Other hobbies/interests ?

upperoilcan

Do any of you guys/girls have other hobbies or interest's outside of biking ?

As although i love my biking to death i also do a lot of Running aswell as fishing,mainly for Carp and Barbel......

antooony

The odd bit of fishing, learning the guitar...very slowly. Play the drums which been doing since I was knee high etc. Just starting off down the photography road, picked up a nice new camera a week ago so lots to learn. I like having a variety of interests, keeps the brain and body active

daviesee

Photography, HiFi & travelling.

All equally as expensive as cycling! :oops:

Squillinossett

Hiking, Fishing (carping) and Gaming (PC)

mitchell_inman

Travelling, photography, badminton, squash and just taken up archery.

Doncha just love cheap hobbies

Smokin Joe

Shooting (air guns).

Radio control cars and motorcycles.

Slot cars.

Model rail.

None of the above in any serious fashion, I don't belong to clubs or anything but they are all hobbies I dip in and out of. I am considering getting a radio control yacht in kit form.

dabber

Kayaking.... It used to be my sport in my youth (many moons ago) and I was in the GB team for sprint and marathon racing. I still potter at it but only do it for pleasure now. No more 3 to 4 hour a day training now
Having said that... I took up cycling in the last year I just have to go out and either increase the distance I ride, or try for a faster average speed.. or some other improvement. The competetive spirit is still there.

brakelever

mad keen angler have been for 30 years , chub barbel tench , bream pike ect as long as they are big i want to catch em - and as to forums if any one thinks this site gets bitchy try a angling forum - there are some very very sad people out there

pastey_boy

i like to pickle woodland creatures, i also enjoy hats.

SteveR_100Milers

Photography (which bloke doesn't list this though eh?) Hi Fi, guitar, kites, walking, writing drivel on web forums.....

World\'s Dump

I'm looking to cycle more now as I used to do a lot of running... but my hips hurt!

AndyF16

Up until getting the cycling bug last year, I scratchbuilt models of vehicles and other mobile machines, all in 1:87 scale (i.e quite small) and without being big headed was pretty good at it.

i should now be half way through a winter 'season' of building new stuff for exhibitions and competitions in Belgium, Holland and UK in the spring, but I've not started a single thing; too busy mashing pedals now

northernneil

skiing
played golf today (14 hndcp)
5-a-side
squash
drinking in pubs
watching sport (usually whilst combining with above)

andy162

Play geetar...was in a band that did ok back in the mid/late 90's. We jacked in but remained good mates. We have started practicing again & I'm having a great time...3hrs in the studio, 2hrs of that ripping the pi$$ out of your best mates.

Cars...got a silly wee Lotus, do trackdays in it & take it on mystery tours. Underpants, toothbrush & a credit card & I'm off. Up to Scotland in August for a few days & down to Cornwall in October.

golfergmc

Name gives it away, it`s not so much a hobby as an obsession.

garryc

Boardgames

freehub

Minecraft.

Slapshot

Photography....I'm a Canon Groupie and will only touch L series Glass!!
Bit of squash when I can, ride motorcycle trials again when I can, Im a complete bookworm especially when cycling and History, Enjoy puzzles,crosswords sudoku etc, fettling bike engines

shouldbeinbed

School Governor and put a lot of time into it.

jim453

andy162 wrote:

Play geetar...was in a band that did ok back in the mid/late 90's. We jacked in but remained good mates. We have started practicing again & I'm having a great time...3hrs in the studio, 2hrs of that ripping the pi$$ out of your best mates.

Cars...got a silly wee Lotus, do trackdays in it & take it on mystery tours. Underpants, toothbrush & a credit card & I'm off. Up to Scotland in August for a few days & down to Cornwall in October.

Which band?

CarleyB

Used to dance up to about 2 and a half years ago. Played ice hockey as a teenager.

Limburger

Restoring my car, powerlifting (can be combined with the car I suppose), theatresports, played guitar for more than a decade too.

I seem to be doing a line in looking after sick guinea pigs recently too.

andy162

jim453 wrote:

andy162 wrote:

Play geetar...was in a band that did ok back in the mid/late 90's. We jacked in but remained good mates. We have started practicing again & I'm having a great time...3hrs in the studio, 2hrs of that ripping the pi$$ out of your best mates.

Cars...got a silly wee Lotus, do trackdays in it & take it on mystery tours. Underpants, toothbrush & a credit card & I'm off. Up to Scotland in August for a few days & down to Cornwall in October.

Which band?

Not one you'd have heard of most probably! We were called Dakota. Doing "ok" meant securing a record & management deal & playing decent gigs with some good bands. We were lumped in with the Britpop thing even though we sounded nowt like. We were gobby Northerners but had an American sound...Sonic Youth, Pixies Afghan Whigs etc. Got played on the wireless abit & some good(& bad) reviews in the music comics.

Had 2 record companies wanting us to sign but it got "too much" for our singist. He was never brimming with confidence anyway & at the point he had to put it all on the line he bottled it. Kinda fizzled out after that. Happy days nonetheless.

ben16v

vw`s, golf, wakeboarding, skiing/snowboarding, home cinema, ps3/xbox, in the order i use my shed full of stuff the least! oh and drinking

neeb

I used to have lots of other interests before I got properly into cycling...

Inline skating, hillwalking/scrambling/wild camping, reading (novels, science, history, SF), various natural history stuff, a bit of photography.

Still occasionally some drinking, although these days I only seem to get around to doing it properly about 3 or 4 times a year...

meanredspider

Classic car racing and preparation - it's why I cycle (staying fit and losing weight), though I love cycling in itself.

millimole

Walking; Sketching (pen, ink & watercolour wash); Modern Western Square Dancing; Open University (just gained the DipFrench - and just started on a humanities/philosophy stream)

Pep

running.
playing with my daughter.
cooking.
science.

on-oneplus26

I'm learning to play the Melodian

RichN95.

I play hockey. I have done for 25 years, so I'm not as go as I used to be.

Smokin Joe

on-oneplus26 wrote:

I'm learning to play the Melodian

Well done.

I'd love to learn to play the banjo.