I started cycling after we had a miscarriage and I felt lost, upset and completely detached from my mind. Also was struggling with my own body image as I was severely overweight. I started biking to clear my mind, to get lost inside myself and tune the world out and get healthy at the same time. Cut to 4 years, 60lbs, 5 different bikes and thousands of miles later I finally have the clarity i so desperately needed. I now pay it forward through volunteering for a community cycling event, charity events and other activities. Cycling therapy is a real thing
I’m so sorry to hear what you’ve been through! Cycling really is life changing, where would we be without it! Sounds like you’re doing amazing work, so lovely to hear :) and what a journey you’ve been on to get there, inspiration :)
Been there.. I wouldn't wish it upon my worst enemy, the utter despair is something else. Good on you for mentioning it, it's something nobody really talks about which makes it worse if it ever happens. Well done for coping :)
@@syrus3k Thank you. You’re absolutely right about nobody talking about it. Especially men. Something I learned is that it’s ok to feel again, and it’s ok to be weak. Thanks for the love. Its appreciated and I love to pay it forward whenever I can.
Absolutely agree, I also have mental health problems but I find good physical health makes better mental health. I also agree that when you cycle all you think about is riding, it’s like a brain holiday! Stay safe, if I see you around Derbyshire, I will say hi xx
Good for all round fitness. I have Complex PTSD and cycling helps me to get out my head and increase the good feeling chemicals in my brain. 100 miles a week is my target at the moment. Don't lose any weight but cheesecake is my achilles heel. Keep up the good work!!
I started racing when I was 13 but stopped for about 12 years. Like you I worked at the local hospital that and a few other things contributed to depression. My doctor suggested I start cycling and what a difference it made I now Do 😊about 250 miles a week not bad for an old goat thanks for the video keep them coming 🚴🏽♀️🚴🏽♀️🚴🏽♀️👍👍👍
I started cycling in April 1985 when I joined The Cyclists Touring Club. What inspired me was watching a documentary of the comedian Mike Harding cycling across the U.S.A. I am getting on now in years, but still love cycling and always will !
I'm also an ex-Nurse, and cycle for utilitarian reasons, leisure, pleasure, fitness, shopping, commuting, and most importantly, fun. I can't help feeling a little bit smug when I just glide past an endless stream of cars when they are stuck in a traffic jam, and I never see them come past me again. Also, parking spaces in NHS Hospitals, and in town-centres are usually very expensive and often in short supply, but you can park a bike just about anywhere for free. I love it how most bike videos on here seem to end-up in a cafe or a country pub! My bike often develops steering problems when I am riding past Costa Coffee, and in spite of my very best efforts, it takes me right up to the door!
I started cycling exactly a year after my dad passed away which will be 13 years this year. I feel like I've accomplished so much in that time but I still get such a big buzz from riding a bike. To me it is and will always be my escape.
Gday from Sydney, Australia. Thanks for sharing & im enjoying your videos. I ❤cycling because it gives me a sense of freedom & to explore. It makes me happy & is good for my mental health. I used to run a lot before injuries so now I ride most of the time & cycle to work.
Another lovely video Amy. Thank you for sharing your reasons. Anyone can see the joy that cycling brings by looking at your face and the passion comes through in your voice and, of course, dancing!
Pretty much the same reasons I ride. As someone who struggles with my mental health it definitely helps take my mind off of all my worries!! Keep riding and keep producing more great content!!
Hi Amy, love your attitude! I'm a senior, sort of, and started riding again 3 years ago though not as serious as you. Love it and love being outside! Also worked in healthcare all my life and hit a wall. Had to quit. Weather should improve soon and I'll be out on the bike. Unfortunately we don't have your kind of scenery here in Chicago. Please keep up the great work. I subbed without reservation!
I started really cycling when I bought my Allez in 2021. Before that I rode urban and gravel on fixed gear and single speed bikes. Gears opened up the wide open road and now I do road bikes, gravel, and some mountain. All the same therapeutic attributes of motorcycling, but cheaper, quieter, and requires more physical exertion, which is the biggest reason: to keep fit.
Thanks for sharing, good reasons. Personally, I like the independence cycling gives me too. Agree about ☕ and 🍰. Finally, is that a dance, I thought had just sat on an ⚡ fence 😂.
