10 Signs Cycling has taken over your life

[Night Rider]

1. Distances are measured by how long it would take you to cover it on a bike. New York to Los Angeles is 208.34 hours. 197.59 hours if you use your aero wheels.

2. You mutter "car back" while driving when you see headlights behind you. (+1 if your significant other actually understands why you do this.)

3. You start drafting behind people on the sidewalk.

4. You read articles about cycling and impotence, shrug your shoulders, and go for a 50 mile ride.

5. You try to lift your **** off the car seat when you drive over a bump.

6. You shave your legs more than your wife or girlfriend. She borrows your Nair.

7. You have quads like a horse. And biceps like vermicelli. And you think this looks good. (Urkel wants his arms back.)

8. You calculate the cost of your last carbon fiber purchase in $/gram. And discover that cocaine is actually cheaper.

9. You traded in your perfectly good car to buy a new one with paddle shifters... because they just make more sense.

10. Someone tries to schedule a meeting at 12:25 and you hear something about cassettes.

courtesy of http://chasingwheels.blogspot.com/2010/12/10-signs-that-cycling-has-taken-over.html

 

[AngusW]

11. You spend WAAAAY too much time on this site.

 

[the student]

12. You draft behind your collegue and sprint out at the last moment to be the first to reach the coffee machine.

 

[Altitude]

Been doing #3 for awhile now.

 

[hscoach2]

Slight twist on #5...

You know you spent too much time on the pump track at the new indoor bike park...when you nearly wreck your minivan's suspension on the first speed bump you encounter on the drive home... (but my kids LOVED it)

 

[Eric8-A]

When you're walking, running or anything besides a bike, you count the seconds between you and someone else in front of you and have Phil and Paul commentating on your progress and go wild inside when you pass the person.

That's what I do

 

[Fowsto Cope-E]

When you're walking, running or anything besides a bike, you count the seconds between you and someone else in front of you and have Phil and Paul commentating on your progress and go wild inside when you pass the person.

That's what I do

yeah Phil and Paul commentate my entire life

 

[on3m@n@rmy]

you cashed out some of your 401K to pay for your new bike

you add to the list of 10 signs that cycling has taken over your life

 

[KuotaRocket]

if you have to think about it, you spend too much time...

 

[Martin318is]

11. You spend WAAAAY too much time on this site.

11a So MUCH time in fact that you volunteer to be a moderator on the site so that other cyclists can talk about cycling in a more cyclist friendly cycling forum...cycling...

 

[Boeing]

you assume spending time here puts you closer to the peloton

 

[craig1985]

Because I work in a factory, and sometimes I do jobs where I have to give things done in a short time frame, I push myself to work as quickly as I can by imaging I have Manolo Saiz yelling 'venga, venga, venga'.

 

[laziali]

12. You now prefer surfing the net for bikes instead of pron

 

[Martin318is]

12. You now prefer surfing the net for bikes instead of pron

oh, now thats just sick!

 

[Buffalo Soldier]

4. You read articles about cycling and impotence, shrug your shoulders, and go for a 50 mile ride.

So true

 

[Finbouy]

13 (have we had a 13?? or should it be 1E?? or 31??)

You think by muttering whimsicle ditties on here that somehow, somewhere a Team Director will read what you've said and offer you employment.

 

[craig1985]

12. You now prefer surfing the net for bikes instead of pron

I will do no such thing!

 

[Polyarmour]

14. Your training time starts to eat into your work time.
15. You have a holiday and you take your bike with you.
16. Your bike is in pristine condition, cleaned and polished every week, your car is filthy, poorly maintained and your house is falling apart.
17. You spend thousands during the year on your cycling habit without a thought yet when birthdays of significant others come around you baulk at the cost of presents.
18. Your partner suggests a holiday in Europe to repair the relationship and your first thought is "I wonder if I could squeeze in a ride up the Tourmalet"?

 

[craig1985]

19. You drink coffee at the end of a training ride/race at the local cafe, but won't drink it any other time.

 

[abbaskip]

When you're walking, running or anything besides a bike, you count the seconds between you and someone else in front of you and have Phil and Paul commentating on your progress and go wild inside when you pass the person.

That's what I do

Hahaha I do that. I also attack up stairs sometimes when I'm walking. And sometimes just attack on the flat in the street.

 

[unsheath]

you become an atheist so you don't have to go to Sunday Mass.

 

[Siriuscat]

x+1* - when you spend hours trying figure out how to squeeze your shoes, pedals and other riding gear into your suitcase without the wife seeing them to visit friends in Southern France in July because you know your pal has a couple of spare bikes.......... (* where x = the last number in the thread)

 

[craig1985]

20. You spend hours trying to find the best airline to fly that will give you the best deal to take your bike on board.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Hahaha I do that. I also attack up stairs sometimes when I'm walking. And sometimes just attack on the flat in the street.

Haha, I do that when I am walking to the train. I think I am Cadel attacking the field on the tourmalet!

 

[craig1985]

Haha, I do that when I am walking to the train. I think I am Cadel attacking the field on the tourmalet!

And I thought I needed help...