View Poll Results: Are You Obsessed with Cycling?
I think about it daily and need to ride as often as possible
32
59.26%
I try to get in a few rides, but don’t think about it daily
6
11.11%
I cycle for recreation and fit it in when I can
6
11.11%
My identity and life is pretty well surrounds cycling
10
18.52%
Cycling is only one of many things I do, so no
7
12.96%
It’s only a hobby, I have a life.
4
7.41%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 54. You may not vote on this poll
Are You Obsessed with Cycling?
05-17-21, 08:19 PM
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Are You Obsessed with Cycling?
Since this is a cycling forum, the obvious answer might be, “Well duh”
But I am talking about thinking about your next ride, or trainer session, almost every day. Do you arrange your schedule, appointments, events so you can ride?
add 1 and 4 together to get a better picture of the fanatics.
But I am talking about thinking about your next ride, or trainer session, almost every day. Do you arrange your schedule, appointments, events so you can ride?
add 1 and 4 together to get a better picture of the fanatics.
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05-17-21, 08:23 PM
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only when I'm thinking about bicycle stuff. Otherwise, I'm planning my next ride.
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05-17-21, 08:29 PM
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No... Not obsessed, but as I get older there are fewer things that I am capable of doing.
RATS: No longer caving, hiking, running, hunting, jumping, climbing, and just barely fishing, and riding my bicycle... Its just pitiful...
Oh... I can still push the cart when we go for groceries...
RATS: No longer caving, hiking, running, hunting, jumping, climbing, and just barely fishing, and riding my bicycle... Its just pitiful...
Oh... I can still push the cart when we go for groceries...
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05-17-21, 08:35 PM
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I enjoy cycling but i am not obsessed with it...and no I don't do indoor trainers, I only ride outdoors.
05-17-21, 08:53 PM
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I'm personally more interested in the gear/engineering/biomechanics of cycling than actually riding. I'm totally obsessed but you wouldn't know it looking at my strava
05-17-21, 08:59 PM
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05-17-21, 10:35 PM
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I don't think being committed to cycling and "having a life" are mutually exclusive. There are plenty of hours in a day; I just try to spend a few of them on my bike.
05-17-21, 10:45 PM
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Type 2 Diabetic. Ride to help Keep my Blood Sugar in Control.
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05-17-21, 11:02 PM
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While out riding today, I came up with this poll. That should tell you something. In my 30s I was totally into cycling. Belonged to a club, most of my friends were cyclists and attended parties and weddings of my pals. This continued to mid-40s with group rides every weekend, attending every local cycling event, and collecting stacks of numbers from fun rides of centuries and doubles. Even got into all day endurance rides with major climbing until a sudden life change and all of it stopped.
Got into sports cars, restoration, drives and clubs with the same fervor of cycling. Did that for 20 years. Even though I was getting ok at single track mtn biking, I was putting on weight and never felt fit, like the old days.
Then COVID hit and I had to look at activities I could do by myself outdoors while not passing heavy breathing hikers on narrow trails, which were all overrun. So I bought a Bianchi and hit the streets. The old spark was rekindled and with Strava, instead of my old cycling mates, I compete against myself as well as against segment winners. It keeps me motivated and pushing myself to achieve. So now I am in again with both feet and planning my rides, rest days, days to push distance and days to go for PRs. Have actually met some great people while out riding and they are on Strava too, so we stay in touch.
So I plead guilty to being obsessed... again. But this time, instead of eating cheeseburgers with my car buddies, I am getting my cardio into shape and looking forward to the days I can actually crush some climbs.
Got into sports cars, restoration, drives and clubs with the same fervor of cycling. Did that for 20 years. Even though I was getting ok at single track mtn biking, I was putting on weight and never felt fit, like the old days.
Then COVID hit and I had to look at activities I could do by myself outdoors while not passing heavy breathing hikers on narrow trails, which were all overrun. So I bought a Bianchi and hit the streets. The old spark was rekindled and with Strava, instead of my old cycling mates, I compete against myself as well as against segment winners. It keeps me motivated and pushing myself to achieve. So now I am in again with both feet and planning my rides, rest days, days to push distance and days to go for PRs. Have actually met some great people while out riding and they are on Strava too, so we stay in touch.
So I plead guilty to being obsessed... again. But this time, instead of eating cheeseburgers with my car buddies, I am getting my cardio into shape and looking forward to the days I can actually crush some climbs.
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05-18-21, 02:23 AM
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I do have a bit of an obsession with biking and bikes. I love riding, I really like looking at bike stuff, sometimes I really like working on them. I love when a project is finished and it comes out as I had envisioned. Again, I love riding bikes!
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05-18-21, 04:30 AM
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AAA person here. Anything, Anytime, Anywhere. I'll try it at least once. As I get older, some activities are fading away and endurance sports are being focused upon.
05-18-21, 05:15 AM
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Obsessed is the wrong word. The OP should have had a better choice of words.
Almost everyone on this forum cycles, and almost nobody is obsessed.
Almost everyone on this forum cycles, and almost nobody is obsessed.
05-18-21, 07:05 AM
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Obsessed??? There's a reason they call me PSYCHO
Last night began 9:32pm >>>
---- https://www.strava.com/activities/5316128702
Saturday's ride >>>
---- https://www.strava.com/activities/5301297909
March 27 another Full Moon Ride
---- https://www.strava.com/activities/5025255984
Last night began 9:32pm >>>
---- https://www.strava.com/activities/5316128702
Saturday's ride >>>
---- https://www.strava.com/activities/5301297909
March 27 another Full Moon Ride
---- https://www.strava.com/activities/5025255984
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I've figured out over the last year that cycling is no longer optional for me. If I have more than two days without cycling, the black dog descends on me. Nothing else is as effective and reliable. I am a different person when I cycle almost every day.
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I’d say I’m happy with cycling. Friends, family, people at the gym all say I’m crazy for riding a bicycle as an adult. Those who know how many bikes I have and what some of them cost think I’m clinically crazy.
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