And I call myself a cyclist!

[numbnuts]

Numbnuts, you are an inspiration to us all.

I don't look at it as an "inspiration", I thank you all for it, but I could lay down roll over and die, but we are not made like that we all have a survival instincts and the will to carry on no matter how bad we feel,
where there is hope, there is a life

 

[Banjo]

Your doing more miles than a lot of fit youngsters do.

Theres a guy in the touring club Im in who has a similar problem, was an incredibly fit man until recently but now struggles on hills. He is buying an electric front wheel kit for a hybrid bike. It doesnt do all the work. you still have to pedal so he will still be getting exercise but wont be holding the group up or over stressing himself on hills.

If your interested I will ask him for more details on it.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Ah, depression ... It's a bugger, isn't it! The stupid thing is that riding my bikes is one of the few things that makes me feel good, but feeling bad makes it hard to get out on the damn things in the first place! It's extremely rare that I turn round on a ride and come home prematurely. If I make the effort to go out, I do the ride. It's overcoming the inertia that is the problem.

Yes I sometimes have problems with that one, usually about this time of year, Its a sod because if I've not gone out as originally intended it ends up making me feel worse.

 

[661-Pete]

I probably ought to confine my mentions of the D-word to the "Health" section of the forum, despite it threatening to 'take over' at the moment. Not something one should wear on one's sleeve. At least I've managed to book myself some psycho*...

You've got to really convince yourself that a spin on the bike is going to be a do-you-lots-of-good-make-you-feel-lots-better sort of feeling. Otherwise it won't work. My rides are very short, but even after ten miles I've come back feeling a damn sight worse because I didn't set off with that feel good buzz. But not always. This afternoon I put in 22 miles and felt a bit better mentally - though physically cold and with a nasty cramp in one foot. But I can handle the physical bits and pieces.

Numbnuts, if, say, you can manage a 10mph average over a ride of some 20-30 miles, why not PM me we could meet up somewhere? Southampton and Mid-Sussex aren't opposite ends of the Earth.


*-therapy, that is, not -pathy...

 

[Garz]

The positive side to cheer you up whilst cycling is after slogging up the steep inclines there's nothing better than cruising along some sweet scenery and descending down blowing the cobwebs at speed. I often find once I'm on the bike and out of the house the hardest part has been done as there's nothing worse than putting off rides for poor excuses which we can all be guilty of.

 

[ColinJ]

I've got a good excuse today!

I was supposed to be riding the mini North West Passage but the weather forecast was for sleet and snow on high ground and that put me off. Forget high ground - it is snowing here at 100 m altitude!

It is supposed to blow over later but I won't trust the high roads. I'll probably go for a walk instead.


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I've decided that potsy's target of averaging 10 miles a day is a good one for me. It's a big step up from the last couple of years but I used to average 4k-5k miles a year so it is doable.

They will be road miles. I won't count any gym bike 'miles' or MTB miles - they will be extras, as will be my hilly walks.

So, I need to get stuck in. It will take some time before I can catch up on the miles I've missed so far in 2011, and I'll need to build up a surplus by November to allow for the inevitable winter hiatus (I'm never going to do much cycling on slushy, icy roads).

 

[HLaB]

I had decided to get myself out on a club run too. It wasn't good when I woke up Heavy Rain with sleet, it then turned to Snow. My mate called off so I decided to meet him at the Bikestation (a bike charity) instead; he was looking at getting a cheap commuter. So my cycling was restricted to 12.9miles but that's mammoth in respect of my latest totals

Enjoy your walk Colinj.

 

[ColinJ]

I had decided to get myself out on a club run too. It wasn't good when I woke up Heavy Rain with sleet, it then turned to Snow. My mate called off so I decided to meet him at the Bikestation (a bike charity) instead; he was looking at getting a cheap commuter. So my cycling was restricted to 12.9miles but that's mammoth in respect of my latest totals

Enjoy your walk Colinj.

It all counts - that's 12.9 miles more than me!

As for the walk - it looks like it is just going to be to the shops and back! I got totally distracted and now it is cold, dark and wet. Oh well ...

 

[potsy]

Better get cracking Colin, Mycyclinglog tells me I should have done 498 miles by today to be on track with the target.
As I have actually done 567 I can have a few days rest now

Why don't you sign up as an added incentive?

 

[ColinJ]

Better get cracking Colin, Mycyclinglog tells me I should have done 498 miles by today to be on track with the target.
As I have actually done 567 I can have a few days rest now

Why don't you sign up as an added incentive?

I've just done it and requested to be let in to the CC group!

PS - I'm in! (That was quick.)

 

[potsy]

I've just done it and requested to be let in to the CC group!

PS - I'm in! (That was quick.)

And I was going to say that Helen won't know who you are due to your lack of riding

Get adding all those hilly miles you've done so far, then look at how many Shaun has done

 

[Norry1]

and MTB miles count

 

[ColinJ]

and MTB miles count

I'll probably set myself a separate MTB goal, maybe to average 1 MTB ride a week. I haven't done that much MTB riding for at least 4 or 5 years. Nearly all of my local MTB routes are pretty tough. The shortest one I do takes me at least 90 minutes. Others could be a lot more than that.

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

Get adding all those hilly miles you've done so far, then look at how many Shaun has done

gutted tho about today, the nwp would have got me back into the top 10.

 

[potsy]

gutted tho about today, the nwp would have got me back into the top 10.

Slacker

Still 12th, I am 30th

Colin has yet to log a ride, and I know he has been out at least twice this year