Brutal/mega (delete as appropriate) Zwift CVR race last night. Final in the season and I managed to sneak a 4th place! Report to follow in the Zwift thread.
Lost one of the little rubber 'toes' off one of my cleats at some point yesterday so clipping in isn't great. Annoyingly that cleat is only a month or two old!
Really struggling for motivation the past two weeks following house purchase falling through and ACCA exam looming. Does anyone else find their interest comes in cycles? (No pun intended)
Yes, certainly stressful things like that have a knock on effect on your motivation, yet in reality being able to get out on the bike would probably actually solve some of your blues!
House stuff is an absolute nightmare, nearly everything is out of your control, yet has such a huge impact on your life/future/wellbeing. At times it can really feel like an uphill battle, all I can suggest is to not sweat the small stuff, the big things are worth your 'worrying' but the small stuff can lead to feeling like you're overwhelmed by 'problems'. Don't let things like garden fences/neighbours/parking/decorating/van hire cloud your judgement and make things seem impossible. Even the money to a certain extent - who cares about £150 for an extra van/days hire, or £50 liability cover on your sale when you're spending £200,000 (or whatever).
BTW, do you ever ride towards Gloucester way? Used to get up to Ledbury which is about half way. Great rural shires!
It's a great area, Gloucester is unfortunately not a direction I've ridden! Have got out Ledbury direction a number of times, usually on the way to Malvern.
Where I am (
Hereford) we've got Malvern (
British Camp etc) to the east and Hay-on-Wye (
Gospel pass) and Wales to the west. The north has the Shropshire hills (
Clee hill) and the south has Abergavenny (
The Tumble) and
Symonds Yat. There's that much good riding around I've only travelled further out south to
Chepstow once and ventured into the
Welsh Marches when visiting/staying with family. I'm really spoilt for choice, Hereford being in a bit of a bowl means there's good flat riding all around with quality hills only a few miles further, in every direction!
I am in no way saying you should buy a new bike!
Yes you are! Doooo it!
It's just that effort of getting changed I think!
Have everything laid out. I always do before weekend rides but only so I can get a little bit of a lie in, spend time with my little 'un and then still only need 20-30 mins to do everything I need to - showered, changed, fed, kicked tyres & set off. I guess commuting every day helps with that - I've got specific places for all my kit, so there's no wasted time 'looking' for things.
As for the guy, I found out this morning when my client phoned in that his pal had damaged his shoulder socket, only got seen at hospital at about 11.30pm last night to be told he'd be in a sling for 2 - 3 months!
Ouch, he's lucky it's not a broken collarbone, good to hear it's not a break. Shoulders can be difficult things, as there's very few ways to strap/cast them.
Important to remember that it's s leisure activity and if it isn't working for you, don't do it for a bit...
This. If you're finding 'excuses' then just skip it and do whatever you want (which is seemingly more important). Often times the weather will decide things for you, but we've had such a dry winter and long warm early summer there's been lots of opportunities to ride.
Last touched my bike last Wednesday and had a heavy night on the sauce on Saturday, absolute fear on the Sunday and licking my wounds from falling off a little tikes cozy coupe(apparently) flying down a big hill near my house.
- Also I need to fix the bloody things every day which doesn't make you love cycling!
Hahaha, what are you like! More importantly, where's the video evidence?!
Know that feeling... Similar to me & computers. Work with them all day so if one at home is playing up it's one of the last things I wanna do in the evening. The other half has been waiting for me to put ink in our printer for almost a week...!
Can anyone recommend some bluetooth non-noise isolating earphones? I used to have some wired Sennheiser earbuds that were secure in your ear but allowed in ambient noise but I'm struggling to find an equivalent wireless version.
Everyone seems to recommend those bone conductive ones don't they? Unsure on brands etc tho sorry.
I've a recommendation for cheap wireless in-ears but they're noise cancelling!