Absolutely agree! Better than therapy sometimes. I hear you on the sense of wellbeing and accomplishment. Went through a bad stretch in 2019 which ended in June 2020 right in the middle of the lockdown. From that day forward I was on the pedals 2-3x per week through 2022. Cycling helped me recover from the absolute worst psychological experience of my life. Anyway, I'm rambling. Love the channel. Stay awesome, Amy and keep posting! 👍
Great video, and I find my best rides are when I don't really feel like going out at all. They always end up more satisfying than planned rides. Plus the achievement of getting my sorry backside out of the front door too! Great dancing...
Well done for the positive thinking. Life is to be enjoyed. To cold for me yet but looking forward to welcoming in the spring with some good cycle rides - not long now:)
I am a traveling ICU nurse in the US and have been in a funk since Covid and now I am getting serious into cycling to clear my head. Thanks so much to you and Kyle for sharing the beauty of England. Oh and can share that curry recipe??? LOL
Apart from mental health (fortunately). Although my alcohol intake has dropped I'm the same. What i mostly enjoy is the fact that you can become friends with people from totally different walks of life and age groups and cake cake cake
@@amy.cycling.adventures If you're into pastries, come to Iowa and do RAGBRAI end of July each year. Lots of riders, good food, booze (if you're into that), fun and pies from the locals as you pedal your way from West to East Iowa (Missouri to the Mississippi river.) I refer it as the "Sturgis" for cyclists if you know what I mean. Last year, we had a cyclist from Sweden who was traveling from the West to the East Coast on a personal tour across the U.S. and met up with one of our bus members who introduced him to RAGBRAI and he spent the week with us before heading out to NY.
I encountered a degenerative meniscus tear after many years of long distance running, needed to exercise - and bought myself a Wattbike. All I can say is I love cycling, even indoors, and do between 10-15 miles everyday - and I am trying to push myself to go further. I get my outdoor fix walking, as the roads where I live are probably too dangerous for cyclists. But, one day I might by an outdoor bike though, and see if I enjoy that too. For now I will stick to my indoor cycle, and pushing myself to do more mileage.
Forgot to add - I only did running to help my mental health, having had years of challenges, and PTSD, it helped protect me, and now my bike fills the running gap and keeps me sane.
All good reasons to get out and ride. I have never suffered any type of mental illness or fatigue, but maybe it's because I have always been a cyclist. I started doing longer rides when I turned ten yrs old, and my Dad bought me a ten speed bicycle. My first ride on it was a hilly 17 miler at 10 yrs of age and i was hooked. I have had the pleasure of riding with some awesome friends on some great rides over the years and still to this day continue to do so. I love road cycling for the endurance and cardio aspect, and mtn biking for the adventure and how it keeps my reflexes sharp. My stem cap on my road bike says, "Enjoy the Ride"
@Amy Cycling Adventures You're young and have a lifetime to make memories. A friend of mine didn't start cycling until he was 66 yrs old, seven yrs later, he's still going strong. His first year, he rode 7500 miles and the following, 11k+. So it's never too late.
The challenge is my favorite because when accomplishing a hill climb knowing that a lot of people can’t do it makes it fullfilling. But I do have vintage steel bikes I ride so that adds to the challenge lol
Great video - inspiring! But the comments following it are just as good; so many people sharing difficult times but also saying how much cycling helps! All immensely positive. Well, except for the length of time you have to look at Kyle-the-hubby's backside, but you have to suffer to make good art; keep in front, Kyle.
It's great to see someone embracing the grimness of it (thinking more of the Audax video) and just enjoying themselves. However, as someone who is definitely 'over-the-hill', I'd appreciate you not being so joyful at reaching the top. 😉Only joking; you express yourself however you feel. I just hope I can use your inspiration as I fight the inertia that has stopped me getting out for the last couple of years.
Around here it's in the intermediate time when I want ice tyres some of the time and they're a PITA the rest. I don't like them on asphalt as they just seem to skitter across the top, and have less grip. Still, they got me to my son's school and back for pick-up on Friday, so I shouldn't complain too much I suppose
I’m an ambassador for them so I’m really grateful to get them for free! I find them really comfy and not had any issues with them, although I haven’t really tried many other brands! :) but I LOVE them
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I started cycling after we had a miscarriage and I felt lost, upset and completely detached from my mind. Also was struggling with my own body image as I was severely overweight.
I started biking to clear my mind, to get lost inside myself and tune the world out and get healthy at the same time.
Cut to 4 years, 60lbs, 5 different bikes and thousands of miles later I finally have the clarity i so desperately needed.
