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I've been in a bike funk for 2 months! Attending the R&I last night made a big difference. For me it has been a combination of being extremely busy at work and having several home projects going on at the same time and my primary bike being out of commission. I decided to not let the bike funk stress me out and just go with the flow, get projects done and do what I feel like doing instead of forcing things. I got that bit of wisdom from @CBaron since he described going through something similar a few years back and he became a runner.

This thread should be titled "Let's Talk about Hex, Baby!" (Some of you may be too young to get the reference.)

Have you considered that maybe you just don't like bicycles? Can I show you something in a nice Onewheel?

Every day seems to be demo day if you happen to be interested in anything Velorangutan sells. @xl_cheese has a pretty permissive demo policy and I think they have a decent assortment of options. Outerbike would be a bit more complicated but could be made into a fun MTB getaway with a ton of demos thrown in. I attended the one in Bentonville a few yrs ago. It rained every day. 😞 Later, CJB

The main creek crossing at Walnut was so slick a few months back, that my bike vanished from under me so quickly I was left suspended in mid-air, still pedaling away, like in the cartoons! A solid landing, but thankfully nothing serious.

I was kind of in no-man's land for bikes too. Recently picked up a 2021 Ritchey Ascent. 90's mtb geometry with room for 110/148 spacing and 29x2.6 tires. My happy place.

Living in switchback-ledge-utopia can do that to a person. Road trip might be in order. My advice would be to try and demo a revel ranger from @xl_cheese if possible. I like hard tails as much as the next guy but once you hit your 40s a little suspension is nice.

At one of my local trails on a section that is now gone, there was a small drop followed by a right turn. It was like ball bearings. I went down too fast to do anything but land on my shoulder. I had to do physical therapy for side whiplash. It wasn't an injury per se, but rather the little muscles tensed up and they were locked up. I also went down on another trail, this time a section of off camber rock right after another small drop with leaves covering the trail. Something sent me slightly wide of the mark and I went down hard on my ride side with bruises on my hip, thorax and shoulder. both of these I’m glad I didn’t put a limb down. I’ll take bruising over a broken bone. my ankle break was a result of trying to put my foot down on a wall ride. Sometimes it is better to go down with the ship.

On a serious note, I seem to have lost my stoke. Haven't touched a bike in over a month. I thought trying something new might help me find it again. You might be right.