You know you are a hard-core commuter if...
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You long to be ticketed for speeding on your bike, just for the bragging rights...
You wash cycling shorts and jerseys more often than any other clothes you have...
You always ask the Mormon guys how they manage to look so good in a shirt and tie after a long days ride...
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You're a real hardcore commuter, as opposed to just an internet wannabe, if you're out riding instead of sitting in front of the computer contributing to threads with titles like "you know you're a hard core commuter if..."
...see what I did there?
...see what I did there?
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[QUOTE=KD5NRH;13003640]You always ask the Mormon guys how they manage to look so good in a shirt and tie after a long days ride... [QUOTE]
[QUOTE=KD5NRH;13003640]I still wonder about that. Do they wear bike shorts under the pants, are the pants special made for riding, or what? [QUOTE]
Unless they have changed from 20 years ago, you don't have any bike specific clothing. It is sometimes change the shirt miday, and new deodorant multiple times a day.
[QUOTE=KD5NRH;13003640]I still wonder about that. Do they wear bike shorts under the pants, are the pants special made for riding, or what? [QUOTE]
Unless they have changed from 20 years ago, you don't have any bike specific clothing. It is sometimes change the shirt miday, and new deodorant multiple times a day.
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... when you realize you enjoy going to work, but not actually getting to the office.
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If you have ever tried submitting an expense report for Bag Balm, citing it as "office supplies."
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Outed yourself as not being a real hardcore commuter
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...you forget that you have a car. Or,
...you need to move your bike out of the way to get to your car.
...you need to move your bike out of the way to get to your car.
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. . . Your commute goes from 12 miles each way to less than one mile and you are not happy (and gain 10 lbs).
. . . You know the pleasure of getting home in 1 hour during a rush hour snow storm, when drivers are taking 2-3 hours to do the same distance.
. . . People stop asking "did ride today?" when the weather is really bad, because they already know you did.
. . . You are upset when the forecast was -20F and it is only -16F.
Paul
. . . You know the pleasure of getting home in 1 hour during a rush hour snow storm, when drivers are taking 2-3 hours to do the same distance.
. . . People stop asking "did ride today?" when the weather is really bad, because they already know you did.
. . . You are upset when the forecast was -20F and it is only -16F.
Paul
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...the "time you showed at work and discovered you didnt have pants" is a true story not a bad dream
...your 3 year old daughter sees you wearing a suit and says, "Daddy, are you going on a big plane or a little plane today?" because she knows the only time you leave the house not wearing bike shorts is when you're travelling for work
...someone mentions a great job opportunity to you, and your first thought is whether there is a good bike route to the company's office.
...your 3 year old daughter sees you wearing a suit and says, "Daddy, are you going on a big plane or a little plane today?" because she knows the only time you leave the house not wearing bike shorts is when you're travelling for work
...someone mentions a great job opportunity to you, and your first thought is whether there is a good bike route to the company's office.
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...you start your car every few months to circulate the fluids, and wonder how many years it's supposed to go between oil changes. Meanwhile, your head is filled with plans for renovating the drivetrain on your commuting bike and expanding its cargo capacity.
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You have an infrared com device plugged into one of your USB ports so you can upload the exercise data off of your HRM, in which you have your current best-time for your commute as a wall paper on your desktop...
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When you wish that when you were riding at -46C that it would have dropped to -50C just to see if the bike could handle that extra bit of cold.
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... you listen to the weather at 4am to determine if you will have a tailwind, headwind or cross-wind on the way home from work!
... you've bought three different brands of deodorant in the past two weeks to see whick holds up the longest.
(these threads are fun every now and again!!)
... you've bought three different brands of deodorant in the past two weeks to see whick holds up the longest.
(these threads are fun every now and again!!)
Nah...
You know you are a hard-core commuter if you get up in the morning, get on your bike and just ride regardless of the weather.
Oh, and if you clean up after the ride using rubbing alcohol and and hand sanitizer you won't care much for a deodorant. Those two are better deodorants than anything else.
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People you hardly know approach you with questions like, "say, I hear you know about bicycles and I was just wondering what bike would be good for....."
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