I now pay it forward through volunteering for a community cycling event, charity events and other activities.
Cycling therapy is a real thing
I’m so sorry to hear what you’ve been through!
Cycling really is life changing, where would we be without it! Sounds like you’re doing amazing work, so lovely to hear :) and what a journey you’ve been on to get there, inspiration :)
Amazing!!
Been there.. I wouldn't wish it upon my worst enemy, the utter despair is something else. Good on you for mentioning it, it's something nobody really talks about which makes it worse if it ever happens. Well done for coping :)
@@syrus3k
Thank you. You’re absolutely right about nobody talking about it. Especially men. Something I learned is that it’s ok to feel again, and it’s ok to be weak.
Thanks for the love. Its appreciated and I love to pay it forward whenever I can.
powerful! happy riding!
Absolutely agree, I also have mental health problems but I find good physical health makes better mental health. I also agree that when you cycle all you think about is riding, it’s like a brain holiday! Stay safe, if I see you around Derbyshire, I will say hi xx
Ah glad you find cycling helpful too! Thanks for following along :D
Good for all round fitness. I have Complex PTSD and cycling helps me to get out my head and increase the good feeling chemicals in my brain. 100 miles a week is my target at the moment. Don't lose any weight but cheesecake is my achilles heel. Keep up the good work!!
Glad to hear you find cycling helpful too! Keep enjoying it and gotta love a bit of cake :D
@@amy.cycling.adventures Exactly "a bit of cake"... see that's where I've been going wrong!
Brilliant reasons. Absolutely, exercise, nature, good company, chocolate and goal setting - the perfect ingredients to a happier life.
I agree with you totally riding has so many benefits. It's fast enough to get places and slow enough to fully be in nature environment.
Yes cycling does change your life, in a massively good way. And that dance was just adorable, cheers.
I started racing when I was 13 but stopped for about 12 years. Like you I worked at the local hospital that and a few other things contributed to depression. My doctor suggested I start cycling and what a difference it made I now Do 😊about 250 miles a week not bad for an old goat thanks for the video keep them coming 🚴🏽♀️🚴🏽♀️🚴🏽♀️👍👍👍
Amazing mileage!! Really glad you’ve found it again and it helps you :D
Yes I agree 👍 I love commuting to save costs on the car, plus it's usually quicker.
Good one! I commute too :D
Cycle Away the annoyance! That is profoundly the key to move Forward ❤
I started cycling in April 1985 when I joined The Cyclists Touring Club. What inspired me was watching a documentary of the comedian Mike Harding cycling across the U.S.A. I am getting on now in years, but still love cycling and always will !
Glad to hear you love cycling too!!
reason 3 is absolutely true, the distance you can cover in a speed slow enough to take in the views is great
I'm also an ex-Nurse, and cycle for utilitarian reasons, leisure, pleasure, fitness, shopping, commuting, and most importantly, fun.
I can't help feeling a little bit smug when I just glide past an endless stream of cars when they are stuck in a traffic jam, and I never see them come past me again. Also, parking spaces in NHS Hospitals, and in town-centres are usually very expensive and often in short supply, but you can park a bike just about anywhere for free.
I love it how most bike videos on here seem to end-up in a cafe or a country pub! My bike often develops steering problems when I am riding past Costa Coffee, and in spite of my very best efforts, it takes me right up to the door!
Love this!! Glad you love cycling too! Haha I know what you mean about the cafes!
I started cycling exactly a year after my dad passed away which will be 13 years this year. I feel like I've accomplished so much in that time but I still get such a big buzz from riding a bike. To me it is and will always be my escape.
Cycling defo is a great way to escape, glad you enjoy it!
Gday from Sydney, Australia. Thanks for sharing & im enjoying your videos. I ❤cycling because it gives me a sense of freedom & to explore. It makes me happy & is good for my mental health. I used to run a lot before injuries so now I ride most of the time & cycle to work.
Love to hear this!! Thanks so much for watching :) I used to run too and same thing kept getting knee injuries!
The Peak District is amazing. Hilly, but amazing cycling. Love it!
It really is!! ☺️
Outstanding, love your enthusiasm. Infectious and you look amazing, great video.
Another lovely video Amy. Thank you for sharing your reasons. Anyone can see the joy that cycling brings by looking at your face and the passion comes through in your voice and, of course, dancing!
