[Closed] Talk me out of (or into) doing something stupid.

not in the best place right now anyway,

This can affect everything. Hold your horses until you see an improvement in your general well being.

Go running/play a few rounds of golf.

Once you've realised how shit the alternatives are you'll be back on track.

Seriously though just don't ride for a bit, selling your bike would be daft at this point. If it's gathering dust this time next year shift it, until then just do other stuff. Like sort the guttering.

So I'm thinking about selling my bike. It's not been out for weeks

Weeks! Pah, that's nothing, I stopped riding for 6 years once. Kept my bike though, damn glad I did, cos it was there when I finally fancied a ride again.

Stick it in the shed (or behind the sofa or whatever), it doesn't mind being left alone for a bit. Don't sell it though, even if it's really fancy it'll never pay for new guttering or a whole kitchen (also guttering and kitchens are shit and boring).

There are lots of other fun hobbies to be had out there... I had an off this time last year and smashed up my wrist. In retrospect, I shoulda just sold my full sus bike then - its just sat unloved and depreciating in the bike store.

The rides this year have been on the road bike, bike packing on the hardtail or my touring bike. Geting rowdy on the full sus, where a small mistake lays you out for 3+ months doesn't sit well on my personal risk/reward analysis.

However if you do sell, make sure the money goes into your "fun" bank account and not fritter it away.

If you're still thinking about selling your bike when you're in a good place mentally, sell it. But if you sell it now you will regret it, especially if you spend it on guttering or a kitchen to please someone else.

I've gone from manic-obsessive rider (5 rides a week) to having not ridden properly for 3 years now - I still have two bikes in the shed (road and MTB), and go out when the mood takes me. The last ride was sometime in May!

Move on, try something else. But don't sell the bike just yet!

just accept that you're not in the mood for riding at the moment and concentrate on getting the household jobs sorted. You could sell the bike but as you already know the money you'll get back will seen like a small compensation. Then if come the spring you start to get the itch to go out again you'll have to find more money to buy yourself a new bike, it's not a good plan unless you are desperate for the cash now. Much better to leave the bike in the shed so that you've always got something to ride on should you need it. It could be that it doesn't happen as often as it used to but if you've no bike it won't happen at all.

Thanks guys.

I've been doing a bit of running and kinda enjoying it in a weird way. I think it's the lack of faff compared to biking.

I should also point out that there is *no* pressure on me to sell whatsoever, in fact if I mentioned it to MrsMonkeyCorps she would probably be horrified.

Give it until spring at least. Maybe you just need a few weeks off, maybe change something about your riding (gentle rides can be great, make it more about where you are than about tearing up and down a route, or do the opposite and ride with mates that'll push you on a bit)

Your bike is unlikely to depreciate much between now and the middle of next summer anyway.

Never sell a bike unless replacing it with another similar bike. They are worth far more to us as bikes than their resale value.

That's how come I have 6 bikes. The money I'd get from selling them would't be noticed in the long run, but the bikes are always there, old as they are, and are just as good as when I got them.

Re faff - for a lot of people MTBing is a full day out with mates at some distant trail centre with associated faff. But it doesn't have to be - it takes me 10 mins to get ready for a ride and 10 mins to clean up when I get home.

Only sell if you are sure you won't want to ride again in a year or two. Which doesn't sound likely based on your opening post. Or else if you are really desperate for the space or money (but you won't see much of the latter).

Pick a bright sunny day to go out for a ride - yes there are some of those, even in winter - and you might find you enjoy it again.

How is your fitness, Physical and mental?

I found after my off a few months ago I started to slip towards this. I think it was a mix of a lack of confidence and some weaknesses from the crash meant I didn't enjoy my riding. I knew something was up when I was at bike park Wales, riding away from our group on my own and not really feeling motivated to ride at all, even with an uplift.

I ate better, slept better, put some work into my weaknesses and confidence. I started to enjoy it a bit more, still not where I was but I've found as my fitness and confidence are coming back I'm enjoying riding more and more again.

Physically my fitness is not *too* bad (by my standards anyway) - I've lost about a stone since I started running (with a couple more to go) and running 3 - 7 miles 3 times a week.

I'm not sleeping brilliantly, or at least I seem to be constantly tired though I attribute that at least in part to the longer nights, usually seems to happen around this time of year.

<does some snooping> Whoa hold on you ride a rocket, 26 I presume, ill give you £50 for it and im helping you out ok 🙂

Please don't go, first Jamie now this 🙁

I've ridden a Rocket about three times, despite spending a decent chunk of money to make it awesome... It seems a terrible waste tbh.

Had similar over the past 3 years where I'd pick up the bike for 1 or 2 rides a year and then only for 1-2 hour blasts. Did also consider selling it as just wasn't using it.

Getting back in to it now and so pleased I kept the bike. If I hadn't when the mood took me to restart it would have meant a large outlay of cash which would have undoubtedly put me off.

Keep it as I'm sure at some point you'll think to yourself 'you know what, I fancy going for a spin'

Sorry to hear you are in such a bad way.

Anyone who considers prioritising their guttering over mountain biking in serious trouble and deserves every sympathy.

Do you normally ride with a group or solo ?
I find riding regularly with a group keeps me well motivated, but if I am not going well, taking a few rides off and doing my own thing usually helps.

Ha, I'm not that bad really... Probably just need a good bit of MTFU to be honest.

Mostly ride in a group, it's a bit of a trek to get to any hills from where we are. That's one of the reasons I'm enjoying running I think, I mostly do that on my own and don't have to talk to anyone.

Made myself go out for a ride Saturday, minced a lot but loved it. Clearly mud was the answer.

Since graduating uni and having enough cash to spend on bikes:

I've broken my arm 3 times, a finger, and a bone in my foot I'm not even supposed to have (sessamoid on my big toe).

I've moved house six times.

I've got fat.

One upside has been that I've discovered I really prefer cheap bikes, if it cost more than a grand (heck, £600 would be closer to my average!) I spend too much time worrying about it. A cheap bike's no slower than an expensive one, but I don't have to ride it several times a week to justify it's existence.

Weeks! Pah, that's nothing, I stopped riding for 6 years once. Kept my bike though, damn glad I did, cos it was there when I finally fancied a ride again.

OP i'd keep the bike if i were you. bikings in your blood and when all the other things affecting you are gone the craving for a ride will return...until then just concentrate on getting your mind in a better place and work on the jobs that need doing that wil,l in the long term, ease your mental burden.
selling the bike would be a rash move right now as the used bike market seems to be in freefall and you would only get a small fraction of what the bike cost you and i doubt what you would get would make a massive impact on the jobs that need doing...and if the desire to ride returns in the future you would have to spend a serious amount of money to get back to where your were pre bike sale and that would hurt even more!