work can fuckup riding time

There is only you can answer that one ...
From my own point of view I would take time over money all day !
Been there ... Made mega amounts of money but missed a huge chunk of my boy growing up ..which you can never get back ..yes you can have all the toys ..but on balance it just ain't worth it .

I demoted myself last year, best thig I ever did. Get to go home at 4 every day with no stress and watch my two kids grow up. No weekend overtime any more so I can ride every week or every two weeks. I could easily be on £10k more a year salary if I went back to my old role or applied for something else internal, it would be even easier to earn an extra £700 a month staying late and workings weekends like my colleague.

However spending time with my little babies and having my weekends free is priceless

My best mate that I started My apprenticeship with 10 years ago is now taking home £7k a month commissioning, however he has a 3 year old and a 2 month old and is currently in Oman, he then gets back for 6 weeks before going to Pakistan for 13 weeks. I don't envy his wage one bit

If I want to earn big money I'll do it in my 40's/50's get a young whore and a lambo lol but for now I'll stick to riding my bike and looking after two pain in the arse kids

I know how you feel mate. I'm working all the overtime I can at the minute and even when I'm not working I'm at home doing house renovation stuff which the overtime is paying for. I hardly get any time to go out on the bike. Luckily the house isn't far off from being finished, but then it'll be going up for sale as we want a house with a garden and a garage to keep all my shite and ever growing collection of bikes. I'm constantly tired and when I do occasionally get a day off I feel guilty for going out riding when it could be spent with my two year old. There is light at the end of the tunnel though as once we're moved I'll not be doing half as much overtime

So, in summary, apart from badass and Typer - we are just a bunch of forest bums and losers 

might have found a solution to my probs, ive bought a cyclocross bike and its a beuty. one of these. ill get some propper pics tomorow when i use it first time. its a used once new boardman cx comp and got it for £350 collected. they still sell for £600 so well happy. am going to use it to commute to work but can get there off road to. sweet.

not mine if im honest but i watched this and looked ok for when i do local training and commute. ive always called roadies lycra clad wankers lol.

i can get to work 3 ways tbh. completely off road down the canal, bit of road followed by 80% old train lines or all road. ill not be doing the road option as not to keen on getting killed. ill use the car for earlys so ill do either 10-7 or lates to work on it off road. it comes with off road tyres and disc brakes. worth a go as one just sold on ebay today exact same as mine for £510. i paid £350 so can easily get rid if no good.


its light aswell. think its something like 22lbs.

Exactly this.

To true. I started a new job in May (after getting sacked from my old one lol) I now work Monday to Friday 0600 till I finish .... any time between 1600-2000. Im usually to knackered to ride on weekends (and other reasons) I earn nearly as much as I used to ... but have to earn so much to pay the bills. I used to work some weekends so got days off in the week, which I miss.


Still, once the Mrs sells the house and gets a house of her own life will be better.  

Reading through some of these replies, I can't believe how lucky I am..

That's not a bad looking bike never was in to the cx thing but starting to swing that way lol 

I did the whole career thing and it's all about the money. Fortunately I had a boss who moved me from my 2 hour commute to 20 mins when the kids arrived. I didn't appreciate it at the time as I thought it was a backwards step but I was home most days in time for tea as a family. Worked my way up and eventually lost the 24 hr on call phone etc. Then 4 years ago i started my own business, which has its stresses and odd early starts or late finishes but in the most has a really good work/life balance. Being Dad's taxi's stops me doing most things but in a year and a half my lad will be driving FFS where has that time gone!