#ridebikesbehappy

Enjoying a random 75* day in February with my person #ridebikesbehappy (at Columbus, Ohio) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpQ7CWCuBfC/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

A few weeks ago Bert made his way over from Rotterdam to pick up #187. The weather played nice and the handover went smoothly…until his return train got cancelled. 😞Some days later he wrote me about his misfortune and adventures saying, “luckily the bicycle is light so carrying up and down the stairs at train stations is not such a problem.” While that’s not exactly the #newbikeday maiden voyage I was envisioning I’m glad to see the bike past this test too. Enjoy the ride! * * * #ridebikesbehappy #custommade #onebyone #santuccicycles #citybike #urbancycling #makethebestofit https://www.instagram.com/p/CoVCb6csqDa/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

After work leaf peeping #ridebikesbehappy (at Berliner Ballpark) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj9NvGquMok/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Posted @withrepost • @immycycles Hello, here’s an unrelated pic of the last sunny rides before the season of relentless cold toes began. Not done much riding, as I was unwell, & then started focussing on running. My injuries are - for the moment - behaving themselves, & it’s nice to have a different challenge. I’ll do more cycling when I fancy it, but am currently enjoying the freedom and flexibility of running. If you’ve followed me for a while, you’ll know that over the past 2 years I’ve tried to redefine my relationship with exercise. It was one of the reasons I set this account up, to use cycling as a way of seeing life rather than just to burn calories, get skinnier or to punish myself. It’s been great - cycling is now for relaxing. I don’t log on strava, I don’t count miles, I don’t have a training schedule. I’ve no idea how fast I cycle - only that I couldn’t get up hills but now can. I do things coz I want to not because I have to. Returning to running is interesting, as I haven’t ‘trained’ regularly in years, & when I did, I was strict & punishing. I’m finding it tricky balancing ‘having goals’ & wanting to be chill about those goals - I’m all-or-nothing, an overachiever with impossible expectations. So I started thinking about things I learnt cycling. This post is more a reminder for me, but if you find any of it useful too - that’s great! 1. I’m not an athlete. 2. Do things you can’t do. Got a big hill you can’t get up in one go? Don’t get up it in one go. Get good at being bad at stuff. 3. Let your body do its thing. It puts up with enough rubbish keeping you alive all day, if it wants to take its time with fitness, let it. 4. Nothing matters, you don’t matter. Your goals don’t matter (this one takes some time, but it is the MOST liberating) 5. Don’t expect every journey to be the same. You trained for a century in 12 weeks in 2017? Cool, you’ve aged since then, it’s a different body. 6. Stop for a sec & look at the birds and the plants. 7. Celebrate little things not milestones. It helps your brain. 8. Eat. Food. Please. #ridebikesbehappy #nevernotriding #groadslikethese #norulejustride #fromwhereiride #weekendwarrior #instagram #foto https://www.instagram.com/p/CjEgoOeKzRj/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#repost @josepasillasii … #ridebikesbehappy #oldstuff #lifebehindbars #viewsfrommysaddle #2022 #josepasillas #incubus https://www.instagram.com/p/CYWIvjCLBiZ/?utm_medium=tumblr

Passeio de Bicicleta pela Orla Marítima . . . #comemoreavida #flowerpeoplex #4and2impact #weprotectyourbike #ridebikesbehappy #colors #praias (em Praia De Espinho, Portugal) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWOrE9VtEsw/?utm_medium=tumblr

Passeio de Bicicleta - Ponto de Retorno. . . #comemoreavida #4and2impact #weprotectyourbike #ridebikesbehappy #flowerpeoplex #colors (em Espinho - Passeio Marítimo) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWOqUO7NSeZ/?utm_medium=tumblr

I love the Cheshire lanes, and with clear skies and the sun shining there is nowhere better to feel the wind in your hair. #gofaster #ridebikesbehappy https://www.instagram.com/p/CU586gMIKwS/?utm_medium=tumblr