How do you cope with not riding?

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

Had to sell my bike and haven't found another one yet. WHat do you do on a nice fine day when the sun is shining and you are just aching to go for a ride. Even worse is when the kids get to go out on their dirt bikes and I can't join in. I am surrounded every day by bikes but none that I can ride.

I bought another bike...

How do you cope with not riding?

How do i cope... I go for a ride...

[DarkLord]

I wrote off my first bike in a crash and didn't go near a bike until I managed to get together enough cash for my next one.

It was the worst 3 weeks of my life.

Couldn't go anywhere, had to take the bus to work and back, etc. It was not fun. But it was a good experience as it gave me the time to think about why I came off and what I could/should have done to prevent that happening again, so when I did get my replacement, I would be a somewhat wiser rider and would be that much more careful.

[R6_kid:Me]

I had no ridable bike for over 15months. The 'feeling' goes away after a while, but as soon as you put your leg over it comes back as strong as ever.

I don't think its the 'not riding' that is the problem, it's the things that riding takes away that are the problem... stress, thinking too much etc etc, I seem to clear my head when I ride, it took a while but I found other avenues to take care of those things.

[Littleman]

I had no ridable bike for over 15months. The 'feeling' goes away after a while, but as soon as you put your leg over it comes back as strong as ever.

I don't think its the 'not riding' that is the problem, it's the things that riding takes away that are the problem... stress, thinking too much etc etc, I seem to clear my head when I ride, it took a while but I found other avenues to take care of those things.

Excessive masturbation?

[Blackshear]

Excessive masturbation?

Nothing like a good beet.

Just no headaches, please.

[Atlas shrugged]

You could try going for a pushbike ride and just make motorbike noises?

[Reido]

i watch bike videos, and lean with it.

i want my bike back

[Thunderstorm]

i watch bike videos, and lean with it.

i want my bike back

me too

I smoke more.

[Sketchy_Racer]

Sex, lots of it

[The Lone Rider]

When I have no bike I try to have sex as much as possible.

Lucky for me my bike is going real good, due to my situation el studo singlo!

[clmintie]

Had to sell my bike and haven't found another one yet. WHat do you do on a nice fine day when the sun is shining and you are just aching to go for a ride. Even worse is when the kids get to go out on their dirt bikes and I can't join in. I am surrounded every day by bikes but none that I can ride.

Buy a really good camera, take lots of pix of your kids (includes frosty) riding, then, while they're all drooling and saying how rad they look, nick one of their bikes.....

Seriously though... I find the photo thing a good way of being involved in a sport where I can no longer be competitive (I'm just a trail rider these days, being old and decrepit)

[BarBender]

Tourist Trophy

[slimjim]

yup spent three year's sitting ,watching,polishing around my bike while i lived via a wheelchair...was the most depressing stage of my life..mate taking it for warrant's. ..lol..however you change what you love most...and do it for yourself..time past's so slowly...

[kiwifruit]

Swimming, running, tramping.

[madbikeboy]

Cranky is the word for it. I just went 10 days without the bike while in Aus, I was contemplating renting a Harley (all that was available). Desperate times indeed.