Losing your mojo

Wikipedia, "Adverse Effects: Suicide"

Erm. Out.

I'm tired of a lot of things. I'm tired of being a target on the roads, tired of breaking bike parts, tired of training, tired of getting soaked, tired of cleaning bikes, tired of thinking about training, tired of planning training, tired of thinking about races, tired of potholes, tired of basically everything to do with riding a bike. I've had three days on the Tube, reading The Dervish House and yeah it's a bit sucky but no one has nearly put me in hospital, my arse isn't sore, my arms aren't bruised, I'm not so tired I can barely wake up in the morning. So, now drinking myself to sleep and using public transport are my thing until that breaks me and then I hope I can get back to some kind of cycling rejuvination.

Meh. You've chosen possibly the most extreme form of training and riding. Of course it's going to suck.

Follow Scoble's lead, buy a 650b tourer, head to Italy, ride the strade bianche, eat all the cheap delicious food, drink all the tasty inexpensive wine, enjoy life, enjoy fleeing along dusty deserted roads in some of the most beautiful scenery around, in a culture that doesn't have an ingrained hatred for people riding bikes.

(then come back to the UK and hate it even more)

Have you considered bike polo?

I can do the drinking without the bike. Much easier.

I'm just starting to get my cycling mojo back after PBP 2011.

In 2009 alone I did 5,000km of Audaxes. Since PBP 2011 I've successfully completed 300km of Audaxes.

hippy, your posts lately are making me feel sad. I understand approximately 10% of what you are experiencing and even that 10% is incredibly depressing so god help you with the other 90%. I hope everything stops being shite and you feel better about it all soon, and that in the meantime you take the opportunity to be the biggest bastard on public transport that you possibly can be. Fart in people's faces, sit half on other people's seats, push people over while getting off tubes while eating something greasy that smells bad, etc.

Dont forget to HTFU

Nice idea. Time to plan the move to Majorca maybe?

I'll 'maintain your drivetrain' (euph) if I can live in your Majorcan garage.

Seriously though. You ride more in one day than most cunts do in a month, whilst trying to lead a normal (aussie normal definitions apply) Fosters swilling lifestyle, not to mention seducing and buggering a regular supply of midgets.

Shit gonna get tiring. Things gonna break. Midgets gonna prolapse.

#midgetprolapse

^ lets keep that one bubbling.

Achondroplasiarectoprolapsophobia

Oh mojo.

Losing my s#it with my long standing limitations on the bike and this third-week cold. AAAGGG.

I didn't ride fixed last winter, which might be related. This year I've been seriously lacking 'force', the kind of kick to get you through ramps or gaps up to 90 seconds. Everything above that I'm there, or thereabouts. I just got dropped really early in a training ride on a pitiful little climb. I was hardly breathing but go to wind it up an push and ... pain ... wobble ... no ... help ... out the back ... #midgetprolapse

It's too late to 'mend' this summer. I think I'm just going to sack it all off and do some entirely different cycling.

I can heartily recommend mud therapy.

Amen.

I think I have everything (minus a BB) to build a hokey SSCX thing.

Excellent. The more hokey the better!

Mmm. Drinking out of those bottles must be like having Veronica Moser invite you round for a glass of 'bubbly'

Bottles on a CX bike is doing it wrong.

I think riding fixed and/or more in early season seems to make a huge difference to how good your season is.

I had a bad chest infection that went on for months well into the start of the year, so I didn't start riding regularly until April and even then it wasn't that much.

I tried to catch up later but by then it was too late really. I know that feeling well: I've managed a 300 audax and some proper hilly rides recently in the Alps but never really managed to have any spare energy and could be dropped easily by riders who did more earlier.

Now I've broken my elbow so this year's a right off anyway but next year I plan to try and keep myself well through winter then start early with regular fixed rides. Probably do some early season audaxes so I have to commit to riding/give myself some structure.

I got into full flow by the start of Feb this year and got the miles in ok. A month earlier would have been better. No fixed (or weights) though. Things will be a bit different in 2015 and I think with a decent base re-up in june or something.

April is peak for me.

Cheers. I'm back on the bike now terrorising the Hipster Spice Route again. I'm working on a comeback.. Rocky XXIV..

Cheers. You stay out of my beer fridge and missus and we have a deal. Bye Bye London! ;)

I'm back on the bike and the riding doesn't suck too much at the moment. Working on bikes does still fucking suck though. Forgot to buy rim tape (not a euph) so used another PT wheel after cleaning a cassette for it and setting it all up.. no fucking power. sigh. So I went and bought a pizza and beer instead of riding the turbo. :)

Oh..

#midgetprolapse