Does Your Other Half need to be a…Cyclist for a blissful relationship???

No, no and no. Am I the
No, no and no. Am I the first woman to post a reply? My OH gets bike-sore in a way that only men can, and doesn’t like it. He does long-distance walking. I’ve tried that (did the Pennine Way with him) but found the pace too slow. So this year, he walked Land’s End to John O’Groats (with the dog) and I cycled it (on my own). And I think that made for a much more peaceful relationship than one of us doing something we don’t enjoy very much!

Cycling is something you can easily do on your own. I’m not in a club and don’t go out with anyone else, so don’t miss it. I can go when and where I want and at my pace (usually as fast as possible). I cycle every day of the week but where I get obsessive about bike gear my OH gets obsessive about walking gear, and when it comes to touring we have overlap – for example, I used some of his lightweight stuff on my End to End.

Ruth

dave_atkinson wrote: or with

dave_atkinson wrote:

or with other people who are happy to talk boring crap about bikes for hours 🙂

most probably the reason my wife wont go out on a bike ride with me!

anyhow, a.) yes but only short journeys
b.) not really no, she’d be moaning all the way!, too far, too fast, too many hills
c.) nah, i actually think its better to have separate ‘hobbies’

A) Occasionally, e.g. part of
A) Occasionally, e.g. part of the Bath Skyride at 7 1/2 months pregnant 🙂

B) Absolutely, for family rides etc. or if we’re going somewhere using the bike for transport. I don’t tend to just ride for fun, and when I do it’s during my lunch break at work: in a galaxy far, far away.

C) I don’t think it matters, though I’d have been slightly disappointed had she not re-taken to two wheels at all when I rediscovered the joy of cycling.

a) She used to but fell off
a) She used to but fell off once too often and now enjoys running instead.

b) We used to go on rides together but she was always the slow one at the back. 😀

c) After 30 years of marriage there are more important things than sharing hobbies, or so I tell her when she asks me to come running with her.

a – occasionally, she
a – occasionally, she commutes by bike when working in town.

b – I do enjoy doing the odd bristol to bath and back with my better half. Its nice that she enjoys cycling too (though not to the obsessive extent that I do)

c – Not really, its nice that she has taken time to understand what Im not about when talking bike. She came to the tour in the summer and said it was great – all good!

Occasionally but purely for a
Occasionally but purely for a bit of fun. She does however follow the Racing season and knows the difference between groupsets. No fobbing her off on prices.

No thank you.

No there are so many other factors.