Help! Motivation needed to get on bike. Argh!

sm · 2014-01-25T18:27:56+00:00

So, struggling to find any motivation what so ever to climb on the bike. What's worse, the usual nagging feeling of guilt is missing. I thought the return of Fantasy Cycling and the new pro season might help but so far they've done little to raise my interest. What about you lot, how do you get motivated to get on the bike? More about my woes here, if you too are suffering and would like to join Staying Indoors Anonymous.

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January 25, 2014 at 6:27 pm #20568

sm

So, struggling to find any motivation what so ever to climb on the bike. What’s worse, the usual nagging feeling of guilt is missing. I thought the return of Fantasy Cycling and the new pro season might help but so far they’ve done little to raise my interest.

What about you lot, how do you get motivated to get on the bike? More about my woes here, if you too are suffering and would like to join Staying Indoors Anonymous.
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January 27, 2014 at 12:49 pm #770475
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Anonymous

SimonT1971 wrote:2 things
SimonT1971 wrote:
2 things that work for me:
1. Break the cycle. Tell yourself it’s just 30mins and get out there
if you do more great, if not then at least your giving the endorphins a chance to convince you all over again!
2. Have a goal – maybe a sportive, ski holiday whatever, but visualise how good you will feel of you work hard!

best of luck dude!

This is me too. Saturday I prevaricated for most of three hours, faffing about with tyre pressures, fitting part of a mudguard, trying to stop my discs rubbing, changing tops. I wasn’t feeling too great: sleepy, fat and feeble. Eventually I realised that what I didn’t want to do was get the bike dirty (again) and so I decided just to go out on the road. Time in the saddle.

As I said to the wife… sitting around isn’t going to make me feel any better or the next ride any easier.

January 27, 2014 at 12:13 pm #770473
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bfslxo

Exactly the same here, I hit
Exactly the same here, I hit the same block with MTBing 2 years ago after 3 crap summers in a row & lost my love for it after 20 years (that actually still hurts 🙁 )swapped to road biking all excited but after 2 years hit a block over Christmas, my hill climbing & sprint ability crashed hugely in 2 weeks & motivation was next to zero & the thought of yet another winter of frozen fingers & soaked feet filled me with dark moments.

Thankfully my effervescent cycling buddy has kept dragging me out & slowly but surely I can feel it coming back, I know it’s going to be a long hard road to summer & I really doubt I will ever again in my life hit the height of fitness I had last year (I’m 47) but the knowledge that somewhere out there those warm sunny days are nearby & we’ve now incorporated a proper coffee stop with cake =D> rather than the grabbed at the petrol station routine we normally do the light is slowly but surely blinking into life again at the end of my tunnel.

January 27, 2014 at 4:02 am #770471
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badkneestom

Gkam84 wrote:Get out on your
Gkam84 wrote:
Get out on your bloody bike for me 👿 …I’ve been ill with chest infections, on top of my normal stuff, so haven’t been on the bike in longer than I’d care to remember….

Gkam how I know your pain. Rocked by flu and strep and now laryngitis, losing my stamina and can’t ride my steed.

January 26, 2014 at 9:35 pm #770469
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drfabulous0

notfastenough wrote:Try
notfastenough wrote:
Try looking after my twins, you’ll soon realize how lucky you are that you CAN get out on your bike! :-)

No worries mate, I can take them, they will fit on the Bakfiets if on of my three sits on the rack. 😉

January 26, 2014 at 8:32 pm #770467
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Al'76

Join a club; make some new
Join a club; make some new friends, discover some new routes…just “freshen” the whole thing up again.

January 26, 2014 at 2:35 pm #770465
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Shep73

Nothing wrong with having a
Nothing wrong with having a break, I fell out of love with the mtb last year (before having my road steed) so I didn’t bother, then all of a sudden I couldn’t wait to go out.

Flipside I deal with longterm illness and aways make the effort apart from my blip, did 46 miles in the horrible weather yesterday. Getting blown all over the road and puddles in my socks was great fun..

January 26, 2014 at 11:24 am #770463
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Raleigh

Watch some of
Watch some of this:

January 26, 2014 at 8:17 am #770461
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sm

Sounds like I need a shiny
Sounds like I need a shiny new bike then. That’s what I’ll tell the other half. The wise folk at Road.cc made me do it, I’ll say. Sorted.

January 26, 2014 at 7:56 am #770459
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Argos74

Cake. Search out a cake shop
Cake. Search out a cake shop X miles away, ride there, eat cake, ride back.

Ride with family. Ride with friends. Ride with complete strangers. Go offroad.

Riding makes you [url=http://road.cc/content/news/107343-people-think-cyclists-are-cooler-smarter-and-more-charitable-survey]cooler, smarter and more charitable[/url]. It’s science! Go science!

January 26, 2014 at 4:52 am #770457
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notfastenough

Try looking after my twins,
Try looking after my twins, you’ll soon realize how lucky you are that you CAN get out on your bike! 🙂

January 25, 2014 at 10:35 pm #770455
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drfabulous0

You mean you actually go out
You mean you actually go out of your house without a bicycle? :O

January 25, 2014 at 9:51 pm #770453
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ajmarshal1

Buy a new bike, a really
Buy a new bike, a really expensive new bike!

January 25, 2014 at 8:50 pm #770451
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don simon fbpe

No real harm in taking a
No real harm in taking a break, nothing really wrong with giving up the bikes altogether.
Regarding motivation, and I’m not a fan of UK riding, I found that the best pieces of kit I have are overshoes and mud guards. This made the first stage of getting on the bloody thing easier. Then after a few minutes I’m in the groove. Sometimes I’ll have a plan B, like today, which means I can complete a pre-planned route rather than aborting or failing.
Running when I really can’t be bothered/it’s raining cats & dogs/I have little time.

January 25, 2014 at 8:26 pm #770449
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arfa

Some new hardware/clothing
Some new hardware/clothing always works for me – got to get on the bike to check it out….
A different type of riding or a new area is another motivator ?
Failing that, set yourself a challenge that you know is going to stretch you so you gave to get out there.
Good luck !

January 25, 2014 at 7:20 pm #770447
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SimonT1971

2 things that work for me:
1.
2 things that work for me:
1. Break the cycle. Tell yourself it’s just 30mins and get out there
if you do more great, if not then at least your giving the endorphins a chance to convince you all over again!
2. Have a goal – maybe a sportive, ski holiday whatever, but visualise how good you will feel of you work hard!

best of luck dude!
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