Cooling Down after a Ride

[DukeRed]

I always have the problem that when I meet up with mates, have dinner with parents or something like that after a ride I'm really rushing and have problems listening to people and standing still.

It's hard to come back to normal life after going at 100 round country roads. So any ways you calm down after a ride? I find I usually have a rolly but I just get the shakes.
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[UrbanRacer]

lie on your bed for 5 mins or take the last few miles to your destination at a relaxed pace. surley you dont tear into your street like a guy with his a55hole on fire?

[spinglass]

On the contrary, after a good ride and a good adrenalin rush, I am so calm and happy I can listen to anyone say any thing, I just don care

[DukeRed]

Strangely I do tend to. Most places I go seem to be at the end of fast routes.
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[veeeffarr]

A fag in the car park behind my house

[biggerjohn]

Quick 5 knuckle shuffle will sort you out.

Failing that you could just enjoy the buzz while it lasts

[Annabella]

Take five or ten minutes just taking off your kit and having a drink.

It usually takes me a while to get my bike in the garage too...



That being said, I'm rarely calm.
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[Madman]

[Rookie]

After trying out top speed on the bike this morning (only hit 100mph, but popped a little wheelie too ) I got in all hot and sweaty, so sat down on the sofa with a cup of tea and a few chocolate digestives.

I wouldn't like to really ride like a maniac if I was going to dinner or something. There's nothing worse than arriving in a hot restaurant, already hot.

[Skub]

[DukeRed]

I do drive within my abilities but only just, otherwise I wouldn't progress. Not saying I can corner like a pro cos I can't but always fun to test your self.

+ Can't believe that adrenalin furs your arteries.
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[craigs23]

I get quite hot after a ride - especially in summer or if I've forgotten to take my jacket liner out. Unzipping the top helps a little.

Maybe take onboard what the racers do - a nice cooling down lap around the local town, stand up wheelies, waving to the crowd as you pass them by....

[McGee]

Enjoy every second of it, even if your like a crack addict looking for there next hit
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[akaDAVE]

I'm usually a bit 'wired' when i get back after a ride.
It's good to take a slow 30mph route back home along the seafront and through the village to cool down a bit before getting home into the warmth and wrestling to get your gear off.
I like the feeling of sitting down afterwards just staring out of the window, I sort of feel relaxed but hyped up at the same time.
I'll sit there for a bit, have a cup of tea and then when it wears off I'll wreslte the gear back on and go out again. it's quite a worrying pattern of behaviour!
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[SoND]

After a decent ride it's always fun to sit down and chill out with a nice big joint.
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[jonnay]

Big hill coming down into my road, about a mile of downhill straight. If it was quiet and hot, I'd stand on the pegs and unzip my jacket, to get a bit of cold air going for the last few minutes.

Almost threw me off when I did it with an unbalanced front wheel, mind
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[map]

Last year I found I was having this problem. Used to have a really good and for me relaxing ride home. Then park up the bike, get inside, get the gear off and start snapping at people and being really irritable.

I came to the conclusion that it was because I was still 'focused' from the ride. I guess I must concentrate a bit.

So now when I'm on my way home I do let myself relax. After putting the bike away I tell myself to breathe and leave the ride behind. Then I'm more sociable (some may say by not much though )

HTH
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[Skub]

It's fear you are all talking about.

The release of adrenaline into the bloodstream triggers the "fight or flight impulse"

You either need not to scare yourselves or learn how better to manage stress levels.

Biking is about fun and keeping fear to a minimum.
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[GearboxGeezer]

I feel so buzzing after a really stupid ride, Not so much a fast country ride but a reasonable fast midnight town ride, And before you ask I dont do anything to stupid, apart from overtake cars like made every now and again. But that really gets my blood pumping even 30mins after I put the bike in the garage.

[Whosthedaddy]

This actually happens to me

When I get to work, I start straight away and I feel that I am burning, light headed and sick. Its hard to 'come down' after a nice ride
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[mr.z]

[Leggin' it]

With all those endorphins flowing, a damn good shagging session
will soon calm the 'nerves'

[LUXY DJ]

i H8 it when it wears off!

funny when im talking to someone just after & im all hyper

cause my last few roads b4 home i GIVE IT SOME! because i know im about to get off but love knowing ALL my gearing on the last corners & LEANING it HARD!

tbh i cant be arsed with LATE night riding tho simply cause off the bother you get in london from feds! & drunk pedestrains spilling out on the roads OR the shitty NON engilsh mini cabbys! but if im already out & coming back then its nice if theres no bother & if its empty then......well......
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