Same as you. Combination of mental, health/fitness, and sometimes being social. I don't run a computer or power metre and don't care about ftp or any other stats. It's just riding for the fun of it.
Can relate! A video on your Mallorca logistics would be great. How you choose where to stay, how you plan your rides, if you shop for food or eat out, how you ship / fly with your bike. I'd gladly copy paste most of your trip to avoid having to search and investigate online.
Hehe. Spending a lot of time on that music stuff just made it even more important to find an outlet to offset stress and there is nothing better than going out on a ride or building a bike. 🫶
As a synthesist with a software/tech day job, this is ridiculously relatable. I 100% agree, building/upgrading a bike brings the same joy as building a giant modular case and filling it with interesting and unique modules
For me it's both the fitness and mental side. I get the same from freediving/spearfishing... when 4h pass by without feeling like 4h, something different is happening - flow state/being in the zone. Also a good time to have ideias.
Great video. As someone who has been working in tech/consulting for >20 years now, and who has had multiple run-ins with burnout, this surely hits home. Cycling has been extremely important for my mental health, and the physical fitness is more of an added benefit than a goal in itself. Bike Therapy is real, and I'm here for it 😉 If you are ever looking to enjoy a chill coffee ride along the rivers in the Netherlands, let me know. Coffee is on me 😉
Glad to hear that cycling is also giving you a great counterbalance. I m coming to Amsterdam every October for ADE and depending on the weather might actually stay longer for some rides. So might get back to you for that coffee 🤜🤛
This is great. I get so much pleasure from being a cyclist. Choosing the parts for a build then putting them together. Riding the bike and just looking at it. The whole process I find is very meditative. That's why I don't understand those who use a bike as a fitness thing, especially the static ones. A bike is a work of art which takes you to experiences.
I started cycling/tinkering with bikes in the pandemic. I really needed something to take my mind off things and relax. Started working on my first bike back in '20 and have expanded my stable since then (mostly vintage road bikes). While improving my fitness is a very welcome side effect, I don't do it for performance gains/KOMs nor do i ride for speed. For me it's about seeing new routes and seeing how far I can conceivably ride. To me the randonneuring aspect of cycling is the most appealing.
the fitness yes, the calming of the thoughts as well, but the freedom! Don't know what about cycling but on a bike feel absolutely free, in the moment, liberated....feel its very important to have an exercise that can totally "exhaust" your body and reset...every ride gives me an opportunity to do this...started cycling with an ex-boss of mine and have never looked back...don't have the amazing roads as you do in Europe but make the best of the routes here...thank you for sharing your story, enjoy your videos quite a bit...dankeschon!
I hear you. I've been producing music since the 90s. Recorded lots of bands, performed for years, and still work a 9 to 5. All the best to you and your production career. Keep up the grind!
Good for you putting yourself out there. Personally I started cycling in college after my skiff sailing ended. I went on a lot of group rides in college.
@klein-concept been doing some bikepacking trips with my girlfriend lately, mainly solo road trips here now, also love the steel bike content I have a trek 660 with r7000 on it and love it. Keep up the good work!!
Couples bikepacking sounds like good fun. Unfortunately my gf is not the biggest fan of this sport 😂😂. Lovely you also have a Trek 660. Beautiful frame.
Nice of you to tell your story, a lot of cyclist can relate to your story. I started to cycle when I was hit by covid, now I am hook to it, it is for my physical and for my mental health and of course for the lovely views.
Thank you for sharing. It is an addictive sport. Happy to hear it helped you recover after covid and that now you re stuck with us in the Lycra gang 🤜🤛
Great stuff, looks like a great place to clear your mind and love the videos you’ve been posting, i love building bikes and finding bike tech. Oh love the glasses btw, do you have some music you make by any chance or maybe some Spotify playlist to share while riding the bike!
Thanks a lot. Yes Mallorca is magical for riding. Regarding music i dont have a playlist to share yet but if you look up Michael Klein you will find my music at least on Spotify 🫶
So great to have you on board. I'm 75 and been a road cyclist since I was 12. Certainly kept me sane through the years though others would probably disagree. Love every aspect of the sport, especially sorting thru all the bullsh#t. Cheers...
