Hi and hope your all well.
I've got to ashamedly confess my cycling has been virtually non existent for the last 12/18 months.
Life has just seemed to of got in the way, with work patterns and general things going on.I do however still frequently visit this wonderful site and particularly like the jokes thread and read many posts from you good members.
At my height around 4/5 years ago I was cycling around 100 + miles a week and was looking quite lean for my age and I was comfortable at even doing long 100 mile rides a day ( I can't imagine me doing that now)
Anyway long story short I've been starting to get the itch and taking up cycling again.
With the onset of the clocks changing to Summer time this weekend it gives me the chance to get out on the bike in the evening whilst it's still light. As a once recreational cyclist I always found cycling in the winter hard going so I think now is probably the perfect time to get going again.
When I was at my peak fitness I almost took it for granted at my abilities to just swing my leg over the bike and head off on a 40/50 mile ride, but after being so long out of the saddle my weight has gained,my knees feel weak and I now suffer from lower energy levels.
I often used to comment on here about how cycling lifted my general mood too.
I was so much more positive about life in general after a long ride out and would also get a really good night sleep to which I don't get now.
With the pattern and life style I've unfortunately fallen into,I often feel like I'm missing out on the simple things in life such as seeing the wonderful scenery here in Wales and just being able to stop anywhere along my ride to take it all in.
I would even just stop to have a chat with a random stranger in the middle of nowhere on occasions which I really enjoyed.
I'm lucky that my bike has been carefully looked after in it's hibernation (it just needs a bit of air in the tyres).
The miles will be small to begin with and I will probably feel the burn and short breathness of being unfit, but I'm sure if persistence is kept up I will slowly get back into it again and enjoy all that it offers.
That's one thing about a bike that I've always liked,
If stored properly it never really deteriorates and it costs you absolutely nothing whilst not in use.
I was at one point of thinking of selling it on to which I'm glad I haven't
Anyway enough of me babbling on 🤣
All the very best,
Johnny.
I've got to ashamedly confess my cycling has been virtually non existent for the last 12/18 months.
Life has just seemed to of got in the way, with work patterns and general things going on.I do however still frequently visit this wonderful site and particularly like the jokes thread and read many posts from you good members.
At my height around 4/5 years ago I was cycling around 100 + miles a week and was looking quite lean for my age and I was comfortable at even doing long 100 mile rides a day ( I can't imagine me doing that now)
Anyway long story short I've been starting to get the itch and taking up cycling again.
With the onset of the clocks changing to Summer time this weekend it gives me the chance to get out on the bike in the evening whilst it's still light. As a once recreational cyclist I always found cycling in the winter hard going so I think now is probably the perfect time to get going again.
When I was at my peak fitness I almost took it for granted at my abilities to just swing my leg over the bike and head off on a 40/50 mile ride, but after being so long out of the saddle my weight has gained,my knees feel weak and I now suffer from lower energy levels.
I often used to comment on here about how cycling lifted my general mood too.
I was so much more positive about life in general after a long ride out and would also get a really good night sleep to which I don't get now.
With the pattern and life style I've unfortunately fallen into,I often feel like I'm missing out on the simple things in life such as seeing the wonderful scenery here in Wales and just being able to stop anywhere along my ride to take it all in.
I would even just stop to have a chat with a random stranger in the middle of nowhere on occasions which I really enjoyed.
I'm lucky that my bike has been carefully looked after in it's hibernation (it just needs a bit of air in the tyres).
The miles will be small to begin with and I will probably feel the burn and short breathness of being unfit, but I'm sure if persistence is kept up I will slowly get back into it again and enjoy all that it offers.
That's one thing about a bike that I've always liked,
If stored properly it never really deteriorates and it costs you absolutely nothing whilst not in use.
I was at one point of thinking of selling it on to which I'm glad I haven't
Anyway enough of me babbling on 🤣
All the very best,
Johnny.
