General Cycling Discussion - You like riding too much when...

Everyone please add their own reason :D


...You want to tell you girlfriend to leave so you can go riding

You quit your decent paying, stable job . . . . to go to Australia to cycle for 3 months! :D

You spend the rent money on a new cassette.

you quit your job for it.

Koffee

you buy more bikes when your current one works fine.

you don't mind being seen in lycra

When you dream about riding (Your bike, I mean.)

You are laying in bed with the laptop reading bikeforums. :eek: :eek: :eek:

...when, at 17, offered the choice between a second hand banger (http://home.swipnet.se/~w-55301/thomas/motor/vitr10.jpg) or a full suspension bike you chose the
bike (http://idriders.com/proflex/files/Proflex%20550.jpg)

I think i would pick the bike even if i didn't ride. Man that car is ugly. ;)

my thoughts exactly

...you get fired from a job because of it.

Long story.

...you try to unclip at traffic lights...while driving.

...you get fired from a job because of it.

Long story.
that would also work in the "you like drinking too much when...." category.

You are laying in bed with the laptop reading bikeforums. :eek: :eek: :eek:
do it on a nightly basis :D

...you get fired from a job because of it.

Long story.I heard about that man...such ****...I hate corporate america.

You shop at Aldi to afford more bike trips and parts.
You blow your whole tax return on bike parts and tools.

Your friends know the exact route of your training rides from hearing you talk about riding so much...

When your wheel spokes shatter constantly :D

When your wheel spokes shatter constantly :D
hey it looks like someone's been reading my old accident threads ;)

hey it looks like someone's been reading my old accident threads ;)
Or poweredbytrd's current threads... :D

Youre hungry, but ride to a restraunt 8 miles away to avoid the horse smell from the tourist carriges, but you never think the 8 miles is too far away on an empty stomach!


You skip work early on Sunday's to watch OLN scant cycling coverage.

You own more cycling shoes then normal shoes.

You drive a hill in a strange place and wonder how fast you can go on your bike.

You NEVER leave town without your bike and gear.

Your user name is based on your old riding nickname. (I spin now)

Your car gets towed because you never drive it. (For you condo dwellers)

You run errands on your bike, but plan longer routes to ride longer.

Cycling.tv is your home page.

Bikeforums.net is your home page.

You never recognize your riding buddies in street clouths.

July has been changed to Lance on your calender.

You know how long you can go with water, Gatorade, and gel packs.

Phil and Paul don't put you to sleep.

You hear Phil's voice in your head while riding.(I did hear him once on HHI yelling at me during a training ride)

You can name more then two American pro cycling racers.

You have "American Flyers", "Quicksilver", "Breaking Away", and "The Triplets of Belleville" on VHS or DVD.

Your new helmet irrates you because you can't feel it.

You can fix that broken spoke. (TRD and Boston Fixed)

You go on Bikeforums.net at 1:00AM

Heavy interval training? - makes me hear strange things too. Usually sounds like a pair of lungs being coughed up.


You hear Phil's voice in your head while riding.(I did hear him once on HHI yelling at me during a training ride)

...and, yeah, what can I say.


You have "American Flyers", "Quicksilver", "Breaking Away", and "The Triplets of Belleville" on VHS or DVD.

You have 3 frames, that equal 1 working bike and you still think about the 4th frame you want to buy.

You skip class, work, etc to go and ride.

You spend more time on the bike then in class

You yell stop, car up, etc in the car...

You are at the bike shop daily, hourly, etc.

You start driving the car at the same speed as the bike on the flats.

You plan how to get up hills in the car just like on the bike. (If it's a long hill, you take it easy, you shift early and pick up speed, etc.)

You buy a better HID light because the old one only runs for four hours, and you used it all up in one ride practically every week last summer.

You know your average speed on all the different century rides you can find.

You can give street directions to drivers in a town 50 miles away, because you ride there so much.

You don't need to use tire levers any more, you can change all your tires by hand. And your friends tires too.