Hey man, thanks for sharing! Truly inspiring 🚀 I can totally understand your thoughts… I am seeing you as a role model! Hope you are doing great, much love ❤️
@@klein-concept Yes man! Is at the top ofn my list to ride with you my buddy! Let's plan a Mallorca Trip soon... Just canceled my ski trip so I am in the need of a bike vacay ❤
Your story is very relatable. I started riding bike for my mental health and its beneficial for 3 years now. I also built my 2nd bike, upgraded and switch parts which I enjoyed doing on my spare time. First time commenting on your video, been watching you for couple of months now. Thank you!
Thanks a lot. Great to hear you actually build your second bike yourself. It really adds another dimension when it comes to relaxation and giving your mind a break. Of course given you dont have to stress about having bought the wrong bottom bracket for your build 😂😂
Wonderful! Thanks for the honesty. Kudos to you. I can relate too. Quick recomendation.. go back to the gym. 2 days per week, one hour max, do legs one day and core the next. It will not improve your cycling, it will even make you slower, but you will benefit in the long run because you have that skinny build and muscle is very very important for your health, mental and metabolic included.5 grams of creatine and everything will get better i promise, because I know. 😁 Take care, nice videos, keep going. Cheers!
Thanks a lot. Really appreciate your advice on leg and core workout. Do you think this could be something to do from home? For me somehow it all breaks with having to travel to the gym. 🫣
@@klein-concept for legs, no, you need the squat rack and rhe machines in the gym, but for core yes, you ca do it at home. Search for "bob harper ripped core workout", i've done that for years, it is worth it. As you advance things change, but you can get some gear for core training to do at home.
Wie war denn Radfahren auf Mallorca nun? Das steht auch noch auf meiner "ToDo" Liste :). Mich hat damals der "Gravel"-Trend angesprochen, es auch mal mit einem Rennrad auszuprobieren. Irgendwie bin ich aber seitdem ich das Gravel habe, nur mit GP5000 und Roadlaufrädern auf der Straße unterwegs. Gibt mir irgendwie mehr als irgendwo Offroad lang zu ballern. Straße nervt nur, wenn zu viel Verkehr ist. Ansonsten unterschreibe ich deine Kommentare, ist denke ich für viele von uns ähnlich! Viel Spaß noch auf Malle! Gibt es irgendwo nen Link deine Musikproduktionen mal durchzustöbern? Grüße 👋🏻
Das Mallorca video kommt noch. Komme vor lauter arbeit nur langsam hinterher 🫣. War aber super. Bestes wetter, wenig autos und günstige unterkunft ausserhalb der season. Bei mir ist das ähnlich. Bin selbst mit meinem gravelrad 99 prozent der zeit auf der strasse unterwegs. Offroad ist einfach nicht ganz so meins, obwohl ich die idee immer noch spannend finde. Vielleicht hab ich auch einfach noch nicht die richtigen routen entdeckt. Wegen der musik, schau gerne auf spotify mal nach Michael Klein 🫶
Music tech? Was machste denn genau? Bin selbst in Sachen Musik unterwegs, daher interessant zu wissen, denn da haben wir beide die gleiche Balance zum Job gesucht! :)
@@klein-concept it’s written on my Strava « bio » I’m the Black Metal Rider so it makes sense! Oh and building & fine tuniing beautiful bikes like you do, sooooo awesome
Same as you. Combination of mental, health/fitness, and sometimes being social. I don't run a computer or power metre and don't care about ftp or any other stats. It's just riding for the fun of it.
Love it. Keeping it at it s purest form 🤜🤛
Can relate! A video on your Mallorca logistics would be great. How you choose where to stay, how you plan your rides, if you shop for food or eat out, how you ship / fly with your bike. I'd gladly copy paste most of your trip to avoid having to search and investigate online.
Good idea. Happy to do that. Will record something in the next weeks. Thanks for the idea.🤜🤛
I definitely did not see the DJ thing coming😮 but I think that is really cool.
Keep grinding Brother💪🏾
Hehe. Spending a lot of time on that music stuff just made it even more important to find an outlet to offset stress and there is nothing better than going out on a ride or building a bike. 🫶
Same for me here - mental health brought me to cycling.
Its really is the best to get a clear mind. 🫶
As a synthesist with a software/tech day job, this is ridiculously relatable. I 100% agree, building/upgrading a bike brings the same joy as building a giant modular case and filling it with interesting and unique modules
It is almost addictive haha 🫣. There is always just this one more module that you need 😂😂😂
For me it's both the fitness and mental side. I get the same from freediving/spearfishing... when 4h pass by without feeling like 4h, something different is happening - flow state/being in the zone. Also a good time to have ideias.
