10 Signs Cycling has taken over your life

[auscyclefan94]

And I thought I needed help...

The first step in recovering from a problem is recognising you have the probelm! Good work!

 

[Boeing]

someone not accustomed to your slang asks you what a 'Whinger' is and you start describing auscyclefan

 

[runninboy]

Hahaha I do that. I also attack up stairs sometimes when I'm walking...

this is my achilles heel, As a cross country runner in high school & college i learned to instinctively attack hills, ALWAYS. Whenever i get to the base of a staircase, i have always unconsciously shifted my weight farther forward and literally i am running up the stairs before i realize it. My body just reacts every time i cant help it. Not the worst thing in the world i guess, until i got a certain tube stop in London i just took off on the stairs instead of the escalator, head down i'm running i'm running. i'm running, finally after half a minute or so i look up. Flight after Flight of stairs. finally i turn the corner, more stairs. The worst part i was in a suit carrying a briefcase. I was soaking wet by the top. I blocked the station out of my mind but at the time i made a mental note to use an alternative station.
this affliction followed me in my cycling . Even though i have a sprinters build i seek out the route with the most climbing.

One other sign that you like cycling too much is you chose your significant other not by how hot she is, or her prowess in bed.
You choose her purely on her value as "race slave" she does your hand ups, drives your follow vehicle. keeps an eye on your wheels in the pit, makes your race food & drinks, gives you post race massage, washes your kit, packs your race bag, etc etc.
The problem is you can never marry a race slave, she will only do the work if you are dating.

 

[Granville57]

For some unfathomable reason, spending over $300.00 on a pair of shoes that you can't even walk in no longer seems all that unreasonable.

 

[simo1733]

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

Yeah I love it when Cadel pretends to attack on the Tourmalet.

 

[simo1733]

When u are expieriencing a traumatic marriage breakup, your first thought is to move your Colnago C40 to a secret location in case it gets sawn in half.

 

[Granville57]

At the start of each day, you are faced with a very important decision to make:

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[Libertine Seguros]

uəəʇɹ!ɥʇ: you always turn the number uəəʇɹ!ɥʇ upside down as a way to avoid bad luck.

 

[The Hitch]

The surest way to know cycling has taken over your life is when you turn to cycling in times of need.

When I'm depressed, I either

a Go for a cycle to get some fresh air, try to forget about problems and get those endorphins into the brain

or

b I think about cycling, both the activity and the pro scene, to distract me. To have happy thoughts.

 

[Polyarmour]

The surest way to know cycling has taken over your life is when you turn to cycling in times of need.

When I'm depressed, I either

a Go for a cycle to get some fresh air, try to forget about problems and get those endorphins into the brain

or

b I think about cycling, both the activity and the pro scene, to distract me. To have happy thoughts.

Hitch are you smoking in your Avatar.... or having "happy thoughts"?

 

[Eric8-A]

Anytime you pass by a hill or some nice flat asphalt in a car, the first thing that pops in your mind is to hop on a bike and ride that hill or flat.

 

[craig1985]

When you crash, you think of your bike and not yourself.

 

[the student]

When you crash, you think of your bike and not yourself.

When you see someone crash on tv... you can almost feel the pain too. And you just think: ok come on now get back on that bike... you can do it...!

 

[uphillstruggle]

When you crash, you think of your bike and not yourself.

Or when someone tells you they came off and the first thing you ask is: 'how's the bike?'. Other obsessives just give you the prognosis, but anyone else looks at you like you're a heartless *******.

 

[The Hitch]

Hitch are you smoking in your Avatar.... or having "happy thoughts"?

Its not me in the avatar, but im guessing its cigarettes.

 

[craig1985]

When you see someone crash on tv... you can almost feel the pain too. And you just think: ok come on now get back on that bike... you can do it...!

I had a small crash yesterday morning and I got asked if I was ok, and I looked at my bike and said, 'yeah it's fine', which was followed up if I was ok, and said the same thing without looking to see if I had actually hurt myself.

 

[The Hitch]

I had a small crash yesterday morning and I got asked if I was ok, and I looked at my bike and said, 'yeah it's fine', which was followed up if I was ok, and said the same thing without looking to see if I had actually hurt myself.

Its natural for a mother to protect her own, first.

 

[craig1985]

Its natural for a mother to protect her own, first.

WAC.





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[The Hitch]

Craig, you lost me.

 

[Walkman]

Sometimes when sitting down, at dinner perhaps, I find myself swinging my shoulders from right to left imagining that I am climbing some mountains during de Tour. I am, as I like to say, putting on the pressure.

Is this normal?

 

[nobilis]

I had a small crash yesterday morning and I got asked if I was ok, and I looked at my bike and said, 'yeah it's fine', which was followed up if I was ok, and said the same thing without looking to see if I had actually hurt myself.

My American friend, after crashing once, told me on the phone that he dropped the bike. I didn't really know the expression so I replied: "Forget about the bike, what happened to you?" Then I knew that this is what is said when you crash.

 

[craig1985]

Craig, you lost me.

I called you a **** (the one that starts with a c and ends with a t), and I meant it as a joke

 

[ildiddy]

Hi guys,

I actually write that blog and I noticed some traffic from this forum. You guys came up with a bunch of "signs" that are even funnier than mine! I'm glad the list got some fun discussion started. Thanks everyone!

 

[MarkvW]

weather

You can't view a weather report without considering the impact it will have on your upcoming rides--even if you aren't riding.

 

[Cobblestoned]

I had a small crash yesterday morning and I got asked if I was ok, and I looked at my bike and said, 'yeah it's fine', which was followed up if I was ok, and said the same thing without looking to see if I had actually hurt myself.

As we say in Germany?:
When Fussballers got hurt, they look for their mama - cyclists look for their bike.