding for the wrong reasons.
I ride mainly because I enjoy it, and what health benefits I get is just icing on the cake, and I don't have to force myself. My only goal I set for myself is to make time to ride everyday, even if it's just a few short laps around the neighborhood.
I don't care to compete but rather ride at my own pace, at whatever distance I feel like riding, and ultimately just to please myself.
https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...njoy-Riding-Or
I ride mainly because I enjoy it, and what health benefits I get is just icing on the cake, and I don't have to force myself. My only goal I set for myself is to make time to ride everyday, even if it's just a few short laps around the neighborhood.
I don't care to compete but rather ride at my own pace, at whatever distance I feel like riding, and ultimately just to please myself.
https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...njoy-Riding-Or
11-08-12 | 02:38 PM
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My solution was/is to ride and not train. Its very difficult for me to recognize thatI am not a competitive ride nor have I been one for 30 years, but I still have this training mindset. As I continually let go of "training" i find riding more fun. But I still do some intervals because I want to get my average speed up. Old habits don't die hard, they just don't die.
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