datlas 

OK my wife is annoyed at what she perceives to be my bike obsession.

I don't think I have an obsession....but is there a "test" for it?

Even if I have it, is that so bad? Biking is certainly better than drugs, alcohol, women, etc....right?

BTW although I do try to ride every day, most of my rides are 1/2 - 2 hours....only 1 or 2 3+ hour rides/week....and I have only one bike and spend very little money on schwag.

Doug

AssosMan

If you're on BF, then you have an obsession......

jbmadtown

Nope. Not obsessed.

halfspeed

If you spent that much time watching TV, would she call it a "TV obsession"? What's the real issue?

Mitro

Probably that you don't spend enough time with your wife...

SushiJoe

True.

datlas 

Close. More likely that I dont spend enough time helping her rearrange furniture (that's her obsession).

Pharmr

dude...do your best to keep the wife happy...or you may find yourself with PLENTY of time to ride!!

ps. my brother went to Malvern Prep...we grew up on the Main Line( I went to Radnor)

redirekib

Most, well a lot of people anyway don't think twice about dropping a few grand on a TV, ATV, snowmobile or some other piece of crap but tell them you paid $2,000 for a bicycle and they look at you like you're from friggin' Mars. I don't get it..

Tulex

Best is to have a wife that likes to ride as much.

isuffer

Hmm...that's a hard one.

datlas 

Now you tell me!

trelhak

+1 to getting the wife to start riding.

My gf's eyes used to glaze over when I talked about bike stuff until she got a bike to save on gas.

Yadda yadda yadda

Now dinnertime discussions are comparative analyses on various brands of clipless pedal.

p0cket penguins

i think you need more than 5 bikes

Snow_canuck

Wow, best post on BF in a while!

KidTruth

Kill your wife. Build a frame from her bones.

SushiJoe

Yes.

Wested

I sometimes wonder about the people who post here. What truly is going on in that skull behind the keyboard...?

MrCrassic 

This might be true...

While I think catching the "cycling bug" can lead to somewhat obsessive behavior (i.e. thinking about it often, having "withdrawl"-like behavior when off the bike for too long, etc), I don't think that's anything more than really liking to ride.

Good luck!

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MrCrassic 

Don't you remember that most of the population still thinks that bikes are for kids??

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Freaknhell

tell her she looks fat and she'll get a bike obsession really quick.

But don't quote me on that one!

TNoodles

Below is a list of questions from AA (Alcoholics Anonymous). Just substitute riding, biking, the bike, the ride, as appropriate instead of drinking or drink. You can then evaluate your level of addiction.


Answer YES or NO to the following questions.

1 - Have you ever decided to stop drinking for a week or so, but only lasted for a couple of days?
Most of us in A.A. made all kinds of promises to ourselves and to our families. We could not keep them. Then we came to A.A. A.A. said: "Just try not to drink today." (If you do not drink today, you cannot get drunk today.)

Yes No

2 - Do you wish people would mind their own business about your drinking-- stop telling you what to do?
In A.A. we do not tell anyone to do anything. We just talk about our own drinking, the trouble we got into, and how we stopped. We will be glad to help you, if you want us to.

Yes No

3 - Have you ever switched from one kind of drink to another in the hope that this would keep you from getting drunk?
We tried all kinds of ways. We made our drinks weak. Or just drank beer. Or we did not drink cocktails. Or only drank on weekends. You name it, we tried it. But if we drank anything with alcohol in it, we usually got drunk eventually.

Yes No

4 - Have you had to have an eye-opener upon awakening during the past year?
Do you need a drink to get started, or to stop shaking? This is a pretty sure sign that you are not drinking "socially."

Yes No

5 - Do you envy people who can drink without getting into trouble?
At one time or another, most of us have wondered why we were not like most people, who really can take it or leave it.

Yes No

6 - Have you had problems connected with drinking during the past year?
Be honest! Doctors say that if you have a problem with alcohol and keep on drinking, it will get worse -- never better. Eventually, you will die, or end up in an institution for the rest of your life. The only hope is to stop drinking.

Yes No

7 - Has your drinking caused trouble at home?
Before we came into A.A., most of us said that it was the people or problems at home that made us drink. We could not see that our drinking just made everything worse. It never solved problems anywhere or anytime.

Yes No

8 - Do you ever try to get "extra" drinks at a party because you do not get enough?
Most of us used to have a "few" before we started out if we thought it was going to be that kind of party. And if drinks were not served fast enough, we would go some place else to get more.

Yes No

9 - Do you tell yourself you can stop drinking any time you want to, even though you keep getting drunk when you don't mean to?
Many of us kidded ourselves into thinking that we drank because we wanted to. After we came into A.A., we found out that once we started to drink, we couldn't stop.

Yes No

10 - Have you missed days of work or school because of drinking?
Many of us admit now that we "called in sick" lots of times when the truth was that we were hung-over or on a drunk.

Yes No

11 - Do you have "blackouts"?
A "blackout" is when we have been drinking hours or days which we cannot remember. When we came to A.A., we found out that this is a pretty sure sign of alcoholic drinking.

Yes No

12 - Have you ever felt that your life would be better if you did not drink?
Many of us started to drink because drinking made life seem better, at least for a while. By the time we got into A.A., we felt trapped. We were drinking to live and living to drink. We were sick and tired of being sick and tired.

Yes No



Did you answer YES four or more times? If so, you are probably in trouble with alcohol. Why do we say this? Because thousands of people in A.A. have said so for many years. They found out the truth about themselves — the hard way.

But again, only you can decide whether you think A.A. is for you. Try to keep an open mind on the subject. If the answer is YES, we will be glad to show you how we stopped drinking ourselves. Just call.

A.A. does not promise to solve your life's problems. But we can show you how we are learning to live without drinking "one day at a time." We stay away from that "first drink." If there is no first one, there cannot be a tenth one. And when we got rid of alcohol, we found that life became much more manageable.

Nachoman