One other pro for those of us on furlough, we were all effectively pro-cyclists every time we went out on two wheels. A personal life goal achieved. 🙂
Happy New Year.
CONS,
I am not designed to look after a 5 year old in lock down whilst the Mrs WFH.
suffering raynauds for the 3rd winter and it’s escalating.
Lacking motivation and pretending I’m not suffering depression.
I just don’t have the energy to ride as much due to 5 year old minimon.
PROS,
Minimon can now ride a bike.
I’ve been diagnosed with raynauds and now I understand it I’ve bought stuff to tackle it.
I know that lacking motivation and depression are not constant and I know I will have good days and bad.
I’ve saved enough money in lockdown to clear silly debts and taken on more (bike related) debts before brexit prices kick in.
STATS.
Gravel bike 1743m
Hard tail 658m
Elevation 109,989ft
RIDES 124
TIME 218hrs
Been using strava for less than 18mnths and it’s a good motivational tool for me, not arsed about KOMs.
Cons
picking up some sort of chest infection back in March, that sucked.
Pros
No commute, I suspect I’d feel different about that if the cycle options where short, but as it’s fairly lengthy you just stick to the quickest option and it got stale. Now I just use the time to ride whatever I feel like riding and that at least has been brilliant. I’ve also managed a little over 110 hours more activity time than any of the previous 3 years.
Weve also paid off a large chunk of the mortgage saving a considerable amount of interest, reducing the monthly payments and shortening the term. Should be clear in less than 5 years.
Stats (inc bike/run/rowing/swimming/Pilates)
417 activities (I’ve missed a bunch of Pilates from this but nevermind)
5877km*
100,200m ascent*
444hrs
*some if this is Zwift. From my perspective what counts is duration and effort and both are well up on any recent year. Distance is a bit rubbish when you’re including things as far apart as Zwift and Swimming.
I think I’m probably at my fittest since 2013
Cons
No weekends away riding.
Nothing particularly epic. Biggest elevation in a single ride 3,600ft.
Pros
2 out of 2 boys now pedalling, so first proper family bike rides this year.
Fourth year living in the Quantocks, love it even more than I did.
Enjoyed stringing together a really nice gravel route during first lockdown.
Amazing bivvy which will live long in the memory.
Stats
Hit my 200 hour riding target.
Rides: 141
Distance: 2197 (all mtb or gravel)
Time: 203 hours
Elevation: 215,000 feet
2021
Turn 40 in May so want to mark milestone with something suitable but obvs tricky to plan anything at the moment. Get up a mountain again with my bike somewhere is the main aim.
Hit 200 hours on the bike again.
Stick a few quid away every month to actually maintain my bikes properly!
Im late to this thread, but I like the idea
Cons
-Total lack of face to face social interaction for weeks on end
-No riding in mountains, or indeed anywhere more than 50-ish miles from home
-Breaking collarbone early December
Pros
-I've explored random lines spotted on OS map and discovered entire new routes
-WFH has given me more opportunity to ride in evenings, and even some quick lunchtime blasts
-That Mobile Pub van on the Ridgeway, on that particular day, in that weather
-Breaking collarbone in December rather than earlier in year!
Not overly fussed about Stats either, sometimes grab bike and go without using any GPS, and ultimately the years been an anomoly
