Seriously lacking in motivation right now..

Just out exploring - unfortunately Cannock holds the water well. Apart from the marked trails., which are just about rideable all year round.

Got to say getting home at 6ish , after being out for 12 hrs getting all your gear , on kind of losers the appeal , just to do 20 miles of getting wet cold and s..t up to help..
So thinking about getting the r..d bike fixed so at least in the week I can just keep the legs spinning with out all the crap.
Don't get me wrong I love nite ridng , but on ya own you kind of shit ya pants sometimes going tho woods ect , plus if ya crash and ya by ya self not so happy days

Should have said, one thing I will never, ever do is get a road bike.  Just doesn't appeal.  If I am that desperate I've got a gay walker thingy in the garage  . I would rather go on that than wear lycra. 

I brought one when I didn't charity ride to skeg Vegas 100 , miles couple of years back   
We raised over 14 grand for rainbows hospices at Loughborough .. 

 

Just had another idea.
Exciting indoor training:

Get down to the new Tesco on your bike then get inside and hammer around the isles as fast as you can.
It won't be long before you get a security guard or two after you. Outrun them for as long as you can.
It'll give them a bit or something to do and you'll have great fun and a good workout.

Wear a go-pro and put your video on here.
(Every little helps)

before its said outright road bikes are for the other forum as they are ghey end of, i would sooner poke pins in my japseye than ride a roadbike lol

Lmao 

Me three

I've not got time to fart never mind go out on the bike lol

I think you need to go elsewhere Pez. I got stuck in a rut with Cannock to the point that it bored me to tears as I was going every single week. It's not the only place around here that you can ride, you just have to look.
<b>When the weather outside is frightful and the fire is so delightful</b> we go on urban rides. Find some steps to launch yourself down or wall rides in the subways. The area around Wolves Civic Centre is great as you can do wall rides up and around flights of stairs with enough speed. If you don't fancy that get yourself over to Baggeridge park (riding there 21st, welcome to join), lots to do there if you look around, or conquer the Wrekin! Sandwell Valley has a small trail called the miners, but there is a fair bit of off piste there too. Done Stile Cop yet? That can be fun and there is nothing on the red run that's any worse than the monkey. You could chuck the bike on the rack and head down to Hopton or Eastridge too.

Above all, i'd recommend to start riding in groups. Since I joined the cycling club i've never had more motivation and less time!

Can't agree with all the road bike bashing nonsense though, it does wonders for fitness. If it's just the Lycra that bothers folk do you really think being a grown man riding a bicycle, covered head to tow in mud wearing knob head glasses and doing wheelies on the car park looks good? Geeze. I'd never leave the house if I worried about what others thought of me, especially with my beard!

I agree with this too, except i'm not into urban rides prefer the green myself. But definitely get further afield like hopton, wrekin, eastridge, long mynd, all within an hour from you.

PS Road bikes are cool

This! I get bored to tears with the knob heads bashing lycra/roadies etc. I road ride 5 days a week, if I didn't I would be shit at the weekends and be nackered after 2 mins, there isn't one decent mountain bike rider that doesn't road ride
And again echoing what was said above, most of the bashers seem to be our older members, if you think lycra is gay you should see an old bloke in baggy shorts trying to look hip, that's 100% worse