Why I hate cycling (Page 3)

I am a newbie and have no idea what I am talking about but how about sticking with Oly's and sprints and not going for the HIM?

I am new and only do sprints.  I love riding but my yoni does not - the saddle saga continues.

Edited by KeriKadi 2009-06-24 1:57 PM

I think as someone said earlier, it is all about attitude.  Try thinking like a cyclist, believe you are a cyclist, look forward to cycling.  I think you have to always remember we like and gravitate to the things we like.  While you do that most tend to neglect the things we do poorly.  Flip the mindset around.  For me, I have to do this with my swimming.

Also, this winter I finally started to enjoy indoor spin classes for their social element and the friends/group atmosphere.  If you can get going on some group rides, I would imagine you will improve.  You tend to push a little harder in groups at times and that can be good.

Bottom line, you keep doing the same thing you keep getting the same results.  Increase training time on bike or increase your intensity or better yet both.  

 

Someone may have said this already but how about not riding the same old boring bike path loop through the park? No wonder you're bored. Try this, just get on your bike to ride somewhere as transportation, don't always make it a "work-out".

Oh, and remove that computer from your bike, it's just holding you back.

Long time ago marriages were arranged and not based on phisical attraction, but on other benefits and guess what? The divorce rate was much lower then now ...
There's a deeper sense of satisfaction when you 're maintaining a relationship that is not based purely on pleasure.
I.e. if you want to stick with cycling - make a commitment and it will grow on you. I think you want to, but you're saying 'I don't love him'.

Btw, I may get crucified for this one, but how does your LBS know your comfort level, the way your neck and bottom feels after an hour or two? What may be correct 'aerowise' could be a pain in the rear end for some. Sure, there are some basics like seat height etc, but the rest needs to be adjusted by you for your comfort, not others.

This is pretty much my attitude to cycling.

There was another of these threads not long ago where we got the inevitable "Why do tri's if you don't like cycling?" responses and I thought then, "Boy, why don't I see those responses from those same (typically) cyclists during the constant flow of 'Running sucks...why don't I get any better?' threads?"  Cycling training for tri's is a PITA because it requires a lot more time commitment for adequate preparation than running or swimming, pure and simple.  Riding on the trainer can be a torturous bore.  Riding long distances in traffic can be both a bore and dangerous.

But triathlon...as gets pointed out here frequently by some of the same people who say things like "Why do tri's if you hate cycling?" (or "running" or "swimming")...is ONE sport, not three.  I like competing in triathlon.  At the same time, I'd be lying if I said I like training on the bike.  (Recreational cycling is another matter.)  But it is a means to an end that I DO like...finishing triathlons and even--once in a blue moon--getting an AG medal.