Ha! We have a little orange tabby and he constantly has black streaks on his face, I'm not sure why but he loves nuzzling my rear derailleur.

This too. When I went on my honeymoon 2 years ago, it was a conscious struggle every day for me to not at least go to the resort's gym and ride the stationary for an hour or two. My mind and body are so hardwired to want to exercise when I feel like I've overindulged with food/drink, but my wife wanted me to stay with her and do absolutely nothing and that's what I did.

I hate wind! Last year I turned a corner into what must have been a 40 mph head wind and it stopped me in my tracks. Forecast for the day was 20-25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph! In this case the weatherman was right!

All I have to do is look under the bed or couch to see what she's "hiding" from me. :roflmao2:

Having more scratches and scars than most others I know and feeling oddly proud of them.

Use the wind as a training aid. When I ride into the wind, I just focus on heart rate and cadence. When I have a tailwind, I go for Strava KOMs. :)

I know a lot of people that run out of their house when a storm is coming through Phoenix so they can snipe segments.

I have a love/hate relationship with wind. I love headwinds because I know it makes me stronger yet curse at it at the same time. It is nice when I have that tailwind behind me though. In Oklahoma wind is just part of life.

Doesn't he care enough about his bike to close the fly? It might get wet.

Ben

Headwinds don't make me stronger. I have a hard time, mentally, really pushing it into a strong wind. I just can't bring myself to really dig down and push to get up to 12 MPH. Now, up a hill? I can push up that because I can see the hill. Ugh, I hate wind...

Wont use a kickstand, adds weight.

Was he fat? Because when anything like that has happened to me from a guy, he's always fat.

...And he wasn't to happy when I directly told him "why is it always the fat guy saying that" either, but hey, if he didn't want to get crap he shouldn't have dished it out. He looked hurt and didn't talk to me for a week, but based on the kind of things he was saying not sure if that was a drawback.

I don't care whether someone's overweight or not - I'm not exactly skinny myself after years of computer work - but I don't want to hear any bizarre ego trip from them trying to berate people making healthier choices either, and in my experience that's usually what that is.

I'd probably laugh when I was around during that conversation

alas, my cyclist problem is that I'm too skinny, I can't even wear watches because it'll be too loose around my wrist

Chainring scar on my left calf.

The people taking my pulse at the office blood drive...double checking manually after seeing the reading on the machine.

People asking..You rode how many miles? On a bike?

As the original I hate wind poster........
 

....it doesn't make me stronger either. I have severe back problems, one of which is spinal stenosis, and doc says riding is geat exercise for me but try to avoid long hills or steep climbs as it aggrivates my leg and back pain.

We have a 3 1/2 mile hill on the local mup and I can usually make it up without stopping but the pain gets pretty bad near the top.

Riding into heavy winds is for me like riding steep hills....no fun and painful. I try to ride every day so I'm no stranger to wind, but I still get stiff and sore after riding on windy days.

When I take to the road, it also makes it very difficult for me to hear motorists approaching from the rear as I tend to rely more on sound than my mirrors.

Wanna spouse swap ?

Haha! At least they could keep each other company while we are out on the bikes. :roflmao2:

People don't believe me when I tell them my Brooks saddles are comfortable.
They also believe I have to many bikes, I'm down to six after a high of fifteen!

Well they are NOT wrong.

Some people deprive themselves of sleep for work, relationships, partying, school, etc. I do it for more mileage.

My 8 years old "So Dad? Are you going to spend all day reading the bike forum?!". Somehow he makes it sound wrong.

This sounds like my wife, you should have heard her yesterday in the wind. 7-8mph and words that made me blush (I was a sailor). I told her to push hard and get some good training in, she wasn't happy with that response. We had a crosswind though, so no relief going or coming.

I hate the dark arms/pale hands look so this year I tried riding without gloves. My hands got tanned all right, but my left pinkie and ring finger started going numb. Back to wearing gloves.

cyclist problems?

I need more time and money.

Oh, and talent, too.

yah the glove tan. been having too many people ask about it this year. mostly women but i did get into a nice cycling vs soccer conversation with the dentist
recently for about 10 mins. i think i messed up his schedule temporarily because of it.

People think its crazy that I will do a 50 mile ride on weekends to relax. Some people think I am insane for waking up at 5am to get in about and 1.5 hours of training.

I like the head wind, living in flatland where hills or any climb do not exist. I think it helps my training and I push as much as possible.