Working from home so I want to go for a ride. It is raining though. I still want to go for a ride across the New Forest on my fixie.

I know that if I do I will be on my own. In the cold and wet. Riding no where in particular for no real purpose. Make me wonder why I want to do it. I am not certain myself.

What makes you want to ride when 'sensible' people want to sit by the fire with a cup of tea or a beer?

At the moment, going somewhere new. 🙂

Where's new?

I would rather be out getting wet on my bike than in this office!

To answer your question, I don`t get chance to ride much due to doing up the house and a toddler to look after, so every hour on the bike is a bonus, rain or shine!

Sensible are boring and usually fat.
I am neither 😀

Where's new?

All the forum rides I keep going on. Qs was brilliant last weekend.
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The Q's are shite, it's the company that makes the ride more specialful.

I too am staring out of the window, contemplating getting wet and out of breath.

I might go for a tug in the shower.

Keeps me sane. I find riding bikes very calming. Even when battering it.

My main reason for riding is food. I need to eat food to go riding, and I can eat more once I come back.

I just need to adjust the food:riding ratio slightly. I.e. Less than 90:10.

Burp.

Dust, anyone? no? Dust

sunshine, dry dusty trails, and the lakes all make me want to ride. when the weathers crap, i still go out, and then enjoy lazing on the sofa/being warm/eating when i know i've earnt it, a sort of satisfaction of having gone out when hardly else one has been,

stress/life

On the bike I'm the one totally in control.

I havnt ridden a bike off-road in over 2 months now 🙁 Not much makes me want to get out….

This:

fun, endorphins, laughter, good company, scenery & the challenge :o)

soma-rich – Come out for a night ride with me tonight. I will be riding fixie, you can laugh. There is more to life than shagging your latest squeeze 😉

Cos even when its lashing down it usually brightens up! Did just over 3 hrs tonight bit of drizzle once or twice but mostly dry! ace ride too, mountains to the dunes…I love Wales 😆

Think it was Sean kelly who said you can never really tell how cold and wet it is until you ride in it for a while…by then you are wet any way so may as well stay out!

I like riding bikes, therefore I ride bikes.

Hmm. I was hoping for something more profound. But it fits

i ride because i love it, just riding down the road to the shops feels sweet

There's a sequence on "Seasons" that I always watch when I need reminding why…
CLICK & watch from 02m:45s onwards…

Mmmmm.

Why

– to have the average fitness of somebody 20 year younger than me
– to go to new places
– to have something to do in the evenings on week days when away from home
– the experience of group rides with 20+ puncture stops
– being able to approach wild deer without them bolting
– learning new skills in riding, route planning etc
– being able to eat and drink pretty much what/how much I want
– to make sure there is no free money left at the end of the month
– just getting away from the motor car focussed society we have become

Just like ramblers, hill walkers, runners, climbers and other outdoor recreation actives getting out, off road, on a bike is part of living with the natural environment.

Feeling well enough to ride.Most of this year has been a right off due to broken bones and post viral fatigue but now………………………..

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Being injured always makes me want to get out and ride, second set of broken ribs in 12 months for me and also had a shoulder decompression op earlier this year – so want to get back out on the bike 😥

votchy- snap right now I always want to get out most when I can't either due to time pressures or illness/injury. At least I dislocated my shoulder on the bike (literally seconds after telling myself to MTFU, oh well 🙂 )

Well it may not be when others don't want to – but cold autumn mornings, with the pure blue sky and freshness in the air, a mishmash of coloured leaves along the road (I've only been roadieing since Marchish I think).

This weekend though I will hopefully be getting out in the mud, now my reasons for wanting to, it's off season so it should be quiet, but mainly it's to go out for a ride with mates!

Mr @rsetony has pretty much summed it up…
Keeps you plugged-in to nature / outdoors, & distances you from a society hell-bent on easier, quicker, low quality stack-high sell cheap, more aggression, less consideration ethos.. ethes.. (what's the plural on that?)
😀

I just hate the dentist and it gives me something to think about when in the dentist chair!

Judging by issue 53 I am not alone 😉