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MsMittens 07-25-05 02:32 PM

Do you get jealous...
 
.. when you're not riding (say walking around or driving or eating lunch outside somewhere) and see someone else riding about? I don't know what it is (maybe it's an addiction) but I get rather envious of other riders, even if I've cranked out 100-140KM for a day ride and see someone else riding.

Sigh.

I suppose it's better to have this as an addiction than say alcohol or drugs or something... but damn! :D

STEEKER 07-25-05 02:38 PM

Yuppers I DO get jelous but that is cause I am off work with a back injury and they won't let me drive my bike yet soooooo I see all theses peeps driving thier bikes in this beautiful HOTTT weather and I am stuck walking :( sucks big time

CRUM 07-25-05 02:38 PM

Happens to me all the time.

superdex 07-25-05 02:40 PM

Yes, all. The. Time.

roadfix 07-25-05 02:47 PM

Those every day riders I see often do not get me jealous as I could be doing the same within a day's time or so. But I do get envious of self-supported multi-day, week, month, or whatever bike tourers that I see from time to time on their loaded touring bikes as this is something that I can only do on very rare occassions due to time restrictions. :(

Blackberry 07-25-05 02:49 PM

Its a mix of jealousy with a feeling that as long as people are out riding bikes or making music or creating something beautiful the world may not be totally going to hell in a rowboat.

mirona 07-25-05 03:02 PM

I get so jealous that I want to run over and punch them in the face, steal their bike, and FINALLY satisfy my craving for the day.

Okay, not that bad :D but I do a little, "Awww, that could be me!"

dynaryder 07-25-05 03:10 PM

Nah,I know I'm way faster than they are. ;)

'sides,my bikes are way better. :p

markhr 07-25-05 03:20 PM

yup

As You Like It 07-25-05 05:45 PM

Yesss!

The worst for me is when the weather is perfect, and I am stuck inside or stuck in the car or something. We took a (car) roadtrip out to CA to visit relatives, and we're leaving the state, coming home, stuck in road-construction near Tahoe, and I saw this guy , and my heart about broke. Lucky dude was out there on the perfect day, just whipping on by some amazing scenery.

The whole trip, I kept seeing cyclists everywhere. Tooling up and down the mountain roads, zipping through my aunt's hometown. It was like a rider's paradise, and me without my bike. *sigh*

superstar4410 07-25-05 06:16 PM

yup, l


ike dynaryder said, for me it seems like I'm the only one around here that rides crazy fast. Everyone else seems to ride at a moderate pace

papedaler 07-25-05 06:23 PM

This past winter I was out running some errands in my car on a day that I thought was too cold for riding when I saw someone out on his bike with a big smile on his face. As soon as I got home I changed into my cold weather gear and took off on my bike. Turns out it was a glorious day for riding. If you can't beat them, join them.

Cyclon 07-25-05 06:43 PM

Yes I do on many occassions. That's what my folding bike is for. This way I'll have a bike all the time.

ctyler 07-25-05 07:43 PM

Do I ever. I want to be the one riding, not doing something else!

PWRDbyTRD 07-25-05 08:37 PM

Tonight as I was leaving the restaurant I saw two cyclist and wished I was riding...there is such a nice greenway downtown

Marge 07-25-05 08:45 PM

Yes! Today I'm recovering from some nasty road rash on my left side (back, elbow,
knee) and I go BOO HOO HOO! I'm not riding!!! Mostly because my knee feels like a
bad sunburn, all puckery and tight. It was hard enough being a work, in long pants(after an 11 day vacation) but right now it (knee) doesn't feel ready to ride.


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