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tarwheel 08-15-12 06:12 AM

You commute on days when forecasters are calling for severe thunderstorms in the afternoon. ... which is about every other day here this summer. If I didn't bike every time the forecasters called for thunderstorms around here, I would hardly ever ride.

dramiscram 08-15-12 07:09 AM

when family members will bring you old bikes they found in the dump because they know that it will make you happy and that you will surely use some part of the bike if not the whole bike.

otis66 08-15-12 08:13 AM

You should change the oil in your car every 3500 miles OR once a year.

K'Tesh 08-15-12 01:41 PM

When your co-workers or classmates are stunned to find out you actually have a driver's license (and only because you needed to get it renewed)

uber_Fred 08-15-12 01:49 PM

When you're having a drink at the company Christmas party, and your coworkers are concerned that you've fallen off the wagon. (Since the only reason to commute by bike is because you've lost your license to a DUI.)

Hyperventilate 08-15-12 01:55 PM

when the local traffic officer that I've known for 30 years, stops me on the road to make sure I have a drivers lisence

jfowler85 08-15-12 01:58 PM

You've grown impervious to others assuming why are not driving a car.

"Must've had a couple of DUIs, poor guy..."

jfowler85 08-15-12 01:59 PM


Originally Posted by dramiscram (Post 14606559)
When you don't know where to store the trailer tent for the winter because there's 11 bikes in the garage.

I think that fits under the "You know when you are a hoarder when..." thread.

E.S. 08-15-12 02:29 PM


Originally Posted by tarwheel (Post 14608071)
You commute on days when forecasters are calling for severe thunderstorms in the afternoon. ... which is about every other day here this summer. If I didn't bike every time the forecasters called for thunderstorms around here, I would hardly ever ride.

+1.

doomtroll 08-15-12 02:50 PM


Originally Posted by Steely Dan (Post 14605886)
When you drive a car, you have to rent or borrow one first.

that's the boat I am in

PdxGecko 08-16-12 01:29 AM

On a rare day I drove to work (Dr appointment) there was some debris in the road & I started to signal the " bike" behind me :-) !

krobinson103 08-16-12 01:52 AM

When everyone at local bike shop asks how far you rode today knowing its a number higher than 50km. I didn't think I rode that much, but it seems 1200km or better a month is more than 99% of the local bike 'club' members ride in 3 months. That and when you sell your motorcycle and use your scooter as a 'no parking' barrier because you can ride to places faster on a bicycle anyway.

dramiscram 08-16-12 08:06 AM


Originally Posted by jfowler85 (Post 14609998)
I think that fits under the "You know when you are a hoarder when..." thread.

Good point there :)

chefisaac 08-16-12 08:48 AM


Originally Posted by cccorlew (Post 14606296)
when, on the really rare and truly unusual day you do drive it totally screws up everything; you can't find your keys, you forget the stuff you leave on your bike. Parking is just beyond exasperating. And when you get ready to go home, you can't find your bike.


agreed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

mrleft2000 08-17-12 12:36 AM

You are the only one who cares that the motorcycle people are parking at the bike rack...

The only deer you've hit has been with bike...

You forget your pants and rather than just buying new pants across the street, you bike back home...

spectastic 08-17-12 12:55 AM

...when you had to drive to campus and at the end of the day walk around campus for 20 minutes searching for your bike.

supernovae 08-17-12 10:23 AM

When you eBay your truck to buy another bike

hubcap 08-17-12 10:46 AM

when your commute by car is 35 miles each way, but you sell the car anyway and say "WTH - I can do this every workday, even through Chicago winters".
.

spectastic 08-17-12 11:01 AM


Originally Posted by hubcap (Post 14618320)
when your commute by car is 35 miles each way, but you sell the car anyway and say "WTH - I can do this every workday, even through Chicago winters".
.


that's beyond hardcore

hubcap 08-17-12 11:06 AM


Originally Posted by spectastic (Post 14618386)
that's beyond hardcore

Train helps to cut the biking down to 30-some miles each day.

mtbikerinpa 08-17-12 11:57 AM

When your boss has to tell you which days to bring the car to work for errands.

SweetNightmare 08-17-12 12:25 PM

When you walk outside in the Texas summer and say, 'Eh, it's not that bad'.

steve-in-kville 08-17-12 02:12 PM


Originally Posted by mrleft2000 (Post 14616884)
The only deer you've hit has been with bike...


This actually happened to me... October of 2010. I'll tell the story sometime - it was kinda traumatic!!!

ctanowitz 08-17-12 02:45 PM


Originally Posted by tarwheel (Post 14608071)
You commute on days when forecasters are calling for severe thunderstorms in the afternoon. ... which is about every other day here this summer. If I didn't bike every time the forecasters called for thunderstorms around here, I would hardly ever ride.

I see that and figure "if I time it right, I should be just fine."

krobinson103 08-17-12 02:52 PM


You commute on days when forecasters are calling for severe thunderstorms in the afternoon. ... which is about every other day here this summer. If I didn't bike every time the forecasters called for thunderstorms around here, I would hardly ever ride.

I see that and figure "if I time it right, I should be just fine."
Just take a bag with a towel and a change of clothes and its all good. :)


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