Pretty much the same reasons I ride. As someone who struggles with my mental health it definitely helps take my mind off of all my worries!! Keep riding and keep producing more great content!!
Love to hear this! Thanks so much :D
I can completely relate on on the mental health front! Cycling is just the best...Keep on rockin on up those hills 🙂
It really is great! :D
I share #3 and #5. Especially #3...getting outside in God's creation is the best therapy there is (in my humble opinion 🙂) 👍
I suffer from M. E. When I get out cycling it certainly helps my mental health. Keep up the good work 🚴🚴🚴
Hi Amy, love your attitude! I'm a senior, sort of, and started riding again 3 years ago though not as serious as you. Love it and love being outside! Also worked in healthcare all my life and hit a wall. Had to quit. Weather should improve soon and I'll be out on the bike. Unfortunately we don't have your kind of scenery here in Chicago. Please keep up the great work. I subbed without reservation!
Ahh thanks so much for following along! Enjoy your riding when the better weather comes!
Some great reasons 😀😀 nice channel, subscribed
Thanks so much Greg! Welcome to the channel 🫶
Cheers to you!
I started really cycling when I bought my Allez in 2021. Before that I rode urban and gravel on fixed gear and single speed bikes. Gears opened up the wide open road and now I do road bikes, gravel, and some mountain.
All the same therapeutic attributes of motorcycling, but cheaper, quieter, and requires more physical exertion, which is the biggest reason: to keep fit.
Glad you’ve found cycling 🫶 enjoy!
Thanks for sharing, good reasons. Personally, I like the independence cycling gives me too. Agree about ☕ and 🍰. Finally, is that a dance, I thought had just sat on an ⚡ fence 😂.
Love this! And haha it’s a my legs are tired but I’m happy dance :D
Absolutely agree! Better than therapy sometimes. I hear you on the sense of wellbeing and accomplishment. Went through a bad stretch in 2019 which ended in June 2020 right in the middle of the lockdown. From that day forward I was on the pedals 2-3x per week through 2022. Cycling helped me recover from the absolute worst psychological experience of my life.
Anyway, I'm rambling. Love the channel. Stay awesome, Amy and keep posting! 👍
Really glad to hear cycling helps you too! Thanks so much for watching :D keep enjoying your rides and stay safe :)
Great video, and I find my best rides are when I don't really feel like going out at all. They always end up more satisfying than planned rides. Plus the achievement of getting my sorry backside out of the front door too!
Great dancing...
Yes love this! And haha thanks :D
Well done for the positive thinking. Life is to be enjoyed. To cold for me yet but looking forward to welcoming in the spring with some good cycle rides - not long now:)
I am a traveling ICU nurse in the US and have been in a funk since Covid and now I am getting serious into cycling to clear my head. Thanks so much to you and Kyle for sharing the beauty of England. Oh and can share that curry recipe??? LOL
Haha thanks for watching! I will defo do some recipe videos about my post ride meals soon :D
And really glad you love cycling too!
Great video Amy. Cycling is a great leveller and it helps keep me sane - no easy to do now a days. Keep the vids coming.
needed this first thing sunday morning pre ride
Thanks for sharing, Amy. Very helpful 🙏🏼
Apart from mental health (fortunately). Although my alcohol intake has dropped I'm the same. What i mostly enjoy is the fact that you can become friends with people from totally different walks of life and age groups and cake cake cake
Love this! I’m all about the cake too :D
@@amy.cycling.adventures If you're into pastries, come to Iowa and do RAGBRAI end of July each year. Lots of riders, good food, booze (if you're into that), fun and pies from the locals as you pedal your way from West to East Iowa (Missouri to the Mississippi river.) I refer it as the "Sturgis" for cyclists if you know what I mean. Last year, we had a cyclist from Sweden who was traveling from the West to the East Coast on a personal tour across the U.S. and met up with one of our bus members who introduced him to RAGBRAI and he spent the week with us before heading out to NY.
Love your videos and its inspiring! I am also a nurse and cycling got me out of depression. Now I am addicted to cycling haha
Ah thanks so much Izzy, sorry to hear you’ve struggled but really glad cycling helped you too! X
Love your dancing💃🤣
Well done. Great story 👏 👌 👍
Cycling certainly helps my mental wellbeing, just need to get the bike out again ,
Great vid, I enjoyed it, most healthy fun you can experience always. Investment up front for bike etc but then your done for a few years 😊
Thank you for watching!
