Originally Posted by
kf9yr
I've been separated/divorced from a 15 yr marriage for the last two years. I've been avoiding women because there's no one to tell me that I ride too much or spend too much on cycling.
I also confess to riding 16,000 miles, buying a new mtb, a Specialized Roubaix and a Serotta dream bike in the last 2 years so the spending too much on cycling would have a shred of truth.
I have basically traded a vigorous dating life for a vigorous cycling life. Seems like a pretty good trade to me. Expenses are about the same - it costs as much as I have. A lot less drama, guilt, worrying about contracting ailments, etc. (Boy that doesn't speak well for my choices in women does it?) Sometimes, alone in my home late at night, I ponder the situation and worry that I may become a troubled loner. Maybe I will... but I should live to be an old troubled loner because I'm so fit.
So this isn't my confession. I confess that I am shopping for a SRAM 1070 with a 34 low gear because there some climbs I can't get up with a 26. THIS causes me intense shame.