Where do you ride to?

[Kookas]

Two months of summer holidays for me now, so no more commuting. I want to keep riding, though, but it's difficult without a specific place to ride to, or something to accomplish. Where do you go on your rides?

 

[Rob3rt]

During the week, nowhere, I sit in the kitchen, sometimes the bedroom.

On a weekend, I go from the start to the finish line.

 

[ianrauk]

What do you mean 'without a specific place to ride to'?
Here's a tip.
Draw a ring around of say 25 miles from where you live. Are you saying there would be nothing in that ring that is not worth cycling too or seeing or a cafe to go eat at?
That would make a nice 50 mile round trip or there abouts, a nice morning or afternoons riding.

 

[mcshroom]

Cafe, Wasdale, Carlisle, Pub. Or I book on an audax.

THere's lots of different rides you can do from wherever you are - just get hold of a map (or use bikehike or similar) and pick out some interesting points, or even just a village you've never been to before and ride there

 

[Idoru]

I love a ride down the coast when the weather is nice, lots of good scenery, reasonably flat, chances for a sneaky ice cream / bit of cake or a chance to sit and watch the world go by.

 

[Kookas]

Thanks for the tip. Looking at the stuff that's 25 miles away, my first thought is Stratford-upon-Avon, which I was planning to do a while back but didn't get round to it. Think I'll go for it.

 

[Custom24]

I find that even if I was not particularly motivated to get out on the bike, because I didn't have to go anywhere in particular, I start enjoying myself after about 20 minutes, and the memory of that enjoyment serves as motivation to go out the next time.

In other words, I don't need a reason to get out on the bike. Maybe you don't either...

 

[HLaB]

In answer to the original question, anywhere I want to; embrace the freedom you get from cycling.

 

[Kookas]

I find that even if I was not particularly motivated to get out on the bike, because I didn't have to go anywhere in particular, I start enjoying myself after about 20 minutes, and the memory of that enjoyment serves as motivation to go out the next time.

In other words, I don't need a reason to get out on the bike. Maybe you don't either...

Doesn't sound too different to me. I remember when I went to secondary school, I'd sometimes ride an extra 10 or 20 miles in the evening. Just because I'd be riding home, and feel like going a bit further.

On the subject of 'purposeful cycling', I did 30 miles once after convincing myself that not EVERY Lloyd's bank shuts at 5 and then going around every single branch in the city to see if there was one that stayed open later. (I found out that they had apparently standardised closing times, so now they do all close at 5...)

 

[James10]

Thanks for the tip. Looking at the stuff that's 25 miles away, my first thought is Stratford-upon-Avon, which I was planning to do a while back but didn't get round to it. Think I'll go for it.

http://www.bikehike.co.uk/mapview.php is a nice way of planning your routes as you get OS maps and Google Maps side by side

 

[vickster]

www.cycle-route.com

http://www.cycle-route.com/routes/West_Midlands-Routes-107.html

There are these for every county

Otherwise, why not do some sky rides or join a club or cycle buddy?

 

[Dave 123]

Sling the bike in the car/on the train and ride in a whole different and prettier place, or ride back home.

 

[Moodyman]

Cycling has allowed me to discover little towns and villages that I would never have otherwise heard of or visited. Do the 25 radius from your home thingy and broaden your local knowledge.

 

[Globalti]

Cafes in the morning and pubs in the evening make good, rewarding objectives for a ride.

 

[Kies]

Rode 6 miles last night to meet the footy crew for a couple of beers and 9 back via the scenic route. London is lovely at night in the tropical heat we are enjoying.