Things to motivate you for next year cycling.

RonanP77

Nothing too impressive for me.

Improve my times on the 3 local Duathlons.
Lose 1 stone.
Get better at hills.

Amprodude

My condensed version.

Improve.
Win a race.
Get upgraded in racing.

First one possible. Other two are hit and hopes but still achieveable.

wanderer 22

I'll be doing the Race Around Ireland as part of a 4 man team..my first ever road race :pac:

cdaly_

Good on ya lad, that'll be a baptism of fire!...

big mce

Did it this year. Baptism it will be.....

wanderer 22

big mce wrote: »

Did it this year. Baptism it will be.....

The logisitics seem to be at least as big a challenge as the actual cyling :eek:

big mce

colm18 wrote: »

The logisitics seem to be at least as big a challenge as the actual cyling :eek:

Cracked it in one. Cycling was the easy part.

MPFG

Nice article on why people race

http://cyclingtips.com.au/2014/12/why-we-race-the-psychology-of-winning/

G1032

Minaun will be my motivation. Climb Minaun without having to stop!!

http://www.strava.com/segments/1782188

http://www.strava.com/segments/2573565

Also I'd like to do a spin over 200km. 167km is longest to date so I think I'll be able for a 200km

Cee-Jay-Cee

My aim is to do the ROK next year, increase my solo distance to 160km non stop, I done 120km last Summer and to up my average speed on training spins from 28kmph to 30kmph.

arybvtcw0eolkf

Learn to fix a puncture and back on the road in under five minutes

FrankGrimes

MPFG wrote: »

Nice article on why people race

http://cyclingtips.com.au/2014/12/why-we-race-the-psychology-of-winning/

This. This is brilliant.

rainbow kirby

Build up to my first half-ironman in September - would like to have done a few 100k+ spins before then.
Get some weight off - could stand to lose around 5kg, with the side benefit of looking great in my wedding dress in May :pac:
Stop being so bloody slow, I'm only at around 24km/h on longer spins and that's painful to just about everyone else around me.
Get better at climbing, I'm awful at it.
Lose my fear of London traffic and start cycling to work, getting a bit sick of daily exposure to Northern line microbial soup.

Bikerbhoy

colm18 wrote: »

I'll be doing the Race Around Ireland as part of a 4 man team..my first ever road race :pac:

Will be doing the above , with the above.

daragh_

Bikerbhoy wrote: »

Will be doing the above , with the above.

You guys doing 2 teams of 4?

Bikerbhoy

daragh_ wrote: »

You guys doing 2 teams of 4?

Yes sir

CptMackey

Get out at least once a week and loose a stone. That should improve my climbing.

All depends on how well the new addition sleeps tho. Bed might be the better option of a Sunday morning :pac:

daragh_

Bikerbhoy wrote: »

Yes sir

Excellent. We are putting in an 8 person team this year so we won't be racing against ye. Seems only fair as we are stealing a Thinkbiker!

cdaly_

Mavis Spoiled Union wrote: »

Learn to fix a puncture and back on the road in under five minutes

I replaced a broken spoke on the roadside last Good Friday. 12min from stop to rolling again...