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Don’t know if I’ve typed something odd, but just to clarify I no longer have a bike (sold it) and would never consider spending more than £1.5k maximum
I think some of our more enthusiastic put-down merchants have conflated you with another thread contributor here.
If not there might be an Asgard bike shed on the classifieds soon
How much to post to Mcr?
How much to post to Mcr?
Lol - I need a couple of weeks as the bike bug may return! If not I’ll let you know.
In your situation I'd go for a posh(ish) hardtail, secondhand. Definitely doable under £1k.
Great for that local trail centre, but not awful to ride on those canal paths etc on your own or with a trailer or weeride thingy if you just want to get out in the fresh air, and good if you want to go out and thrash yourself for an hour to work out some frustration. Won't really hugely drop in value or "go out of date" for a few years now the head angle and wheel size things have stabilised.
If I didn’t have a bike I think I would be in a bad way. And really heavy.
All I do these days is ride local woods ,towpaths, b ways & cheek from home or work. I’m lucky ,I get a few 2/3 hours a week &do it on a cross bike the most.
Try that or a lovely light weight hardtail maybe.
My son often asks me why I go on my bike, I tell him riding bikes makes me happy. Today we did a lap of Trent park, some trail clearing , climbed trees , had a picnic & a packet of sport mix!
He told me riding bikes made him happy.
I got dust in my eye.
Anyhow, just saying....
Or there’s always more Netflix. 😊
Yep - to echo the above, you'll find you have a bit more time to ride before you know it. For several years the most mileage I got was on a Brompton, and I went down from four or five bikes to a single 29er hardtail that I used for everything offroad, including some vaguely sizable Lakes, Brecon Beacons and BPW stuff. I built it up on the cheap (I think less than a grand all in, including brand new Rebas and a new Hope wheelset) and it was a joy to ride. I have a bit more dosh and time now, and I'm as glad I kept the biking up as I am sad that I let keelboat racing fall by the wayside. But that's another story, and there's an Optimist Dinghy in the garage waiting for the Udderlets. Don't let cycling go because it looks a bit bleak right now - keep yer hand in on a cheap bike and rediscover how much fun it can be just to ride a bike.
OP - Is part of the problem also that once you have been off the bike a while, getting back on seems like a bit of an effort? If so, i get like that a fair bit. If ive been off the bike for a few weeks (been busy or been ill or crap weather) then i find i become quite apathetic to the idea of riding.
Takes a few short spins to get me motivated again.
Thinking on it that could be one of the issues. Especially going out for a proper ride. I’ll give it a couple of weeks and see how I feel. Maybe buy a cheap hack.
I have 2 young children, 4 and 11 months. When the youngest was born last summer I found it hard to get out on the bike and after a couple of months without much riding it was hard to get motivated again. I set myself a challenge in January to do the South Downs way in a day in July. This has kept me going all year. My commute is only 2.5 miles but I leave early and get around 25-30 miles in 2 or 3 times a week and then get up early on 1 day of the weekend and do a longer ride. This way I don't lose out on family time but I still make time for myself and without it, I would be miserable and fat, especially with a stressful job too. My bike is even coming on our family holiday so I can carry on training. Again I'll be out and back before breakfast with the family.