I've had two slip and slides this year, one on a downhill corner and one turning on ice. The first wasn't bad. but the ice fall was a lot of bruising.

Upshot is I'm now leery about downhill corners and turning fast in general. My riding has modified so I don't go quite so fast downhill, and I'm an early braker and relatively slow through corners.

I have an annual distance goal to meet, logged on strava, and that keeps me going.

Next year I will switch that out for a climbing goal, X hundred metres of vertical per month.

Things, Items, by themselves are not motivations. Instead they're a pit of bad feelings about the cost and lack of use. Every time you see it you feel a little worse, and the bike becomes a ROPA (Ridden Once and Put Away.)

My slightly perverse streak is to ride cheap and/or old bikes, and I do a reasonable job of keeping up with the fast chaps.

I've had two slip and slides this year, one on a downhill corner and one turning on ice. The first wasn't bad. but the ice fall was a lot of bruising. The bike was okay both times, a wheel true and brake levers back into position.

Upshot is I'm now leery about downhill corners and turning fast in general. My riding has modified so I don't go quite so fast downhill, and I'm an early braker and relatively slow through corners.

I have an annual distance goal to meet, logged on strava, and that keeps me going. Next year I will switch that out for a climbing goal of X hundred metres of vertical per month. I don't enjoy climbing and am not very good at it. X remains to be decided.

Things, Items, by themselves are not motivations. Instead they're a pit of bad feelings about the cost and lack of use. Every time you see it you feel a little worse, and the bike becomes a ROPA (Ridden Once and Put Away.)

My slightly perverse streak is to ride cheap and/or old bikes, and I do a reasonable job of keeping up with the faster chaps on their expensive bikes.