Wow freediving sounds impressive. I can imagine that it also gets you in the zone very well 🫶
@@klein-concept Yes, freely moving in 3 dimensions...
Great video. As someone who has been working in tech/consulting for >20 years now, and who has had multiple run-ins with burnout, this surely hits home. Cycling has been extremely important for my mental health, and the physical fitness is more of an added benefit than a goal in itself. Bike Therapy is real, and I'm here for it 😉 If you are ever looking to enjoy a chill coffee ride along the rivers in the Netherlands, let me know. Coffee is on me 😉
Glad to hear that cycling is also giving you a great counterbalance. I m coming to Amsterdam every October for ADE and depending on the weather might actually stay longer for some rides. So might get back to you for that coffee 🤜🤛
Another great video!
Thank you. Glad to hear you enjoyed it 🤜🤛
This is great. I get so much pleasure from being a cyclist. Choosing the parts for a build then putting them together. Riding the bike and just looking at it. The whole process I find is very meditative. That's why I don't understand those who use a bike as a fitness thing, especially the static ones. A bike is a work of art which takes you to experiences.
I could not agree more 🤜🤛
I started cycling/tinkering with bikes in the pandemic. I really needed something to take my mind off things and relax. Started working on my first bike back in '20 and have expanded my stable since then (mostly vintage road bikes). While improving my fitness is a very welcome side effect, I don't do it for performance gains/KOMs nor do i ride for speed. For me it's about seeing new routes and seeing how far I can conceivably ride. To me the randonneuring aspect of cycling is the most appealing.
Sounds like we share a common mindset here. 🤜🤛
the fitness yes, the calming of the thoughts as well, but the freedom! Don't know what about cycling but on a bike feel absolutely free, in the moment, liberated....feel its very important to have an exercise that can totally "exhaust" your body and reset...every ride gives me an opportunity to do this...started cycling with an ex-boss of mine and have never looked back...don't have the amazing roads as you do in Europe but make the best of the routes here...thank you for sharing your story, enjoy your videos quite a bit...dankeschon!
You are so right. It is all about the feeling of freedom. Thanks a lot for sharing your story 🫶
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and a little background! Gives the channel some more depth!
Very happy to hear that feedback. Thanks a lot mate 🤜🤛
I hear you. I've been producing music since the 90s. Recorded lots of bands, performed for years, and still work a 9 to 5. All the best to you and your production career. Keep up the grind!
Thats impressive. 9-5 and doing work in an actual studio with other musicians sounds like most of your time is really locked in. Respect 🤜🤛
Good for you putting yourself out there. Personally I started cycling in college after my skiff sailing ended. I went on a lot of group rides in college.
🤜🤛 Whats your preference. Group rides or solo adventures?
@klein-concept been doing some bikepacking trips with my girlfriend lately, mainly solo road trips here now, also love the steel bike content I have a trek 660 with r7000 on it and love it. Keep up the good work!!
Couples bikepacking sounds like good fun. Unfortunately my gf is not the biggest fan of this sport 😂😂.
Lovely you also have a Trek 660. Beautiful frame.
Weekly episodes of short bike ride would be cool to see.
Good idea. Once the weather gets warm again that will be something i will give a try. 🫶
Nice of you to tell your story, a lot of cyclist can relate to your story. I started to cycle when I was hit by covid, now I am hook to it, it is for my physical and for my mental health and of course for the lovely views.
Thank you for sharing. It is an addictive sport. Happy to hear it helped you recover after covid and that now you re stuck with us in the Lycra gang 🤜🤛
Great stuff, looks like a great place to clear your mind and love the videos you’ve been posting, i love building bikes and finding bike tech.
Oh love the glasses btw, do you have some music you make by any chance or maybe some Spotify playlist to share while riding the bike!
Thanks a lot. Yes Mallorca is magical for riding.
Regarding music i dont have a playlist to share yet but if you look up Michael Klein you will find my music at least on Spotify 🫶
So great to have you on board. I'm 75 and been a road cyclist since I was 12. Certainly kept me sane through the years though others would probably disagree. Love every aspect of the sport, especially sorting thru all the bullsh#t. Cheers...
Really great to read that. Keeps us as sane as somebody wearing Lycra can be called sane 😂😂
thanks for sharing!
