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No. Strange question and even stranger place to ask it.
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These things (not just about bikes) come and go for me too. It seems normal, and as you hint, a bit sad to know that something once gave you a lot of pleasure but no longer lights up anything in you.
I think it has a melancholy in it because it's like seeing something that was important in your childhood, and remembering the feeling but no longer having it, and that's a recognition that part of your life has gone and won't come back.
I also think that the past 18 months have washed the light and enthusiasm out of many people for many things. For me, I'm hoping that some of those will come back when this all passes.
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I go cycling everyday, but just don't seem to be that bothered about building bikes, looking at bikes online or even watching content on them?
You don't say how you feel about the actual cycling part. Still enjoying that?
When I was younger and had more time I was always happy having multiple projects on the go, things to tinker with.
But these days I really can't be bothered with most of that - I've other things to do, other things I'm happy to do. Plus having too many unfinished projects about stresses me out needlessly. If the bike-tinkering was filling a hole then I guess I've found other things there.
But the bike riding if anything is better - less fretting about bike stuff, just riding what I've got.
The frame collection has halved (still up in double digits but improving(?) ! ). I've even considered letting a bike shop do stuff for me these days now that I'm more time-poor rather than money-poor.
I'd be more worried if I was losing interest in cycling but for that I've found mixing it up helps. For a little while I was following roadies around, getting faster, people talked about 'training' and stuff and it was getting a little... dull.
I've rekindled enthusiasm by stepping away and back to my cycling roots a little - I'm out there just exploring, getting lost, visiting places I'm curious about. Taking it less seriously and doing a lot of that off-road (gravel bike, MTB).
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To me it sounds like you've actually reached a desirable state. Still riding bikes every day but not hung up on the 'gear'. Yes it might feel slightly unsettling to observe this shift in yourself, but as others have hinted here I would take it as a positive.
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Did u sell it to H. FORD by chance? 😊
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What have you fallen out of love with? Buying bike parts? Collecting metal Italian stuff?
What you're describing is not cycling.
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Kinda feel like I have.
I go cycling everyday, but just don't seem to be that bothered about building bikes, looking at bikes online or even watching content on them?
I have a Colnago that has been my baby since the day I got it, I've always wanted one, and I walked past the frame (which I've done nothing with) in over a year, and even considered selling it. I was always so enthusiastic about finding the parts I wanted, scouring eBay, writing down exactly what I wanted to build next and just enjoying the whole process. I've left that bike in bits in the garage for a good few years now.
Kinda worries me a little as I'm happy in my life, but literally have no interest in the bikes anymore. I've had times where I've lost interest for a few months, but it has probably been 2(ish) years now?
Anyone similar?