How was your year of Cycling in 2025?

[SpokeyDokey]

How are you doing in yourself ?

Merry Christmas 🌲🦌⭐️

Thank you & likewise.

Doing really well at the moment.

Had very aggressive chemo' (part of a trial). Two Induction sessions, 2 Consolidation sessions - 14 weeks in hospital and 60+ days in ambulatory dept. A long, long slog!

Currently Measurable Disease Negative which is a very deep state of remission and just started 1 year of Maintenance Therapy (gene targeted).

Feeling great and hopeful for what lies ahead.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

My worst year for a long time - a massive 30 miles in the whole year.
Sadly cycling became a poor loser to chemotherapy and radiotherapy for the other big C.
Any hope of regaining my fitness is going to take most of 2026 at best.

I am in the same boat but onwards and upwards!

All the best for 2026 even though it will be a long slog.

Post-chemo recovery estimated 1-2 years for me.

 

[honeybadger]

Up and down for me. Had a great pre season training and had big plans for the TT season, concentrating on the national 100, 12hr and 24hr championships. Had my first race in April with a course PB so was full of confidence for what lied ahead. Unfortunately a bad crash on a training ride at Easter (3 broken ribs, punctured lung and a smashed collarbone) put paid to any racing this year. Spent a lot of time on Zwift due to the injuries at the beginning of summer annoyingly, especially with the great weather we had. Finally got the go ahead to venture outside by mid June so just rode my bike as much as I could. At the start of the year I set a target of 12000 miles and after my lay off I didn’t think I’d of got anywhere near it. However my perseverance has paid off, I’ve got two more rides planned before the 31st and hopefully I’ll of passed my target, with 35 imperial centuries in amongst it.
Due to what happened quite a few of the miles were in the virtual world so a lot of people believe they shouldn’t count. I however believe they should, I still stress my body in the same way as I would outside.

 

[sevenfourate]

I am in the same boat but onwards and upwards!

All the best for 2026 even though it will be a long slog.

Post-chemo recovery estimated 1-2 years for me.

It’s a War I imagine. And I say that because imagine is all I can do….

Sounds like you’re winning it Battle by Battle though ! We’re all thinking of you here 🙏

Here’s to a Happy and Heathy 26 ! But let’s not wish that here too quickly. There’s the rest of 2025 to enjoy as yet 😁

 

[albion]

All ebike now, the Odomoeter passing 20,000km today.
Shorter rides but still10k per year. Strangely , I have not been impacted by any frost here in the north east.
The shorter 3 hours or so rides means wet weather can be avoided, Newcastle being a fairly dry location.
Dry xmas day so might make an early start for that now rare long ride.

 

[Mike Ayling]

4,000 to 4,500km. I don't keep accurate records

 

[Rusty Nails]

My cycling year has been absolute crap. Have only cycled twice since May. Firstly because of treatment for prostate cancer, but now that that has finished and I've been given the all-clear and have also come out of the weakness and lack of stamina phase, I am finding it difficult to get the motivation going.
Perhaps this is the worst time of the year to be starting riding again but I really hope that I can give myself a good kick up the ar*e to get on the bike again regularly.

 

[oxoman]

My cycling year has been absolute crap. Have only cycled twice since May. Firstly because of treatment for prostate cancer, but now that that has finished and I've been given the all-clear and have also come out of the weakness and lack of stamina phase, I am finding it difficult to get the motivation going.
Perhaps this is the worst time of the year to be starting riding again but I really hope that I can give myself a good kick up the ar*e to get on the bike again regularly.

Come on Rusty give it a go. Good luck.