No bike, rubbish we...
 

  You don't need to be an 'investor' to invest in Singletrack: 6 days left: 95% of target - Find out more

[Closed] No bike, rubbish weather. What do you do?

28 Posts
26 Users
0 Reactions
138 Views
Posts: 0
Free Member
Topic starter
 

I'd got a long weekend of riding lined up however my bike got stolen on tuesday and with the insurance not paying out i'm bikeless for the forseeable. What does everyone do when they're not on their bike? I'm in a flat so there is no house work/ shed to play around in


 
Posted : 16/11/2013 3:10 pm
Posts: 12329
Full Member
 

Not the Mojo?


 
Posted : 16/11/2013 3:14 pm
Posts: 17187
Full Member
 

If weather is too crap to ride I go swimming. Can't do it for whole weekend though !


 
Posted : 16/11/2013 3:17 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

Can you not rent a bike at a local trail centre?


 
Posted : 16/11/2013 3:22 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

Surf/ windsurf/ sup


 
Posted : 16/11/2013 3:27 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
Topic starter
 

Not the mojo my hardtail, I don't keep the Mojo with me now since my hardtail got stolen (student). Might potentially look at hiring a surfboard but the nearest wave is a decent way away and I dont have a car. Hiring a bike at a trail centre is a good shout, i'll look at trains


 
Posted : 16/11/2013 3:37 pm
Posts: 8849
Free Member
 

local climbing wall?


 
Posted : 16/11/2013 3:45 pm
Posts: 2
Free Member
 

swimming is my other exercise but I rarely do it.
Usually when I'm on holiday I'll put in a quick mile each morning in the pool. Unless the sea is handy in which case I'll just swim along the coastline for an hour.

Outside of exercise...read, XBOX, draw, take dog for walks, watch films.


 
Posted : 16/11/2013 3:59 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

If you're single,eating,drinking and mindless sex.If you are in a relationship,you might have to throttle back on the sex alittle.Before anyone says sex is not exercise,it depends entirely on how you do it.


 
Posted : 16/11/2013 4:45 pm
Posts: 5807
Free Member
 

Before anyone says sex is not exercise,it depends entirely on how you do it

You take a very long run up?

And for the OP, go walk up some hills. Quite under rated round here.


 
Posted : 16/11/2013 4:51 pm
 dobo
Posts: 3
Free Member
 

run!

this was great today, very wet and muddy

http://brutalrun.co.uk/


 
Posted : 16/11/2013 4:55 pm
Posts: 14233
Free Member
Posts: 14233
Free Member
 

Wow, that's some link. Worth a watch and safe at work etc etc


 
Posted : 16/11/2013 5:04 pm
Posts: 20
Free Member
 

+1 for going running.


 
Posted : 16/11/2013 5:05 pm
Posts: 0
Full Member
 

Run, cross country i.e. you could run your local MTB route, nice and steady if you've not done much of it recently though.


 
Posted : 16/11/2013 5:46 pm
Posts: 12072
Full Member
 

Trail running.


 
Posted : 16/11/2013 5:52 pm
Posts: 5139
Full Member
 

pub?


 
Posted : 16/11/2013 8:17 pm
Posts: 7812
Full Member
 

Time with the kids and before that I would have gone for a walk in the hills if weather not too shocking. Either that or go see some non cycling friends or relatives.


 
Posted : 16/11/2013 9:08 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

What a silly question to ask when Terry Pratchett has a new book out!


 
Posted : 16/11/2013 9:13 pm
Posts: 9
Free Member
 

Sleep


 
Posted : 17/11/2013 3:55 am
 JCL
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

Go and do some trail work.


 
Posted : 17/11/2013 5:55 am
 hora
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

**** female students.


 
Posted : 17/11/2013 6:29 am
Posts: 17915
Full Member
 

Make a nice quiche?


 
Posted : 17/11/2013 6:41 am
Posts: 3530
Free Member
 

Go and run on the trails you normally bike. It's actually great fun, is a fantastic work out and there's no filthy bike to clean afterwards.


 
Posted : 17/11/2013 9:10 am
Posts: 13192
Free Member
 

Silly question. Get high, masturbate, watch movies, play video games, drink alcohol, eat.
Not necessarily in that order.


 
Posted : 17/11/2013 9:13 am
 hora
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

Dont leave a bike in a courtyard, shed, 8 storeys away in a carpark etc?

Sorry.


 
Posted : 17/11/2013 9:51 am
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

[url= http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Extreme-Effervescent-46-Complete-Pin-Tail-Single-Kick-Longboard-Orange-Red-/330935847985?pt=UK_Sporting_Goods_Skateboarding_Skating_ET&hash=item4d0d504c31 ]get one of these[/url]

cheap pad set, wrist guards and helmet from Sports Direct etc..good fun in the dry.

Good price and it's decent too. Rather than cheap childrens toy tat.


 
Posted : 17/11/2013 10:08 am
Posts: 3508
Free Member
 

Go for a walk/run round your local stuff but explore a bit and look for new routes or hidden gems. Found some great stuff in the local forest doing that.


 
Posted : 17/11/2013 10:23 am
 DT78
Posts: 10064
Free Member
 

I keep riding but on a cheap winter bike....can recommend an old genesis io, you could ask for some cash for Xmas and should be able to pick one up for £250 though I bought mine in off season in summer...just cause its cheap doesn't mean it is rubbish

Also change what you ride, I tend to do more base training / higher % fire road than summer as most of my local trails get hub deep in mud.


 
Posted : 17/11/2013 10:28 am

6 DAYS LEFT
We are currently at 95% of our target!