It’s Mental Health Awareness Week and - despite bike rides being a brilliant way of reaping the many physical and mental benefits of cycling - pro and amateur cyclists alike can still suffer from anxiety. Here, we explore some of the most common types of anxieties cyclists may experience - and how they can be overcome.
Josh Morris’s embarrassing pre-race moments go back a long way. “I ran from sign-on to the toilet, back to the car to put my wheels on the bike, and then back to the toilet,” he remembers of his 2011 race debut at the Maindy velodrome in Cardiff. At his next race, the same thing happened. And the next, and the next. No matter which approach he tried, the Welsh amateur racer continued to suffer from performance anxiety – and it still affects him now, 12 years later.
