Do you ever get lazy?

B.B. said:

I got really, really lazy. I think it was because I was sick for a
while, then the weather was terrible, then I was just too busy.
Today's a perfect day to go out, I have nothing else to do, need the
exercise, and I still don't feel much like going.
That ever happen to anyone else here? What do you do to get
yourself remotivated?

Just get on the bike and go for a ride. The motivation will come.

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Quoted message said:

I got really, really lazy. I think it was because I was sick for a
while, then the weather was terrible, then I was just too busy.
Today's a perfect day to go out, I have nothing else to do, need the
exercise, and I still don't feel much like going.
That ever happen to anyone else here? What do you do to get
yourself remotivated?

Suffering from overtraining? What have you been up to over the past few
months?

--
Mark (MSA)
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Remember, half the people you know are below average

B.B. said:

I got really, really lazy. I think it was because I was sick for a
while, then the weather was terrible, then I was just too busy.
Today's a perfect day to go out, I have nothing else to do, need the
exercise, and I still don't feel much like going.
That ever happen to anyone else here? What do you do to get
yourself remotivated?

Just recovering from surgery myself. Doc has (well . . . /had/. I didn't
/entirely/ listen to him) me off the bike for a month.

My sure-fire cure? Clean your bike . . . thoroughly. Take maybe an hour or
more and do a really fine job. Tweak the der's, lube the cables and the
chain, dry the whole thing. Heck, wax the frame if you want to.

Five'll getcha ten that the only thing you'll be thinking about is how sweet
it will be to ride it the minute you're done.

Best,

Neil

Neil Brooks said:

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My sure-fire cure? Clean your bike . . . thoroughly. Take maybe an
hour or more and do a really fine job. Tweak the der's, lube the
cables and the chain, dry the whole thing. Heck, wax the frame if
you want to.

Five'll getcha ten that the only thing you'll be thinking about is
how sweet it will be to ride it the minute you're done.

Best,

Neil

Very good! You nailed it.

Okay, so now try this for a case of laziness. I work at a LBS and
tweak and grease bikes all damn day. After eight hours of (usually
quite appallingly maintained) bikes, the very last thing I want to do
is get on my own bike. Especially in the current weather when I'd have
to spend longer cleaning the bike than riding it.

Any other rbt'ers in the same situation? How do you maintain
enthusiasm over bikes when you're stuck with them nearly 24/7?
cheers
marvin, feeling distinctly stressed due to Xmas runup

Marvin said:

Okay, so now try this for a case of laziness. I work at a LBS and
tweak and grease bikes all damn day. After eight hours of (usually
quite appallingly maintained) bikes, the very last thing I want to do
is get on my own bike. Especially in the current weather when I'd
have to spend longer cleaning the bike than riding it.

Any other rbt'ers in the same situation? How do you maintain
enthusiasm over bikes when you're stuck with them nearly 24/7?
cheers
marvin, feeling distinctly stressed due to Xmas runup

You've definitely just defined the upper limit for what cleaning and lubing
will do as a motivator to ride. Who'd-a thought?

Busman's Holiday? http://snipurl.com/binv

Let me turn the question around: have /you/ found anything that works . . .
even slightly??

Go to the local market and get one of those blood pressure tests. Works
great, believe me.

- -

"May you have the wind at your back.
And a really low gear for the hills!"

Chris Zacho ~ "Your Friendly Neighborhood Wheelman"

Chris'Z Corner
http://www.geocities.com/czcorner

B.B. said:

I got really, really lazy. I think it was because I was sick for a
while, then the weather was terrible, then I was just too busy.
Today's a perfect day to go out, I have nothing else to do, need the
exercise, and I still don't feel much like going.
That ever happen to anyone else here? What do you do to get
yourself remotivated?

Hunger is a great motivator. If I want to eat, I have to go to the store (on my
bike).

Actually there's pretty good bus service, but the bike runs on *my* schedule.

Matt O.

My middle name is Lazy. Putting on my shoes and stepping outside is the
cure.

--
"Bicycling is a healthy and manly pursuit with much
to recommend it, and, unlike other foolish crazes,
it has not died out." -- The Daily Telegraph (1877)

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B.B. said:

I got really, really lazy. I think it was because I was sick for a
while, then the weather was terrible, then I was just too busy. Today's
a perfect day to go out, I have nothing else to do, need the exercise,
and I still don't feel much like going.
That ever happen to anyone else here? What do you do to get yourself
remotivated?

