Do you have a 'Mantra' while on your bike?

[Urlea]

"Push the fatigue out with every pedal". and "Spin, spin, spin"

[Lakerider]

I love coasting down a hill with the wind in my face. Up hill - not so much fun, but I remind myself
It's going up the hills that make me stronger!

[HappyTexasMom]

Hehe...this thread helped me this morning when I fell at my first stoplight (which is like, 2 minutes into my ride). First time that's ever happened...I just had a misfire on the brakes and stopped before I had both feet out of the clips. I wasn't seriously injured, but I did scrape my knee. More than anything I was embarrassed (because I did it in front of a huge line of cars). I wanted to just ride off in the other direction (i.e., back home) and get away. Then I started off and the wind stung my knee. But I just told myself "Suck it up, Princess" and "Harden the F*** Up" which made me laugh, and then I was fine.

[Lakerider]

How about a mantra when you're not riding your bike. When I find myself doing something that is wasting my time, like standing in the check out line or being put on hold when I make a phone call I can't help but think,
I could be riding my bike instead of doing this!

[Kelly728]

HTFU (as in Harden The F*** Up) and I wear one of those little rubber wristbands with this on it when I race. Sometimes I look at the wristband and say it to myself up really big hills.

I need that!

I tend to attack myself..things like HTFU, Suck it up, You suck, etc. Quite effective and motivating.

[Reesha]

When I'm feeling a 'bikers high' it's usually:

"Allez! Allez! Allez!"

I've even said it out loud!

When I'm struggling it's a fairly simple:

"Do it!" Over and over again in my head.

Yeah, not real interesting, but it does the trick! My favorite is the joyful "Allez!" exclamations though. Just reminds me how much I love being on my bike.

[Jiffer]

Just recently, when I'm the first one taking off with a group, I've been saying, "Catch me if you can!" Sometimes we are about to climb and there's no doubt whatsoever that I will be caught and passed immediately. But on a downhill, watch out!

Near the end of a 72 mile ride, after having done 74 the previous day, and now at the end it seemed there was hill after hill after hill, I finally started yelling out, "I LOVE hills! Hills are my FAVORITE! Bring on the hills!" It started out as a goofy thing to say for no good reason, but I decided it really did mentally help!

[Lakerider]

I just finished riding in misty rain. I could have quit and gone back home, but I kept telling myself, "I won't melt!". Actually it felt great! I love to ride in a misty rain, especially on a hot day. I've gotten just as wet on hot days from sweat!

[Loraura]

Mine is: "It's only temporary pain!"

I have also gone mad-silly declaring loudly my love for hills on a long ride that seemed to end straight up hill the last 10 miles. It actually worked for me, too.

[redrhodie]

My mantra is "pedal soft".