Maintaining focus

[lutonloony]

Apologies f this has all been done before ,or I'm on the wrong forum

I find that when I'm cycling along I tend to drift off and start thinking about other topics. It is only when another cyclist flies by that I realise I have dropped to butchers bike speed. Any thoughts techniques for keeping the little grey cells on the task?

 

[Markymark]

Either

1. concentrate
2. Enjoy yourself and not care about your speed
I usually do #2

 

[raleighnut]

Great fan of #2 as well.

 

[Red17]

Get into strava and treat every ride as a race.

Treat every other bike or vehicle as a target.

Or #2

 

[ianrauk]

A cycle ride is not a good cycle ride if you don't drift off into your own little world now and again.

 

[lutonloony]

#2 does seem to be the winner

 

[wonderloaf]

#2 is the reason I like cycling, I have enough of 'maintaining focus' at work. Mind you sometimes I drift so far off I nearly end up in a hedge, ditch or whatever happens to be in the way.

 

[Markymark]

#2 does seem to be the winner

Look, sometimes I like pushing it. Get in the zone, get a thrill from the endorphins. Most of the time I just love being out.

 

[ColinJ]

I switch between #1 and #2 but I once scared myself on a commute home when I realised that I had ridden 10 miles, climbed a steep hill and crossed 2 major junctions and had no recollection of any of it! I'd done the whole thing on autopilot in my own little world with traffic hurtling around me. I think that was a bit TOO unfocussed!

 

[lutonloony]

Cheers team, think enjoyment is the key word

 

[vickster]

How do you manage to keep concentrating while driving, assuming you do? Employ the same techniques

 

[Dayvo]

Focus, you say.

Get one of these and you won't think of anything else! Except, maybe, how to pay for it.

 

[ColinJ]

How do you manage to keep concentrating while driving, assuming you do?

It is clear that many drivers DON'T!

I had one driver force his way past me on Market St Hebden Bridge yesterday and I thought to myself that he didn't seem to realise how little room he had. He veered left just after going past me to avoid hitting a bus coming the other way and smashed his nearside door mirror on a parked vehicle!

 

[vickster]

I'm hoping the OP does however

 

[jefmcg]

Let yourself zone out (I solve problems subconsciously while cycling). Every time someone passes you speed up until you drift away again. Call it fartlek.

Only downside is one of the riders who pass you will be on CC the next day, complaining about a rider who wasn't going fast until I over took him, then he clung to my rear wheel.