Does anyone apart from me just get on their bikes and ride them?

[shouldbeinbed]

Irrespective of logging mileage or tyre wear or strava segments or cadence or.........

I know I'm not in training or trying to maintain heart zones or optimising my power vs aero position, but so many people seem to keep logs of this and records of that and know to the n'th degree how far they are off a KOM on strava or their Eddington number or the duration of every ride and when it rained on them back to 4th of March 1977 just after teatime.

I feel like some sort of oddball because I just go out and pedal to where I want to go and get off and do what I need to there and then get on and pedal home again or I just go out and pedal around for the sheer darned heck of it without giving the slightest thought to whether I'm 5 seconds faster than last week and am up to 3rd on the towpath KOM or whatever.

Why am I so easily satisfied? & darn my uncompetitive nature.

 

[User32269]

I'm with you! Even gave my basic bike computer/speedo away, not really arsed what my average speed is...I know its slow don't need details!
Think I'm just old, but enjoy the simplicity of riding. Only thing I miss is knowing how fast I decend.

 

[Drago]

I do. I often forget to swap the Garmin between bikes, i frequently just get on and ride.

 

[mythste]

Whatever increases your utility dude!

 

[Moodyman]

Me to. No gadgets or computers. I ride after doing checks - brakes, tyres, etc

 

[raleighnut]

No gadgets here either.

 

[Pale Rider]

Basic computer for me for when I sometimes want to clock the distance of a ride.

Each to his own, but I believe some riders take risks and ride too fast for the conditions in pursuit of Strava glory.

 

[AM1]

I like to use Strava only to keep a rough idea of my total mileage and where I've been ( like a diary ) not in the slightest bit interested in setting PR,s not that I could anyway

 

[Andy_R]

I've always thought the sole purpose of a bicycle was to have fun on it.

 

[gavgav]

I like to use Strava only to keep a rough idea of my total mileage and where I've been ( like a diary ) not in the slightest bit interested in setting PR,s not that I could anyway

Ditto.

 

[ScotiaLass]

I like to know how many miles I've done but that's about it!
I don't use Strava, or any other similar programme as my cycle computer does what I need with no jiggery pokery

 

[Smokin Joe]

I ditched the computer years ago after being one of the first to fit one back in the day. Just ride and enjoy it.

 

[grellboy]

Use to ride just for fun, no logging etc. Then did a sportive or two and got a tracking app on my phone, cycle computer etc. Realised just recently that I now miss the things I used to enjoy about cycling: Dawdling, meandering, looking up in the sky and in the fields as I went past at a gentler pace. So have kept my road bike but have also just gotten a cx bike, so I can hopefully rediscover the rediscovering, if that makes sense?

 

[Mo1959]

I do use a Garmin and Strava. I just find it fun to look at the maps of where I've been and do compare speeds with previous efforts. I also quite enjoy some of the Strava climbing and distance challenges, purely again as a bit of fun and a little added motivation. Also, if you follow local riders on Strava, it sometimes gives you some ideas for fresh routes that you haven't yet tackled.

 

[Lonestar]

Im interested in mileage as im a numbers sort of guy.That's about it though.