Losing your mojo

have done barely anything this year bar commuting and touring.

that is hardly minimal. this whole site/FGSS cycling subculture is pretty much based around urban commuting or little jaunts around town for fun.

I think everyone gets it. It's usually a sign of it being the end of the season, or just burnout from overtraining.

Take a break from the bike- lie in, see your mates, spend time with your missus, work etc. Give it a couple of weeks of not riding/training and you'll be desperate to knock out some base miles.

There's no point in being fast at this time of year so ride slow, look around you and enjoy the scenery instead of chewing your bars - plenty of time for that when the corners aren't greasy.

Fwiw- I've been on rubinos for training through the last two winters, they are fine - go 25c and let some air out :)

After a few incidents this summer and thickheadedly learning certain aspects of myself and the bike need upgrading I've started commiting to a weekly bus pass.
I really hate buses.
I need new tights and subsequently I've put on weight and I just don't feel it anymore. Its a vicious circle! Its my birthday soon then chrimbo, new year. All of that. Don't wanna get pulled either ;)
Thinking smart ...

Wrongcog. I'm unemployed at the moment and despite best intentions, have also lost the mojo a bit. Without having to fit cycling in around work and make the most of my days off I've somehow gone the opposite direction and done nothing at all.
If you fancy some slowish miles then give me a shout, I need the motivation, unless it's raining because fuck rain.

that is hardly minimal. this whole site/FGSS cycling subculture is pretty much based around urban commuting or little jaunts around town for fun.

True, but I was doing 100-200 miles at weekends plus 50-75 mile afterworkers twice a week at one point. Feels a long, long time ago right now.

I fought hard to keep my mojo after breaking my elbow in a big crash last year. It seemed to take forever but eventually I felt confident again and was loving riding my bike. That lasted about two months and then this year I first had a big crash and got neurapraxia and tore the ligaments in my hand, then secondly got hit by a bus. My hand still isn't totally better (I don't know if it will ever be 100% again) and I freak out in traffic, particularly around buses. I still commute by bike and there are occasional moments where I think "this is great, whoooossssh" but more often I'm thinking "I'm going to die, I'm going to die in the world's slowest crash, this is shit, I am rubbish".

I'm going to stick at it. I've bounced back from worse. But I miss the old me.

Hats I feel that. Of course my injuries are minor compared to yours. I have the sort of dings you get when you trash your BMX when you're 10. You really seem to land a lot harder when your age and your speed are in the thirties though! I was so jumpy on my way back home yesterday and as I said - I'm convinced I crashed yesterday due to a lack of confidence. It's a shame. I've never been very good at balancing things out. A healthy attitude to cycling in and around my work and life would be great but it seems I'm either obsessed or just out of love.

Sumo - slow 'freelance miles' FTW. I'll give you a shout once my hip starts bending again.

I've noticed something else. I'm not visiting the 'Report Dangerous Drivers', 'Calling Out Bad Cyclists' or 'Rider Down' threads much either. Just do not want. It all gives me the heebies.

I've been out for a year or so. Plenty of time for riding around work at the moment. I fill it with rampant biscuit consumption.
I have a lot more time to do nothing these days and I quite enjoy it. Still hanging around here, though, but as above, less on the ridey threads.

^^^might be time to try and revive funemployment Fridays :/

I've been running since ROTFL, a) it's less miserable than riding in the cold and b) I've only got a track bike or a cross bike to ride, neither of which appeal for 70 miles on a Sunday

I lost my mojo today.

Drove out to a nice spot in the lakes to do a loop through Coniston, Wrnynose and Hardknott passes and then over Corny Fell and back to Broughton.

It started raining on the drive and within about 10 metres of setting off, I got a double puncture.

I then threw a tantrum and drove home.

Buy a new bike :)

I mix it up too, maybe take the bus one day a week when I've had too many near misses. Having a small group of pals to go out with on a weekend will help restore your mojo. Good luck.

I'd love a new bike. Can't afford to maintain my current two at the mo. My work is eating all my funds. Spending more than I'm earning.

best time to sell old bikes and make new ones!

I've definitely been a bit less motivated over the latter part of this year. I started out with a couple of boxes to tick, I ticked them with time to spare, then I ran out of enthusiasm and bought a house. Cycling's since given way to learning how to plaster and buying saws.

At the minute I cycle a wee bit around Essex, and that's about it. I've no specific cycling agenda, it's just nice to get outside and people on telly say that it's good to exercise.

I dunno about next year. I might try some more hill walking.

I Haz spares

I didn't read the whole thread (who's got time for that?), but what I did has actually spoken to me. I'm barely riding right now (partially because I've moved somewhere that makes walking to work a healthier and more entertaining decision, and partially because I can't be bothered to turn my main bike into winter-bike mode). It's good to hear it's common. I'm usually the dick who moans at people because they won't go further than their own borough ("What, don't you like riding your bike?").

And now that's me...
#irony

I may have found my mojo today but I seem to have cashed in all my karma for it.

I get like this too, either a polarised lethargy drapes over me, or I'm like zebedee on Espresso. A lot of it for me stems from the peaks and troughs of work - With a Seasonal calendar there are times when work is crazy busy and the brain does'nt get to switch off at all and I seem to ride further,father, faster - Then when the slump hits at points in the season, I seem to slump too. It's odd, I had similar when I was Racing and climbing, if the brain was busy I handled either racing or Climbing with a focus I was previously not aware I had - Then in the slump I left the bike and just climbed as it was more mellow and generally more time consuming and the brain unwound with it.
I realise that's all full of contradiction, but it's how things affect me I think. And lately, miles have been slow and pretty lazy to be fair. I sense a peak coming (crosses fingers, senses the winds, closes eyes and hopes for the best!)

I've only done a couple of short runs (as in actual running!) and a handful of short turbo bits over the last 12 days. Yeah fitness will suffer but I'm not too fussed.

I've fitted a huge cassette, 'guards and 28mm tyres and fixed my light. I'll be ready to get back into things again by Tuesday*

*cue unforeseen blizzards

In other news Rubinos can fuck off in winter on greasy corners and my Elbow is not a pretty sight.

At risk of sounding like scoble... fit bigger ones at lower pressure. My winters involve night riding on dicy back lanes the difference to safety, control and fatigue that a bit of extra cush gives is mega.

How does it affect fatigue? I'd have thought it would make rolling a tad sludgier?