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I ride in to work pretty much every day, rain or shine, without incident.
This morning, however, I couldn't think straight. I felt slightly off-balance the whole ride, made contact with a parked car by brushing against it with my foot, almost lost traction on a wet wooden foot bridge, and when slowing down at a junction where I have to cross a major road, started to go all wobbly and had to catch myself.
Now, all of those things could happen to anyone on any day, but this morning, they definitely hit me because of the way I felt on my bike. Otherwise I feel fine.
Anyone else get like this ever? It's a bit disconcerting!
Yeah quite often. Sometimes wonder if I ever could ride a bike properly. Same with anything actually. Some days I seem to be distinctly less awesome. 🙂
Sounds familiar. I have the occasional on day, when none of this stuff happens.
Yep, happens to me quite regular. Just back off and live to ride another day 🙂
inner ear infection ?
Yeah, all the time, don't worry about it. You'll probably be fine for your ride home or for riding in tomorrow 🙂
Give yourself a break, have some nice food for lunch/brekkie and try and forget about it 🙂
I have "slow days" when I'm just not up for racing into work, heavy legs etc.
I rarely have an 'on' day. I'm like a drunk giraffe on a skateboard most of the time
yup, sometimes feels like I haven't ridden before
wobbling all over the place
Also sometimes feel full of energy before the start of a ride and really struggle when I actually start riding
Today was an OFF day...
Woke up early - thought I'd change to winter tyres...
Still faffing 20 mins later, with rest of family trying to get in kitchen for brekkie
Multi task fail - putting wheels on, making coffee, putting toast on
3, [b][u]3[/u][/b] sets of burnt toast - was there extra frikking leccy in the wires this am???? 2 mins, same as normal - each lot burnt.
Air blue with smoke
Air blue with curses
Family hacked off with my singlemindedness to get the bike together and ride to work
Glassess fall off try to pump tyres up, pump head continually detaching from valve.
Stress levels rising
Everything I touch falls over / breaks
Stair gate falls off stairs
30 mins late leaving house
Blue skies replaced by intense 20min shower
Rear brake not working - forgot to readjust cam after re-fitting rear wheel
Wheels feel out of balance - normal 60-70 kph descent is wet, slippy, busy with traffic due to being later and very scary
So yes, a very off day
rkk01 - dude, you sound like you need a hug 🙂
Hopefully the good karma will be out to play for the rise home 😀
Yes, but only when I step up to a double G&T with breakfast....
but seriously I have had days when it's been best to tone it down and go home.
yer we all have days like that some days at work can't manage the simplest of tasks other days can do same tasks on auto,as for riding had one of those days last Sunday legs felt like lead and didn't have any off's but came close when it happens always think to myself Karma means that some day will have a day where i ride like a god on 2 wheels mind you not happened yet!! live in hope 😀
rkk01; Oof, what a morning! I regularly have flappy episodes before getting out of the house regardless of riding.
I try and reduce the funk down to an off moment, not an off day. Once I get annoyed by misfortune I tend to make it worse; again this applies to bikes and more.
OP; you'd be a robot if you never had days like these.
I thought I was going to faint after the ride up to Transmission at Hamsterley a couple of Saturdays ago. Went all wobbly, almost fell over and had to sit on the floor with my head between my knees.
I'm absolutely positive it was nothing to do with the 7 pints of 5.8% Porter I'd had the night before at the pub.
I often have days when hills seem steeper and longer, bends seem tighter and sections that seem more technical… I put it down to incorrect tyre selection 😉
I rarely have an 'on' day. I'm like a drunk giraffe on a skateboard most of the time
Couldn't have put it better myself.
on one two hour ride once I managed to fall off 7 times, even on the most innocuous bits of trail.
The biggest was a 25mph slide along tarmac, over a kerb and into a nettle patch.
That was my biggest 'off day'
I'll bet everyone on here has days like OP, when everything you touch turns to crap. On one commuter last winter I came off 3 times on icy patches. Worst one was a 30 foot slide across a T junction...but then some mornings when its fresh and still and the sun is coming up it makes me glad i'm not cooped up in my van stressing over the traffic.