Road Cycling - Point You Fall In Love

The other day I was cruising down a nice curvy road with great elevation changes , great scenery, the works. At some point on that ride, I literally gave my bike the thumbs up. After months of fitting it right, etc., she's with me. We work very well together. I'm happy. :rolleyes:

The other day I was cruising down a nice curvy road with great elevation changes , great scenery, the works. At some point on that ride, I literally gave my bike the thumbs up. After months of fitting it right, etc., she's with me. We work very well together. I'm happy. :rolleyes:

I've had this same moment last week too. I was riding along when and suddenly realized I'm comfortable, its beautiful, the bike is good, life is good. ;)

im a dork, i sit on the couch and just stare at my bike as its leaning against the wall....love with an inanimate object is ******** but alas, im in love....i totally agree with you guys though that at some point, you realize that you totally dig your bike....sh#t, we still pine for our previous bikes....i sold a beat up gary fisher to a friend and i totally regret doing so...it was ugly as heck but there was alot of emotion tied to that hoopie of a ride....shrug....

im a dork, i sit on the couch and just stare at my bike as its leaning against the wall....love with an inanimate object is ******** but alas, im in love....i totally agree with you guys though that at some point, you realize that you totally dig your bike....sh#t, we still pine for our previous bikes....i sold a beat up gary fisher to a friend and i totally regret doing so...it was ugly as heck but there was alot of emotion tied to that hoopie of a ride....shrug....
So then, I'm not nuts to take my bike from room to room? good!
She likes to watch me get ready for work in the morning, likes to watch me cook and clean; likes to sleep in my room at night. Likes it when I buy her gifts! new shoes, gloves, glasses and clothes! I catch myself staring at her and recalling bits and pieces of those close calls and chances we take and get away with and other memories and it warms me up. It's like, this bike is so hot! I know, I need to get a life!

So then, I'm not nuts to take my bike from room to room? good!
She likes to watch me get ready for work in the morning, likes to watch me cook and clean; likes to sleep in my room at night.
Um, that might be a tad too much. Saying hello in the garage every time I go in there and sometimes letting one know that I am sorry I've neglected it, on the other hand, is ok.

Um, that might be a tad too much. Saying hello in the garage every time I go in there and sometimes letting one know that I am sorry I've neglected it, on the other hand, is ok.
In the GARAGE! out in the COLD! your kidding right? no way! Can't do that to either one of my bikes! Besides they couldn't follow me around the house if they were out there. :-)

I’m a fairly new rider with not much attachment to my bike but it definitely comes into my room where it’s warm every day never the garage. and I have to say that I do get a euphoric feeling when riding that makes me think, man I love my bike, Wait maybe I am attached.

I say hello to my bikes whenever I go in the garage. I also tell them I'm sorry for neglecting to ride them as I am sooo busy with home renovations and the new child and all. They(the bikes) don't buy it, and sit there and sulk. As a result, when I do manage to get the time to ride them, something usually breaks and costs me money and the ire of my lovely wife. Alas, such is the life of the family man cyclist.

since i throw a leg over her ~200 hours a year, the only danger is alienating and neglecting my other bipedal members of my family.

actually the point came for me when i discovered i could eat anything i wanted, in any quantities and it was all good.

just looking at my bike makes me think of a thousand different stories. i really started loving her after we had some history together. my other bike is coming around, i just can't give that one too much time right now. it's hard being in a committed relationship with two bikes! ;) i'm only one man with only so much time...

My regular commuters seem happy in my garage but the "special" rides all hang in the mechanical room, between the hot water heater & the boiler. Nothing like lifting down a warm bike for a Winter ride.

Well, my wife the other week said "I want to get you a new bike". After a few days of looking, I keep finding it difficult to pounce. Granted, sticker-shock is a bit of an issue, but everytime I start to get serious, I think of my '00 Trek 2000 sitting at home with a tear running down its (her?) down tube. I think I'm just gonna sink some money into upgrading compnents, etc. After you put a fedw thousand miles on a bike, it becomes a close friend :)

I just had this experience tonight with my Orbea, on my maiden ride with a bunch of newly-upgraded components. Although I've liked her pretty fine since getting it last October, I had yet to achieve that Wow feeling you get when you're riding perfectly in tune with your machine, when all of your work is transfering effortlessly and efficiently to the road. The Ultegra components I'd initially spec'd for the bike were solid performers, but the triple seemed like overkill, especially as my legs have been getting stronger. So, after reading a lot of raves here and elsewhere, I decided to unleash the VISA card on a new FSA carbon compact crankset, Truvativ BB, and what the heck, while I was in a spending mood, upgraded the derailleurs, cassette and chain to Dura-Ace, and the generic carbon seatpost I had been riding to a Deda Magic Stick. Wow. The crankset is a thing of beauty, aesthetically and mechanically. The Dura-Ace is silky smooth. But the real revelation is the seatpost; it is rock solid which, in turn, made the bike feel rock solid beneath me. For the first time, I felt like all of my effort was transferring to the road, the bike and I were as one; I could even see the improvement on my odo, an instant 1kmh gain on a 7 km climb. As darkness loomed, I didn't want the ride to end :)