Deep thought: I overthink bike stuff as a coping mechanism
 

I think this means in term of cost analysis, I need to base it on each thought session as the copay for a therapy session. I’m coming out ahead if I do the accounting correctly. Tonight’s thought is whether a certain bike will still be with me in 2024. This is a perfectly reasonable thing to be thinking about, isn’t it? Plus, anything I get for selling it helps support small frame building shops. Also, people need to acquire the really cool stuff for it to make it onto the builder’s instagram account. This all makes sense.


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overthinking makes me anxious, but if it's like therapy for you, then your bike can be very, very expensive.

No more coffee after six o clock.

Didn't you already say in another thread 'Think less, ride more!' I thought that was perfect.

To be fair though--I think that everyone is swimming in a sea of stress right now, so focusing on something that we find interesting and gives us a feeling of normalcy and control seems like a good coping mechanism.

At least, that's what I'm telling myself!:banana:

AM or PM?

Hmmm...I need to overthink this for a moment.

Not me. Thinking is still the best exercise.

Overthinking about bike stuff is a diversion from the pressures of work, people who disappoint and of course the news. I compartmentalize thoughts of materials, pretty colors, components, geometry, Paceline and wrenching to take me on mental rides in the car, when falling asleep or tolerating another insufferable meeting. Real rides are best of course, but overthinking about bikes, self-consciously superficial, provides calm rumination and respite. It also keeps my PayPal account well-excercised.

Paralysis by analysis


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I like to tell myself that this keeps my mind on positivity. It gives me certain “goals” to look forward to. While being able to pay bills feels particularly awesome now, I need to try other things to keep my thoughts positive. Although bike stuff sends me down a rabbit hole, it’s generally at least a positive one.


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Cut from the same cloth we are.. Currently obsessing about the perfect gravel bike when I still have a few weeks before moving to the gravel playground and really should wait until I get there to complicate things by buying more stuff.

If you need help deciding on a gravel bike, I just emailed. Mike DeSalvo about plans for a 25th or 30th anniversary special and I’d love to see more pictures of his work.

You are much better at getting rid of bikes than I am.


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I worry about will I be able to ride my favorite bike in 4 years, can I bend over enough....

I'm planning on building in what I think should be at least a decade of adjustability in any bikes and hopefully two decades.