I encountered a degenerative meniscus tear after many years of long distance running, needed to exercise - and bought myself a Wattbike. All I can say is I love cycling, even indoors, and do between 10-15 miles everyday - and I am trying to push myself to go further.
I get my outdoor fix walking, as the roads where I live are probably too dangerous for cyclists. But, one day I might by an outdoor bike though, and see if I enjoy that too. For now I will stick to my indoor cycle, and pushing myself to do more mileage.
Forgot to add - I only did running to help my mental health, having had years of challenges, and PTSD, it helped protect me, and now my bike fills the running gap and keeps me sane.
All good reasons to get out and ride. I have never suffered any type of mental illness or fatigue, but maybe it's because I have always been a cyclist. I started doing longer rides when I turned ten yrs old, and my Dad bought me a ten speed bicycle. My first ride on it was a hilly 17 miler at 10 yrs of age and i was hooked. I have had the pleasure of riding with some awesome friends on some great rides over the years and still to this day continue to do so. I love road cycling for the endurance and cardio aspect, and mtn biking for the adventure and how it keeps my reflexes sharp. My stem cap on my road bike says, "Enjoy the Ride"
LOVE this sounds like you have so many amazing memories! Only wish I’d discovered my love for it sooner!
@Amy Cycling Adventures You're young and have a lifetime to make memories. A friend of mine didn't start cycling until he was 66 yrs old, seven yrs later, he's still going strong. His first year, he rode 7500 miles and the following, 11k+. So it's never too late.
@@johnnydoe66 amazing!!
The challenge is my favorite because when accomplishing a hill climb knowing that a lot of people can’t do it makes it fullfilling. But I do have vintage steel bikes I ride so that adds to the challenge lol
The only reason I get up for work is I have a 12 mile cycle to work, it's the only bit I enjoy.
We too 😎
Great share on reasons to cycle - Mental health nurse, interesting
Great video - inspiring!
But the comments following it are just as good; so many people sharing difficult times but also saying how much cycling helps! All immensely positive. Well, except for the length of time you have to look at Kyle-the-hubby's backside, but you have to suffer to make good art; keep in front, Kyle.
Ah thank you so much!
Yes it’s great to read how cycling has helped so many people ☺️ and haha yes exactly keep going Kyle 😂
Found it! The video I first watched...
It's great to see someone embracing the grimness of it (thinking more of the Audax video) and just enjoying themselves. However, as someone who is definitely 'over-the-hill', I'd appreciate you not being so joyful at reaching the top. 😉Only joking; you express yourself however you feel. I just hope I can use your inspiration as I fight the inertia that has stopped me getting out for the last couple of years.
Ahh thanks so much for this comment and for watching! :D good luck with getting back out enjoy it!
My mental health, I love what cycling does for my head
Also, a great help with insomnia!
Awesome 👍❤🤘
Around here it's in the intermediate time when I want ice tyres some of the time and they're a PITA the rest. I don't like them on asphalt as they just seem to skitter across the top, and have less grip. Still, they got me to my son's school and back for pick-up on Friday, so I shouldn't complain too much I suppose
Great reasons to go cycling. What ice tyres are you using out of interest?
I’m using the schwalbe ice tyres I got them in a sale on Wiggle they’re great - heavy but safe!
Blimey the roads look bad take care 😮
What Winter tyres you recommend? Ta.
#2 start filming before you've drunk the coffee and eaten the cake ☕🍰😂😂😉
Great vid, can you tell me if the sun god glasses are any good compared to others as I’m thinking of buying them, but they are quite pricey 😂
I’m an ambassador for them so I’m really grateful to get them for free! I find them really comfy and not had any issues with them, although I haven’t really tried many other brands! :) but I LOVE them
Keep it going Amy but take care when cycling alone and don’t trust stupid blokes looking at you in a weird way.
How do you afford so much LE COL?? Are you sponsored? 😵💫🤣
Yes I’m an ambassador for them which I’m so grateful for!
@@amy.cycling.adventures oh cool, what does that mean?
@@paulmdavey they give me kit and I wear it on my socials :) feel so grateful!
what about physical health? thats in my top 5 no 3...
Ayooooo - damn I'm early
haha.. dont come to my peak district
ice tyres???? what do they look like - ice speedway bikes.
They have little spikes on them mine are schwalbe ones! But they’re more slippy if not ice so only for use on ice :D