Thank you for watching 🤜🤛
Hey man, thanks for sharing! Truly inspiring 🚀 I can totally understand your thoughts… I am seeing you as a role model! Hope you are doing great, much love ❤️
Lets ride more together this year again. Been a while 🫶
@@klein-concept Yes man! Is at the top ofn my list to ride with you my buddy! Let's plan a Mallorca Trip soon... Just canceled my ski trip so I am in the need of a bike vacay ❤
@@RobertRauchfuss any time. I m in 🤜🤛
Your story is very relatable. I started riding bike for my mental health and its beneficial for 3 years now. I also built my 2nd bike, upgraded and switch parts which I enjoyed doing on my spare time. First time commenting on your video, been watching you for couple of months now. Thank you!
Thanks a lot. Great to hear you actually build your second bike yourself. It really adds another dimension when it comes to relaxation and giving your mind a break. Of course given you dont have to stress about having bought the wrong bottom bracket for your build 😂😂
@@klein-concept Welcome to BB multiverse.. 😆
@@fristerencio haha so true
Wonderful! Thanks for the honesty. Kudos to you.
I can relate too.
Quick recomendation.. go back to the gym. 2 days per week, one hour max, do legs one day and core the next. It will not improve your cycling, it will even make you slower, but you will benefit in the long run because you have that skinny build and muscle is very very important for your health, mental and metabolic included.5 grams of creatine and everything will get better i promise, because I know. 😁
Take care, nice videos, keep going. Cheers!
Thanks a lot. Really appreciate your advice on leg and core workout. Do you think this could be something to do from home? For me somehow it all breaks with having to travel to the gym. 🫣
@@klein-concept for legs, no, you need the squat rack and rhe machines in the gym, but for core yes, you ca do it at home. Search for "bob harper ripped core workout", i've done that for years, it is worth it. As you advance things change, but you can get some gear for core training to do at home.
Thanks a lot 🤜🤛
Wie immer,-super❤
🫶
Nice and honest video and I can relate to a lot. My bikes are my training partners, my travcel companions and my everyday therapist.
The best mental health therapist out there 🤜🤛
@@klein-concept BTW, which bike did you bring along to Mallorca?
I brought my Standert Triebwerk steel bike with me.
@@klein-concept Nice! I haver collected all the parts and will build mine up shortly!
@@VeloViking amazing. Also the Standert?
Deine Brillen sind awesome fashion Monsieur Klein 👍
Hehe. Danke dir 🫶
Wie war denn Radfahren auf Mallorca nun? Das steht auch noch auf meiner "ToDo" Liste :). Mich hat damals der "Gravel"-Trend angesprochen, es auch mal mit einem Rennrad auszuprobieren. Irgendwie bin ich aber seitdem ich das Gravel habe, nur mit GP5000 und Roadlaufrädern auf der Straße unterwegs. Gibt mir irgendwie mehr als irgendwo Offroad lang zu ballern. Straße nervt nur, wenn zu viel Verkehr ist. Ansonsten unterschreibe ich deine Kommentare, ist denke ich für viele von uns ähnlich! Viel Spaß noch auf Malle! Gibt es irgendwo nen Link deine Musikproduktionen mal durchzustöbern? Grüße 👋🏻
Das Mallorca video kommt noch. Komme vor lauter arbeit nur langsam hinterher 🫣. War aber super. Bestes wetter, wenig autos und günstige unterkunft ausserhalb der season.
Bei mir ist das ähnlich. Bin selbst mit meinem gravelrad 99 prozent der zeit auf der strasse unterwegs. Offroad ist einfach nicht ganz so meins, obwohl ich die idee immer noch spannend finde. Vielleicht hab ich auch einfach noch nicht die richtigen routen entdeckt.
Wegen der musik, schau gerne auf spotify mal nach Michael Klein 🫶
Music tech? Was machste denn genau? Bin selbst in Sachen Musik unterwegs, daher interessant zu wissen, denn da haben wir beide die gleiche Balance zum Job gesucht! :)
Mache produkt management bei NI. Was machst du genau?
Me, personally, I ride for Satan
😂😂 Didnt expect that one. Guess you got to do what you got to do. Ride safe 🤜🤛
@@klein-concept it’s written on my Strava « bio » I’m the Black Metal Rider so it makes sense! Oh and building & fine tuniing beautiful bikes like you do, sooooo awesome