I thought I would give up cycling . . so I haven't been around

[lph]

Haha, since most of my rides are commutes my list is more like: stuff bike into shed, try to remember to recharge front light, pet cat, go pee, fetch wood, build fire, consider dinner, play with cat, shovel snow for cat, start some laundry, make dinner, feed cat. Sometimes I make it all the way to bedtime before getting out of my bike gear.

[shootingstar]

Great you enjoyed your ride, kajero!

I gave up on technology stats. over a decade ago. First few years were a great motivator for cadence, ride mileage and wrote it down in a journal.
Then I just gave it up one day. I do have a rough idea of total mileage for a ride since locally I do a lot of routes that I rely heavily or can piece together. Then my partner gives me the out of town trip mileage that we do.

[Velocivixen]

I'm a recreational rider and I used to have a wireless device on my bike. I was always checking my time, distance, etc. Then I acquired other bikes and didn't want to have to move the device between bikes. Finally I removed it and I now don't pay attention to metrics. I suppose if I was trying to improve my cadence, etc. it would be helpful. For me, though, I just ride.