Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - How do you know you are in love?

I frequent this forum alot so I thought i'd ask you all. Being the eclectic SS/FG bunch you are, i'd like your opinions.

So how do you know you are in love and not lust?

When you think about her all the time, but not always about sex with her. Personally, I prefer lust.

When you sell your only bike to buy her the ring.

When the bike goes through traffic without you ever turning the handlebars at speeds you never thought could be possible.

when you spend more time on the bike than on Al Gore's intArw3b.

Well put, DW.

I frequent this forum alot so I thought i'd ask you all. Being the eclectic SS/FG bunch you are, i'd like your opinions.

So how do you know you are in love and not lust?


Whoa whoa whoa!

You mean in love with a bike, right?

Anything else and it will just take away from your riding time.

love is a many-splendored thing..
lust is a many-*****'d thing..

right now, to whom i love and to whom i lust are completely diff't and it fkn blows.

When you like her based on how she handles, not how she looks.



But if you mean with a woman -- hell if I know.

You're at peace when you're with her. Or not.

She thinks it's cute when you polish her lugs.

Her seat fits just right.

You always chain her to a post when you go inside the bar.

When you cycle a total of 180 miles to get a glimpse of her and get shafted. That's when you know it's love... :(:(:(

/cries like a little girl that fell off her bike and skinned her knee

She thinks it's cute when you polish her lugs.

Her seat fits just right.

You always chain her to a post when you go inside the bar.

rofl

Someone try telling a girl that. "I love my bike and it's okay with it, and I love you too. Why aren't you cool, baby?"

When it feels like your flying and you aren't on a bike anymore.

- When you feel free to take a leak while she's brushing her teeth
- When you agree to go bra and panties shopping a second time
- When she just won't shut the **** up
- Fear and acceptance of repurcussions
- When you fart in her presence - a) you don't blush and you smile (possibly because you embellish it with something like a good impression of curly from the three stooges)

Who has to be persuaded to go bra and panties shopping? Getting to see your girl in numerous tiny ensembles, and influence what she buys = C00L

If you don't want to control her, you just want to see her happy, with or without you. (But of course better with!)

uh dude, the only guys they let in the changing room are the ones trying the stuff on themselves. all the meanwhile you get to stand around looking like a perv, making all the broads in the joint feel self conscious. if she's going to don that nippleless, crotchless see-through number with the LED's, it's going to be a surprise and all her friends and sisters are going to know about it well before you do. oh yeah, and you get to enjoy it with the lights off since she doesn't want you to see how fat her ass looks in that getup

...which is a damn shame, cos sers, he loves him some fine ass. that's why i got into cycling in the first place. lady bikers got back!

when theres an E M pantogramed on the seat stays.......then im in love.

when you dont have to ask what the difference is

If you don't want to control her, you just want to see her happy, with or without you. (But of course better with!)

+1

this is not about bikes.

When she's/he's not around, and a friend points out an extraordinarily beautiful woman/man at the bar, and you're all, "Yeah, whatever", as you keep staring at a wonderful point someplace in the near future which appears to said friend as nothing but a neon PBR sign.

When you want to buy a second frame just like it and build it up with slightly different components.

Falling in love is like wetting your pants.
At first there is a warm, cozy feeling.
But in the end, you feel cold, damp and ashamed.

I fall in love about 5 times a day.

when you are a pretty smooth guy when your not around her but as soon as she gets near you turn all drooly weird geek klutz on her

but she thinks its cut

when you both have a crush on eachother for years and don't know it because you are both to shy to talk to the other

trust me I married her (after some coaxing from friends to say hi)

If she can suck a golfball through a garden hose, it's love.

easy test: jerk off, then think about being with her. if the idea doesn't jive, it's just lust.

if you still feel all lovey dovey about her, do something nice. maybe a new chain, or repack the hubs. that **** is a love supreme right there.

you know, i wish i knew, too. right now i know someone who i love but am not in love with, and it's a weird fine line.

