Originally Posted by
bblair
Sometimes you just have to change things up.
Ride with the "slow group." Probably not as slow as you think, and way more fun than beating your brains out on the Tuesday Night World Championships. Friendlier people too.
Ride to a destination and have a nice meal. Easier pre-Covid.
Short rides. 25 or 30 miles is enough sometimes. Every ride doesn't need to be an epic adventure. Stop and take pictures. Read those roadside historical markers.
Ride the bike path. My wife likes to ride our tandem for an hour to get coffee. Watch the world go by and leisurely ride back.
Or switch to something else for a while, like hiking. Great exercise, still outdoors and you burn enough calories to drink a beer.
I remembered another one while riding today. Ride your old bike! I have a few bikes from the 70's, cool at the time, but not as sophisticated as modern stuff. Still, fun to ride the old bikes, fiddle with indexed shifting and Brooks seats. Then my newer bike feels like a rocket ship.