Losing interest, to a terminal level :-(

[ChrisEyles]

Sorry to hear about that @vickster - you're right, it's easy to forget we should be grateful for having the health, time, and means to get out on the bike as and when the mood takes us!

I think I could acquire quite a wish-list in 3 months off the bike... happy window shopping

 

[Scoosh]

Sorry to hear about that @vickster - you're right, it's easy to forget we should be grateful for having the health, time, and means to get out on the bike as and when the mood takes us!

This is where vickster can be very annoying !
She is so amazingly positive and upbeat, despite having some real physical fitness/health issues - I always feel a mixture of and when she very gently reminds me/us (without meaning to) how blooming lucky we are and my shoulder or knee things are so minor I should just count my blessings and MTFU !

Thank you @vickster !

 

[vickster]

Again there are many far worse off than me who mtfu and ride

 

[Donger]

A change of scenery always does the trick for me. From where you are, you could easily drive over to the Dorset coast or the tip of Cornwall and then get the bike out and have a slow, relaxed potter about with your camera all day. I do that sort of thing 2 or 3 times a year .... The Gower Peninsula, The Peak District, into Wales or Herefordshire. Works wonders for your cycling mojo to mix it up a bit and take in new places and memorable scenery. I've got half an eye on doing the Newport Transporter Bridge or taking in the Avebury stone circle this year to keep it fresh. Hope you get your mojo back soon.

 

[Deleted member 35268]

Take a break from it. If you come back to it in a year's time, great.

 

[andyoxon]

My 2p. I would plan routes for some 'touring-lite' style rides of varying lengths 1/2 day or longer day, and then wait for a really good winter or spring day, and get out into the countryside, taking pics, maybe stopping at a good cafe/pub etc. You could also book a 100km Audax somewhere nice, and do it as a relaxed ride, if the weather is amenable. With an Audax there is an opportunity to be as sociable as you want, and the act of booking gives willpower to get out a bit of a boost. There is also the benefit of a DNS (for some reason) only generally setting you back 5 or 6 quid. Re. walking, have to say I always think - I'd rather be cycling (generally)...

 

[ColinJ]

Take a break from it. If you come back to it in a year's time, great.

I took an 8 month break from cycling due to illness and that really made me realise how much it meant to me.

 

[Dec66]

I've had a cack winter.

I bought a new bike, with the intention of training up for The Hell of The Ashdown. Since when, real life (in the form of having a kid with special needs) and Storms A-I have stymied any attempts at getting the serious weekend mileage I needed in.

I've been reduced to commuter mileage (25/day), and since I moved office earlier this week I hate almost every minute of the new commute. The new bike has still done less than 100 miles.

But... Say it quietly... That new commute (on the old bike) has thrown up a more hilly route. That has seen me drop body weight rather quicker than I thought may have happened otherwise (well, that, and the 16oz pots of food at work).

I've had people saying to me, "wow, you still cycle through (insert any number of desirable or undesirable South London suburbs here) to get to work?" Despite the traffic?

That's the kind of stuff that makes you feel good, yeah?

Get your arse back on the bike, go out, enjoy yourself. It's what we live for. Especially the hilly bits

 

[Dec66]

The best bit about active cycling for me;

Turn up at House of Fraser (or whatever).

Observe Fred Perry shirt in size "S" on clearance rack.

Try one on.

It fits.

You look damn good, much better than the shaven headed lifestyler who bought one at twice the price and three sizes bigger.

Capisce?

 

[Brandane]

The best bit about active cycling for me;

Turn up at House of Fraser (or whatever).

Observe Fred Perry shirt in size "S" on clearance rack.

Try one on.

It fits.

You look damn good, much better than the shaven headed lifestyler who bought one at twice the price and three sizes bigger.

Capisce?

Hmmmmm ..... You don't need to be a "shaven headed lifestyler" (whatever one of them might be!) to require a shirt in large or even XL. I don't consider myself particularly obese at 6'00" and hovering around the 13 stone mark. No amount of cycling is going to bring me down to an "S"; and I wouldn't want to be a stick insect anyway! As an aside, I've never previously noted much (if any) difference between price for different sizes; and you're just as likely to find an XL on the clearance rack as you are an "S".

 

[Dec66]

Sorry, that was a bit rude of me. There may have been a tincture or two imbibed last night

As an ex-lardster, I just enjoy the fact that cycling made me thin (well, the diet too, but I enjoy cycling much more than dieting). And I do tend to find more stuff in the diddier sizes in the sales, because everyone goes for "L".

 

[blazed]

The best bit about active cycling for me;

Turn up at House of Fraser (or whatever).

Observe Fred Perry shirt in size "S" on clearance rack.

Try one on.

It fits.

So the pinnacle of cycling for you is being able to buy child sized clothes?

 

[Dec66]

So the pinnacle of cycling for you is being able to buy child sized clothes?

That's one reason, yes.

More rewarding than empty boasting about one's ability, I find.

 

[Pale Rider]

So the pinnacle of cycling for you is being able to buy child sized clothes?

No VAT, or is that not still the case?