I think about my coronary arteries clogging up and away I go.

Tom Gibb <[email hidden]>

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Quoted message said:

That ever happen to anyone else here? What do you do to get yourself
remotivated?

Yes.

My rule of thumb is that unless I know that I have an infection; I just suck it
up and go. If I have a cold, the flu, or anything else I do not go - having
messed myself up royally each of the three times in my life that I violated that
rule.

Seems like 98% of the time I feel much better within the first 20 minutes.

The few times I feel worse, I immediately turn around, go home, and open up a
good book. It usually means I'm coming down with something.
--
PeteCresswell

RE/

Quoted message said:

Any other rbt'ers in the same situation? How do you maintain
enthusiasm over bikes when you're stuck with them nearly 24/7?

Is it even possible? Long time ago I bought a HobieCat from a guy who had quit
his job as an electronics engineer to start a Hobie dealership with his wife.

I said to him: "Gee, this must be great - doing what you love so much all the
time."

His reply: "Nope. Used to be my hobby, now it's my job."
--
PeteCresswell

RE/

Quoted message said:

I just suck it
up and go.

That was something of a mis-statement.

The essential point is that if you do this enough times, no 'sucking it up' is
required - deep inside, from experience, you know and believe the 98% part and
it's not so hard to just sort of put your decision-making apparatus in neutral,
shuffle down to the bike, get on, and ride off...
--
PeteCresswell

maybe lazy isn't the word.

a while back i woke up one morning and didn't feel like riding. in the
past i would have forced myself to go anyway.

it's been 4 months since i've ridden a good hard ride. every ride has
been to the corner store or downtown (not much effort since it's all
pavement)...and ya know what? i don't miss it.

i value my love for cycling more than cycling itself....and forcing
myself to do something, as if it were my JOB, is a great way for me to
lose interest.

but, i did recently take up R/C cars and, MAN, is it fun! the
technical aspects of this hobby are equal to those of cycling.

There's no motivational substitute for selling the car and buying a
really gorgeous bike with the proceeds.
Regards,

Suzy (car free since 1996)

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B.B. said:

I got really, really lazy. I think it was because I was sick for a
while, then the weather was terrible, then I was just too busy.
Today's a perfect day to go out, I have nothing else to do, need the
exercise, and I still don't feel much like going.
That ever happen to anyone else here? What do you do to get
yourself remotivated?

Quoted message said:

Just get on the bike and go for a ride. The motivation will come.

There's a science fiction book I recently re-read, which is ostensibly about
other things, but is mostly about religion, even though the religion is of
this fictional planet. Anyway, in it, the main character realizes something
like, "first you commit yourself -- then faith comes". I think there's a
quote some where in Deuteronomy, I'll have to look it up, but at least an
earthly religion, about how the people first do the word of God, and then
they believe.

I concur with both of these, plus BB -- first you ride your bike, then your
faith will be restored. Don't wait for faith first. How about setting your
bike clothes out the night before, so that when you wake up, the first thing
you do is put them on? Then you have no choice but to ride.

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There's no motivational substitute for selling the car and buying a
really gorgeous bike with the proceeds.
Regards,

Suzy (car free since 1996)

Heh. I really wish I could. I miss the days before I had a car and
just biked everywhere. But for now I'm driving nearly 1,000 miles a
week, so losing the car isn't practical.
OTOH, that 1,00 mile per week obligation should be going away pretty
soon. At least that's the indication I got on the phone the other night.

--
B.B. --I am not a goat! thegoat4 at airmail dot net
http://web2.airmail.net/thegoat4/

Claire Petersky said:

I concur with both of these, plus BB -- first you ride your bike,
then your faith will be restored. Don't wait for faith first. How
about setting your bike clothes out the night before, so that when
you wake up, the first thing you do is put them on? Then you have no
choice but to ride.

Good point. One thing I've noticed -- no matter how unmotivated I feel before
riding, it vanishes within a minute of being on the bike. My whole mood does a
180 degree turnaround.

Matt O.

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Quoted message said:

I concur with both of these, plus BB -- first you ride your bike,
then your faith will be restored. Don't wait for faith first. How
about setting your bike clothes out the night before, so that when
you wake up, the first thing you do is put them on? Then you have
no choice but to ride.

I commute in with my son which gives me a 40k ride starting at 6:00 am
so no matter what happens the rest of the day I have at least one ride
under my belt.