General Cycling Discussion - Things that change after you start cycling

Just wondering

Before:

Driving my car I was always in a rush. Driving as fast as I can

After:

I drive more relaxed paying more atention to pedestrian and other cyclists.

Before:

go to bed late, wake up late

After:

go to bed earlier, wake up as earlier as possible to ride my bike in the morning

Before:

Why the hell do I need a useless "WEATHER CHANNEL".

After:

I watch not only the weather channel but all news programs just to get the latest weather info, plus 50 weather info sites on my web browser's favorite links list.

weather channels are for the weak.



all weather biking baby >=)

its where its at!

Before: Wouldn't be caught DEAD in Lycra

After: As my wife says when I don my cycling shorts, "Hubba hubba." :D

Before: Got winded walking up a flight of stairs.

After: Can't help sprinting up stairs two at a time. :)

Before: Can't get cool enough in the summer; 80F is unbearable.

After: Feel like an ice cube with the A/C on; 80F is perfect riding weather.


Cool thread; keep 'em coming. :)

Tim

Before: Couldn't bare the 15 mile morning commute to work in my truck.


After: Can't wait to ride in and I get mad when I have offsite
meetings and can't ride my bike.

Before: Kept stress inside and ate a lot as the result.

After: Much less stress, eat a lot to fuel the machine.

Before: drank too much beer.
After: still drink too m... hey! wait, this is not going to work. Well, at least the beer tastes better after a ride.

:beer:

--J

before biking: Hot girls were hard to find

now: Hot women love a guy in spandex ;) Its just I'm biking to fast to get digits.... rats!

Slow down then :) They probably wouldnt look as good if you were going slower though, speed tends to brighten up a festy face. Apologies to the lovely ladies out there.

Before: Heart rate 75
After: Heart rate 40

Before: Took Train (MTA)
After: Ride Bike

Before: Ate and watched my fat reserve grow
After: Eat to keep my bike running :)

Before: Rode a Huffy

After: Ride Bianchi


Before: rarely ate bananas

After: eat bananas all the time


Before: A$$ got sore on short bike rides.

After: Harda$$


Before: ?

After: After a long rainy ride in bike shorts I know how my motherinlaw feels wearing depends. (Maybe I shouldn't have shared that)

Before: Thought of all cyclists as elitist road hogs.
After: Think of all drivers as elitist road hogs!:crash:

Before: Cleaned the drivetrain of my old bike with an entire aerosol can of engine degreaser (yes, I needed all of it)
After: Overhauled the drivetrain on my mountain bike last week

Before: Downloaded lots of internet porn
After: Download lots of internet porn of athletic women :D

Before: Drive fast, ride slow

After: Drive slow, ride fast.

I see bicycles all over the place. The cry in our car is "Bicycle dude, bicycle dude"--from me, not my kids; they just roll their eyes.

Things that change after you start cycling....

Before: Not a whole lot of spending money

After: A whole lot less spending money

Before:

Deore? What's that? Ultegra? Wasn't that a TV show?

After:
Record, Dedacci, Colnago, are all part of my vocabulary!

Before:
Spend no more than $2,000 for a car!

After:
Spend no LESS than $4,000 for a bike!

Before:
Tan lines around hips only!

After:
Now a true redneck, and white hands too. Not to mention sock tan.

L8R

before: not many women noticed
after: athletic women notice :D

Before:

Spent a lot of time "working" on my computer.

After:

Spend TOO much time at Bikeforums.

L8R

Originally posted by a2psyklnut

Before:
Spend no more than $2,000 for a car!

After:
Spend no LESS than $4,000 for a bike!

L8R

Hahhaaa, good one:roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:

I see bicycles all over the place. The cry in our car is "Bicycle dude, bicycle dude"--from me, not my kids; they just roll their eyes.
Ditto!:D

Before: You rode how many miles?!
After : My coworker and I just got back from my second 100K ride this year!;)

Before:

Limped around with hockey injuries.

After:

Limp around with hockey injuries and flesh wounds.

Before: Wondered where all the hot, athletic male bods were.

After: Found a swarm of hot, athletic male bods and even chose one for a mate!


Before: Ate everything I wanted

After: Ate everything I wanted

(I guess that did not change)


Before: OK sex

After: Great sex! (Or is it the man?.... I'm not talking bicycle smiles!)


Before: Balked at spending more than 50 bucks on any article of clothing.

After: 50 bucks on any article of biking paraphanelia is a bargain!

Before: Had to adhere to a strick diet, and always watching my weight

After: I eat like a fricken mad man and still accidently lose 10 lbs in a week if I'm not careful.

Before: Required 8 hours of sleep and was still tired.

After: 6 hours of sleep is plenty, at times too much.

Before: Who is Bob, Phil and Paul?

After: Who is Kirsten Gum???...

After 2: Where is Bob, Phil and Paul?

Before: started my day stressfully driving a car, often in traffic

After: every day starts with the beauty of riding my bike!

Before: people thought i was alittle weird

After: people have even more reasons to think i'm weird: riding in slow, rain, hot, cold when i have a perfectly good car at home (actually not any more as i don't have one here in Europe)

Before: i couldn't understand how most people can waste so many hours sitting in traffic

After: i REALLY don't understand the above as i KNOW there is a beautiful alternative!

Before: Blood Pressure was 165/110 (while on 50 mg of medication)

After: 130/83 (on 1/2 the medication)

Before: skinny body

After: skinny body, great legs!


Before: no bikes.

After: 6 bikes.


Before: a rather boring, meaningless existence.

After: Cycling is my life.
:)

Still trying to figure out where all the hills came from.

Before: "Look at the chick on that bike"

After: "Look at the bike under that chick"

Before: Kids thought dad's elevator didn't quite make it to the top.

After: All doubt removed.

Before: At the vending machine pondering, "Do I really want this candy bar, think how it will look on you"

After: As I pass the vending machine, "I'm not taking that *&A#?? candy bar up a hill"

Before: 285 pounds

After: 180 pounds

Before: Some extra cash laying around.
After: Nadda

Before: Got up to 38" pants.
After: A Lose 36"

Before: Drank a lot of soda.
After: No more soda, only water...lots of water, oh yeah and I have 6 gallons of Gatorade in the pantry. Hey, it was on sale.

Before: Couldn't care less about heart rate.
After: Take my HRM on every ride, no more bonking!

Before: No breakfast, just coffee
After: Oatmeal/prunes or banana pre ride. 1/2 bagel or gummie bears during, ride. Yogurt/granola or bagel post ride. Still like the coffee.

Blah, Blah, Blah and the list goes on.

Before:
- Thought guys in spandex riding $4000 bikes were weenies.
- Watched gas prices rise.
- Tried to find a decent parking space.
- Thought weightlifting was the ultimate exercise.
- Lance Who?

After:
- Think overweight posers in Mustang GTs are weenies. ;)
- Watching food prices rise.
- Always *get* the best parking space[1].
- I know better now (although weights are still good!)
- My coworkers wonder why a twenty-one second difference in a finish time is a big deal.

[1] It's a two-block walk from the parking lot to class; I just lock my bike to one of the building pillars. Saves me a forty-dollar-per-semester parking permit expense to boot.