[BurlyShirley]

...I know I am. I can barely get myself up to go and ride them anymore sometimes. I'll go out and hit an 8-10 mile loop, with the intention of doing it a couple times, but after one time around, Im just ready to call it quits. Ive ridden them backward and forward dozens of times.
I guess I need to travel more, or get a road bike.

 

[greenchris]

i have been very bored of my one local trail system so i bought a cyclocross bike. It should be arriving today ill let you know if it cures the boredom.

 

[SuboptimusPrime]

I can relate...a few ideas:

Is there a place you can build something new or make additions to an existing trail? It's amazing how a few new jumps/berms/reroutes can spice up a whole trail...

Find a new riding partner(s)?

If i'm bored of our local XC trails sometimes I'll ride them on my DH bike trying to ride the downhills as fast as I can, or your can ride a smaller bike on a burly trail, or just pick a section you've riden a bunch and try to ride it again and again until you have it dialed really well...I don't know, I think there is always more to do on a given set of trails.

 

[Westy]

Road bike helps.
Maintaining/building trails help
Taking time off the bike. I'd rather be skiing right now.
Riding with new people.

 

[ElTORO]

Ride it in the Dark with no light!! That's always a rush!!

 

[Trainwreck]

Fortunately there are a bunch of trails around here so you don't get bored too easily. There are trail systems like Pima and Dynamite where we have never even scratched the surface riding some of the further outlying sections.

I agree that a road bike will help break the monotony.

 

[johnbryanpeters]

What with rain and some degree of boredom, I have started doing combined pavement and dirt rides to various places, some local, some not, where there are industrial archaeological sites of interest, mostly old iron works and rail sites to date.

 

[BurlyShirley]

Not much going on in the way of trail maintenance this time of year, but I do occasionally get out and lend a hand with that kind of thing. As for new land or new places to build trail, there's really not any of that. I know people with farms and stuff I could lay out new trail on, but they wouldnt really be receptive to letting others ride it most likely.
I'll be glad to move to more of a rural area this spring so I can just ride back roads and fire roads at random. Even though there'll be less actual trail systems, I hope to ride more.

 

[kidwoo]

Quit your whining and build something.

 

[sanjuro]

Not much going on in the way of trail maintenance this time of year, but I do occasionally get out and lend a hand with that kind of thing. As for new land or new places to build trail, there's really not any of that. I know people with farms and stuff I could lay out new trail on, but they wouldnt really be receptive to letting others ride it most likely.
I'll be glad to move to more of a rural area this spring so I can just ride back roads and fire roads at random. Even though there'll be less actual trail systems, I hope to ride more.

Yeah, I used to know that feeling. When I lived in New Orleans, the only trail system was about a hour away, and my road ride consisted of riding 14 miles on the levee.

 

[splat]

I guess being in New England we are very blessed with LOTS of good Trails. I don't get bored .

 

[BurlyShirley]

Quit your whining and build something.

Not whining, just bored and looking for suggestions. Im happy to go back to work its gotten so bad. Haha.

 

[sanjuro]

I would go with the road bike, and try commuting.

 

[narlus]

I guess being in New England we are very blessed with LOTS of good Trails. I don't get bored .

tons of terrain to ride, and aside from the lack of elevation, it's pretty awesome riding for the most part.

 

[johnbryanpeters]

In more urban areas, I like to find what I call microtrack, all those odd little paths leading from here to there. I found one of those in Burlington with a nice little set of dirt jumps in the middle...

 

[Westy]

I have tons of trails to ride if I drive an hour or so. I don't like driving though.

 

[GumbaFish]

tons of terrain to ride, and aside from the lack of elevation, it's pretty awesome riding for the most part.

You just described my ideal riding conditions

 

[Wumpus]

The local trails are just a network of crisscrossing trails so I can make quite a few different loops to keep from getting too bored. I road bike in the summer when it is ridicolously hot. or too wet to ride the trails in the winter, dirt night rides in the winter during the week and then a little longer weekend ride. I also run a couple days a week or do intervals on the road bike when time is short or it's cold and/or wet.

 

[Ez-Cruiser]

get out there late at night and put some obstacles out there.. few land mines, razor wire, tire spikes.... yeah, that will raise a few brows!