You are on the worst possible path ... but it has led you here, so it is too late. You are ours for life. You are now officially inducted into the Cult of Cycling.

Pretty soon you will be weighing each article of bicycle clothing you buy, because you won't want to carry extra ounces on the ride. You will only enjoy riding After the ride, and then only if you scored a personal best.

Before long you will be debating whether removing the weight of a single atom from you bike makes you faster in any real way.

At least you will not suffer alone. All of us here made that same tragic mistake, and now base much of our lives on getting out to ride our bicycles. We will argue with you, insult you, ridicule you, and abuse you, but inside we all know you are one of us, a co-sufferer ... a Cyclist.