That's the distinction that matters. It's easy to love someone, but it's hard to be in love with someone.

easy test: jerk off, then think about being with her. if the idea doesn't jive, it's just lust.

if you still feel all lovey dovey about her, do something nice. maybe a new chain, or repack the hubs. that **** is a love supreme right there.

I've tried this before and it DEFINATELY works. I do this with every girl I date at the time, just to make sure I actually have feelings for her or not.

can u sell her and buy a really sweet ride?

when you cant be sober around her because of all the mindless blah blah blah... and then you tag that ass hardcore style and its still blah blah.. and you got to go sleep on the sofa to get any damn rest. and you just hope in the morning shes so pissed at you she leaves to work without waking you up or some dumb ****. then you know your stuck with the wrong person. thats all i know.

When you spend your time planning long distance tours instead of Kilo sprints.

The other kind of love is two-way. If you feel compelled to sell your bike to make her happier by getting her a better ring then she does not love you in return.

love, yuck!

I frequent this forum alot so I thought i'd ask you all. Being the eclectic SS/FG bunch you are, i'd like your opinions.

So how do you know you are in love and not lust?


Love: is what you feel for a bike or a kindly Grandmother. Love is a strong attraction for things that can’t hurt you. If what you love harms you in any way that that is an addiction.

Lust: is a warm fuzzy feeling that comes on strong whenever a hot ‘piece of a**’ walks by. Lust is momentary and or a fleeting experience that should be acted upon and then forgotten.

Addiction: is a Love of a thing that can hurt you like a wife or a drug problem. This should be avoided at all times.

I hope this clarifies things.

-dalton

Love and Lust are both four letter words.

Whatever that means.

you know, i wish i knew, too. right now i know someone who i love but am not in love with, and it's a weird fine line.

I'm there too. Man its awkward

uh dude, the only guys they let in the changing room are the ones trying the stuff on themselves. all the meanwhile you get to stand around looking like a perv, making all the broads in the joint feel self conscious.
I'm glad you said it so I didn't have to.

If you have to ask other people if you are in love or not - Then you aren't.

Love is not real. it was made up by modern (civilized) man. Lust is a natural occuring feeling in all animals. what we call love is just lust that lasts a long time, but after 3 years it will be gone. people that stay married for 20 or more years are people that have found someone they get along with great as friends. it is not natural to stay with the same woman for ever. our (male) natural instinct is to change partners every few years or more.

Quite obviously, your glass is half empty. Or we share the same Ex-Wife...

...or he's in syracuse...

(sorry, i grew up in that area and have an extreme distaste for it)

Lust might turn into love eventually, or you'll get bored and want to get with other partners, too...which is basically starting over again. So that's your difference, straight up.

Somewhat contrary to my post I just made, I believe you're right...I never really thought of it that way. Love is just lust till it wears off. Love is a partner that's your best friend even when you want to change it up but you just don't care because just hanging out your partner is good enough. Solution: invite a third person for kicks.

In my situation, it's been brought up (not by me) and I'm stoked (although I am not bored by ANY means). The results will probably really mess with our heads (or make them much better), but I don't really care because she's so cool that we'll always be best friends (as far as i know, right?). Always being best friends, that sounds like love to me. I'm very very lucky.

man, threesomes very rarely leave the original couple in a favorable long term position. it's hot while it's on, but be prepared, just in case, for the worst. and for **** sake make sure you pay more attention to your partner than the new invite. trust me.

When y'all are together its like your riding a perfectly fitted and set up bike. During that ride if something goes wrong, like accidentally running into your parents on the first date, it is treated like a minor stop for more water.

when her dad doesnt make fun of you for riding a bike, it makes him like you more.
(i guess i got lucky)

do the beat-off one.

I love the love in this thread...the humor, too. I think DW is right. When you can't imagine a life without her, but I'd add that the lust never sleeps.