Many of the above, upgraditus a fair bit recently
Having ridden ‘properly’ for ~5 years I thought uphills might have become easier by now. They seems just as painful, admitedly I might be spinning a lot more in SPDs and a gear or two higher but ..
Cycling not doing anything about my michelin man tyre
Not really being upto singlespeeding
Riding solo, too often recently
Not knowing anybody with offroad lights
Riding with my brother for more than a day or two at a time – the level of incessant faffing gets to me
Other riding mates who at the merest hint of a cold, a chance of rain or temperatures less than ~10degC aren’t interested at all
The winter bogginess of many ROWs
My job having loads of overtime when the weather is good for going biking
Wanting to find/ride new (to me) trails all too often
Snow, when its deep enough that its just in the way
Ice, and all too often on the best bits .. I give them a good go, but my falling reactions are getting slower
Breaking things