Ride your loops the other way, can make quite a difference, but as per the other poster, find new ones.
I just stick a map in my back pocket and ride, its amazing the new places you find within a 50 mile radius of where you live.
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I bought a Garmin Edge 605 and started planning routes on bikeley.com. I now have a folder on my laptop full of interesting routes of varying lengths and difficulty. The benefit the Garmin has over a map is that you don't have to stop and get the map out of your pocket to check where you are.
I was in Skiathos last month and noticed quite a few cyclists fully kitted out and riding pretty good bikes and I thought then, 'There's only one road on this island - must get boring'.
I'll probably get banned for suggesting this but would it help to get a mountain bike? Skiathos may have only had one road but there were miles of lovely mountain tracks.
Chris N too bad you didn't come here, could have chatted about life int' 'dale. Lived there until I was 25, now I know the weather you've got to ride in maybe I'll shut up about riding the same roads/tracks ( this is a clue to me already having a MTB).
Good to hear "The Baum" is still going, read that on a different post.
some good ideas here.
You could take your bike 20-30-40-50+ miles from home by train coach, bus etc and cycle home from strange places. Reckon that would be exciting.
I use an ipod, or race myself and try and beat my times e.g. up that hill. It does eventually get boring. Alternatively, find some dudes to cycle with who have good chat. I break rides up with a pub stop for a refuel as well as I also have limited routes where I currently am.
I feel real guilty now :oops: I am strugling to get out on the bike once a week at the moment.
I have dozens of fantastic routes here from dead flat to 20% including 2x climbs used for Nat hill climbs and an excellent 5mile and 10 mile TT
I have made 12x loops which would be 24 reversed . :roll:
I was in Skiathos last month and noticed quite a few cyclists fully kitted out and riding pretty good bikes and I thought then, 'There's only one road on this island - must get boring'.
I'll probably get banned for suggesting this but would it help to get a mountain bike? Skiathos may have only had one road but there were miles of lovely mountain tracks.
No MTB references allowed, you know that. Im reporting you to Reddragon.
Chris N too bad you didn't come here, could have chatted about life int' 'dale. Lived there until I was 25, now I know the weather you've got to ride in maybe I'll shut up about riding the same roads/tracks ( this is a clue to me already having a MTB).
Good to hear "The Baum" is still going, read that on a different post.
Everyone else but me manages to escape, don’t they? There’s numerous ex-Dale residents scattered over this forum and they all sod off to exotic climes. Great to hear from a former Baum dweller as well!
What to do when you get bored with riding the same routes/loops?
Reading that your choices are limited, how able are you to make the most of what you have. Whilst I have many more choices than you, I tend to do the same route as it enables me to compare my progress (or lack of). I divide the route into sections, which have certain markers - eg, first section marker is usually reached at 19 kph, anything above that is a bonus. There are other markers along the route, which I can measure my performance by. Alternatively, I use a flat section to see how long I can maintain my highest speed, and/or on an uphill section select a higher gear than usual and see if I can maintain that for as long as possible.
This is all done accompanied by music - does help keep the tedium at bay.
What to do when you get bored with riding the same routes/loops?
Reading that your choices are limited, how able are you to make the most of what you have. Whilst I have many more choices than you, I tend to do the same route as it enables me to compare my progress (or lack of). I divide the route into sections, which have certain markers - eg, first section marker is usually reached at 19 kph, anything above that is a bonus. There are other markers along the route, which I can measure my performance by. Alternatively, I use a flat section to see how long I can maintain my highest speed, and/or on an uphill section select a higher gear than usual and see if I can maintain that for as long as possible.
This is all done accompanied by music - does help keep the tedium at bay.
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I just stick a map in my back pocket and ride, its amazing the new places you find within a 50 mile radius of where you live.
A few weeks of that and you'll soon find you've moved to another location - albeit a secure one with padded walls
I'll probably get banned for suggesting this but would it help to get a mountain bike? Skiathos may have only had one road but there were miles of lovely mountain tracks.
Good to hear "The Baum" is still going, read that on a different post.
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You could take your bike 20-30-40-50+ miles from home by train coach, bus etc and cycle home from strange places. Reckon that would be exciting.
I have dozens of fantastic routes here from dead flat to 20% including 2x climbs used for Nat hill climbs and an excellent 5mile and 10 mile TT
I have made 12x loops which would be 24 reversed . :roll:
No MTB references allowed, you know that. Im reporting you to Reddragon.
Everyone else but me manages to escape, don’t they? There’s numerous ex-Dale residents scattered over this forum and they all sod off to exotic climes. Great to hear from a former Baum dweller as well!
Nothing else to do but get a bigger island.
Most posters on here live on an island, too. It's just that ours is a bit bigger than yours
Geoff
Reading that your choices are limited, how able are you to make the most of what you have. Whilst I have many more choices than you, I tend to do the same route as it enables me to compare my progress (or lack of). I divide the route into sections, which have certain markers - eg, first section marker is usually reached at 19 kph, anything above that is a bonus. There are other markers along the route, which I can measure my performance by. Alternatively, I use a flat section to see how long I can maintain my highest speed, and/or on an uphill section select a higher gear than usual and see if I can maintain that for as long as possible.
This is all done accompanied by music - does help keep the tedium at bay.
Reading that your choices are limited, how able are you to make the most of what you have. Whilst I have many more choices than you, I tend to do the same route as it enables me to compare my progress (or lack of). I divide the route into sections, which have certain markers - eg, first section marker is usually reached at 19 kph, anything above that is a bonus. There are other markers along the route, which I can measure my performance by. Alternatively, I use a flat section to see how long I can maintain my highest speed, and/or on an uphill section select a higher gear than usual and see if I can maintain that for as long as possible.
This is all done accompanied by music - does help keep the tedium at bay.