Hi All,
I'm sure I am not alone here but, I seem to have fallen out with my love of cycling in a massive way.
I have ridden regularly for the past 40yrs so it was never just a passing whim. I used to be an avid follower of cycling on the tv, subscribe to Magazines, ride in 100ml + Sportives, enjoy tinkering with my many bikes and any opportunity to talk about bikes with anybody who would listen. But now, I can't bare any of those things at all. If I manage to 'force' myself onto a bike now it will be for a short trip to the shop for a coffee in my ordinary clothes with the sole purpose of giving my desk bound legs a spin and with absolutely no thoughts of speed, distance or pb's ever entering my head. I have a cupboard full of colourful lycra which I now look at with total disdain and can't imagine wearing that 'silly looking stuff' ever again! It's almost as if I want to go back to the days of just being 'a bloke with a bike' rather than being labelled as 'a cyclist' and hearing people talking about Turbo Trainers and Strava every 5mins.
I will be the first to agree that getting people out of cars and healthier can only be a good thing but, its almost as if its massive increase in popularity has now made cycling feel like a 'sport' rather than a pleasurable 'fun' passtime.
Sorry guys, I'm not knocking your cycling it is purely a personal thing 
I'm sure I am not alone here but, I seem to have fallen out with my love of cycling in a massive way.
I have ridden regularly for the past 40yrs so it was never just a passing whim. I used to be an avid follower of cycling on the tv, subscribe to Magazines, ride in 100ml + Sportives, enjoy tinkering with my many bikes and any opportunity to talk about bikes with anybody who would listen. But now, I can't bare any of those things at all. If I manage to 'force' myself onto a bike now it will be for a short trip to the shop for a coffee in my ordinary clothes with the sole purpose of giving my desk bound legs a spin and with absolutely no thoughts of speed, distance or pb's ever entering my head. I have a cupboard full of colourful lycra which I now look at with total disdain and can't imagine wearing that 'silly looking stuff' ever again! It's almost as if I want to go back to the days of just being 'a bloke with a bike' rather than being labelled as 'a cyclist' and hearing people talking about Turbo Trainers and Strava every 5mins.
I will be the first to agree that getting people out of cars and healthier can only be a good thing but, its almost as if its massive increase in popularity has now made cycling feel like a 'sport' rather than a pleasurable 'fun' passtime.
Sorry guys, I'm not knocking your cycling it is purely a personal thing