Originally Posted by RobbieTunes

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So, what is a bike geek, anyway?

Is it a socially fumbling introvert with legs like tree trunks?
Is it a type "A" extrovert that has had them all, from Atala to Zeus?
Is it the wary, cautious everyman, who changes into his Lycra in a phone booth and emerges as Lance Armstrong with a paunch?
Is it the quiet, unassuming gentleman, nursing a solitary beer, who cuts your lock and steals your fixie when you are distracted?
Is it the soul-patched man with narrow eyes, Dremel tool in hand, ready to take that SLX rear hangar off?
Is it the magic-handed wrench who has 40 bikes 90% done?
Is it the skinny quiet guy who wears baggy shorts but climbs like a goat, only to be rolled past on downhills because he can't defeat the wind?
Is it Walter Mitty on the local path, full kit on a hybrid, while his wife rolls her eyes and pulls the kids on the Trail-a-Bike?
Is it the girl in the straight-leg jeans with the grease on them, a little under the polished nails, who looks knowingly at tubulars on sale?
Is it the guy who chatted up the girl because of her bike, and is now too chicken to break up?
Is it the gotta-have-the-next-best-aero-water bottle guy who is spending $2000 to get from 15mph to 15.5mph?

I ask, gentlemen and ladies...if so, then why not? We are awesome.

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