Quote Originally Posted by Crankin View Post
I often have a free floating anxiety at the beginning of a ride, and once in awhile it lasts awhile. With me, it's more related to fear of the unknown, riding an unfamiliar route, a long or hard ride, etc. It happens when I am with someone or a group
I have this also. I take a homeopathic remedy the night before and the morning of a ride and it absolutely reduces my ride anxiety. It's like Valium without the drug haze.

My ride anxiety is not from riding clipless (been doing that for years), but from NYC riding - potholes, jerks in cars, on bicycles or on foot, going up and down the ramp on the GWB, as well as being anxious about my energy levels for the ride ahead.