It's more fun to visit your friends 40 miles away than close by, so you can ride.

You never seem to get around to putting away the bike stand in the living room.

A couple of the bike shops nearby could not get some parts they needed, so they got them from your cellar.

You know it's 1.2 miles to one friends house, 1.4 to another, 6.0 to the bike shop.
and just about everything else.

This is WAY too easy, you have to leave out a lot of things.

There are two (or more?) bikes in your kitchen and one refrigerator.

Rising gasoline prices make you smile.

You consider light green, pink, and yellow fashionable.

You rinse out and drink from a squeeze bottle instead of reaching into a cabinet full of clean glasses.

You don't even know what price fuel is

In spring, you are torn between 1) being happy that so many people are out riding, and 2) being annoyed that so many people are riding on the paths and roads you had to yourself all winter.

You don't think it's strange that your bike costs twice as much as your car.

Your wife is angry that you've been storing a bike in the bathtub for three months, and you can't understand why she is being so unreasonable.

You've ever ridden a bicycle to a job interview while wearing a three piece suit.

You look forward to the forcast of a massive downpour, so you can try out your new rain gear.

Some people think those permanent "amatuer marks" on your legs are tatoos, and they're right.

A hot coed rides by on a bicycle and you check out the bicycle.

You've ever taken a bicycle to bed.

Like riding too much? shhhhh my bike might hear you.

Last Sunday night between midnight and 330 am when you were supposed to be finishing your term paper on "The Sound and the Fury", you wrote more on Bikeforums.net than you did on your term paper, and you more than likely slipped several cycling references into your term paper.

You don't even know what price fuel is


Good one.

Also .......you don't care. :D

you buy more bikes when your current one works fine.

What has buying bikes got to do with riding them? :rolleyes:

What has buying bikes got to do with riding them? :rolleyes:
I don't know anyone that buys bikes and doesn't ride them :rolleyes:

Going to work is just an excuse to ride.
You gear up for biking way before your work day is over.

You are actually happy when you total the family's second car b/c it means you'll just have to go more places by bike!

you actually mouth the words: "bike riding is the only thing that matters".

of which i said during a small arugment with the GF. :o what an idiot, huh?

I don't know anyone that buys bikes and doesn't ride them :rolleyes:

I do.

When we got registered....I told me wife "too bad we can't registar at the bike shop too"

On the honeymoon... sighed at every bike I saw. Got happy that there was a bike tour, depressed when I found out that they don't do a voodoo bike tour. Really depressed when it rained the rest of the time there.

You have more cycling related tshirts, than plain janes or concert tshirts.

...you pack an extra tube, patch kit, pump and multitool - even if you're in the car.

...you spend measurable amounts of time writing "you know you're riding too much..." responses.

oops. ;)

you have a dream about shimano vs. campy.... it was very depressing.

The bikeroom, behind me as I type.
One working bike, one being built, one being stripped and one frame stored.

Kinda messy as I'd rather go for a ride.
The other bikes are in the garage, and get worked on there (if..when..)...Been riding more than cleaning..fixing\ building as well.

Enjoy! You don't have to deal with it. :roflmao:

Your dress socks are made by DeFeet or PI, with the logo turned inside out.
You get more parts catalogs than magazines.
You refer to cobblestones as "pave."
You can say "chase group" in French, Spanish, Italian, and Flemish.
When you're driving you wonder how much gas you can save by drafting a semi.

I love the price of fuel, I just kinda laugh it off and continue to let my car sit.

Your road bike falls off it's garage wall mount onto your newer car's hood denting it to hell. You immediately fix anything that broke on the bike, after the mourning and denial period. It's been 5 months and the car still isn't fixed.

Your spouse teases you about the FedEx delivery guy b/c you see him so often getting 2d day air deliveries from Nashbar.

you actually mouth the words: "bike riding is the only thing that matters".

of which i said during a small arugment with the GF. :o what an idiot, huh?

Lol.

Lol.
couch anyone? LoL