Maybe it's the geek in me, but I find bike data quite motivational when riding on my own... Can I get to a set mileage this week? How fast can I do the same trips? etc Sure it's more fun to ride with other people, but I can still enjoy being out and about because it's helping me to meet my (fairly randomly assigned!) goals.
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05-28-2009, 10:09 AM #1
Loves the turbo!
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05-28-2009, 10:36 AM #2
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You should join Plus3Network! They're always running challenges that keep me motivated - I even get motivated to not only complete their challenges, but to be one of the first to finish!
Originally Posted by woohoo
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05-28-2009, 01:28 PM #3
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Interesting thread!
I enjoy riding alone, because I like to be able to go at my own pace, stop when I want to stop, that sort of thing.
I think my enjoyment of riding solo originated in part from the fact that so many of my riding friends are such super-strong riders ( heh, you know who you are
). I would often feel so bad holding them up, making them wait for me at the top of climbs, that sort of thing.
Now, I want to make it perfectly clear that said friends are all super-cool and have never EVER given me any reason to stress out over my sluggitude. This guilt trip was entirely self-inflicted (as guilt trips can often be
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But, that said, at times it was actually a relief for me to go out on a ride by myself and not have to feel guilty about holding others up.
(And one of the many reasons why I had joined the TNT Death Ride team was to become a stronger rider and eliminate that particular little guilt trip. The joke's on me, I guess!
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