Help!

[Pat "5mph"]

To be honest if I could actually get on the thing I'd be ok. The barrier is getting on like step one. I know it sounds mad but this is where I'm at

Try giving "it" a name and a pumping up of the tyres: helps with the bonding

 

[DCLane]

Yeah I don't own it til January I think. My new bf rides but he's like amazing he's beats me home in my car. Other than him not really.

OK. If he rides then there's your start point; ask for some help getting started again. You'll find out whether he's a 'keeper' quick enough

 

[Schmilliemoo]

I have called him Cal. The bike not the boyfriend lol.
I'd be too embarrassed to tell him. He is wondering why we never go out riding what with me having such a nice bike. It's a bit of a bloody disaster lol

 

[DCLane]

I have called him Cal. The bike not the boyfriend lol.
I'd be too embarrassed to tell him. He is wondering why we never go out riding what with me having such a nice bike. It's a bit of a bloody disaster lol

Tell him.

And that's from someone who's been married for over 20 years.

 

[Schmilliemoo]

Hmmm doesn't really go with the unshakeably confident black belt world champion image does it. I'm feigning injury at the moment. I just need to kick my arse into gear and get on it wtf is wrong with me ?!?

 

[vickster]

Do you have access to a sports psychologist through your karate - might help to discuss

Is it fear, laziness, lack of interest, lack of time, worry about getting hurt?

 

[John the Canuck]

[QUOTE="vickster, post: 3076241, member: 10217"..................snip
Is it fear, laziness, lack of interest, lack of time, worry about getting hurt?[/QUOTE]

hmmm......or too competitive boyfriend ..?

quote...''My new bf rides but he's like amazing he's beats me home in my car''

 

[vickster]

But she's never ridden with him. He may be more than happy to potter along with her on a sunny afternoon. And save the chest beating/***** waving for when he is training or with the boys

The op also has a competitive streak when it comes to the karate...need to transfer to the road perhaps

 

[Schmilliemoo]

Do you have access to a sports psychologist through your karate - might help to discuss

Is it fear, laziness, lack of interest, lack of time, worry about getting hurt?

I'm thinking its a fear of injury. Vickster might've hit the nail there. The knee injury was about the worst I've had and it still hurts all the time but I gotta train for the worlds.

I'm deffo not lazy - I train at least four hours every day! I'm thinking it's the competitive wanting to be instantly good at stuff. It's not him indoors. He races me home to prove a point cheers you lot

 

[vickster]

Was the injury from cycling? Or karate?
What does your specialist say about the training, knee tendon tears are nasty, did it need surgery?
You might actually find that gentle cycling is good for it!

 

[Archie_tect]

Give yourself a target place to cycle to and back... just a short distance on a quiet road or a cycle/ bridlepath... make sure the sun's shining. I like the early Saturday mornings best when the birds are up and about singing but little else is. You feel like you're getting extra time in your day and not wasting time when you need to do other things.

Just going to get something nice for breakfast to share with your boyfriend would do... you might find getting back from the trip takes you on a detour!

Hope you get to a happier place S. let us know how you get on- we like to help!

 

[vickster]

As above? Why does cycling need to be competitive, just get out and enjoy it. Leave the competitive for karate, use the cycling for relaxing. I know I'm not a great example of cycling being risk free right now, but I would think you've far more chance of getting injured doing martial arts than enjoying a bike ride or cycling to work

 

[Boo]

CC'er 1 : Hey! What's all this laying around stuff? Why are you still laying around here for?
Schmilliemoo: What the hell am I supposed to do, ya moron? There's nothing to ride for anymore.
CC'er 2 : Let it go. It's over, man.
CC'er 1: What? Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!
CC'er 3 [to CC'er 2] Germans?
CC'er 2: Forget it, he's rolling.
CC'er 1: And it ain't over now. 'Cause when the goin' gets tough...
[thinks hard of something to say]
CC'er 1: The tough get goin'! Who's with me? Let's go!
[CC'er 1 runs out, alone; then returns]
CC'er 1: What the f**k happened to the Schmilliemoo I used to know? Where's the spirit? Where's the guts, huh? This could be the greatest ride of your life, but you're gonna let it be the worst. "Ooh, I'm afraid to go, I might get in trouble." Well just kiss my a55 from now on! Not me! I'm not gonna take this.
CC'er 2: CC'er 1's right. Psychotic... but absolutely right. Schmilliemoo's gotta get on that bike. Now she could do it with baby steps, but that could take years and cost thousands in padded shorts. No, I think she has to go all out. I think that this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody's part!
CC'er 1: Schmilliemoo's just the gal to do it.
Schmilliemoo: [stands up] Yeah, I agree. Let's do it!

/Schmilliemoo runs out, leaps on bike, recovers her mojo and doesn't come back and post again until she's ridden to the end of the street and back

(With apologies to the writers of National Lampoon's Animal House)

 

[Schmilliemoo]

Hahaha wtf you lot are nuts. The injury happened cause I broke my big tie and was limping around and it completely tore my tendon it was so bad it made me shaky and sweaty and I was training for last years worlds at the time.
I'm not after being competitive on the bike and my specialist (himself a bike fit specialist and uber cyclist) Says cycling will do good so long as I keep my ties in a straight line. The more I thin about it the more I think the injury thing is freaking me and making me panic.

 

[vickster]

Do you mean your toe? Did you break it cycling or karate'ing?

Why not have a chat with the specialist or a physio, sports psych...or get hypnosis!