You know you're addicted to this cycling thing when...

[buffybike]

...you pass up a free professional massage to go on a 30 mile ride instead.

...when your birthday comes around, your friends and family give you nashbar gift certificates.

...you go to bed at 9:30 on a Saturday night because you'd rather feel rested for a Sunday morning group ride.

Keep it going!

[Red Rock]

.....you recieve your new PEO yearbook and immediately think, ok which houses am I riding to this year?

.....you think by bicycle around town not by car.

[Owlie]

...you drive down a (new to you) road, the first thing you think of is not "How do I get from here to where I want to be" but "Hey, nice wide road, few cars, nice pavement...this would be great riding!"

[tctrek]

You have enough cycling clothes to do a load of laundry at least once a week, but your street clothes get up to a full load about once a month.

[jessica47201]

.....when you try to convince your husband to do an organized group ride.....on your wedding anniversary!!

[Chickpea]

... when you can't have guests to stay because the spare room is full of bikes.

[aeiea]

... when the times you can't be on your bike, you're on the team estrogen forums. :o

[OakLeaf]

... when you buy your street clothes to cover the tan lines on your thighs, and not the other way around.

[redrhodie]

...when you take "Diary of an Exercise Addict" out of the library because you're staring to wonder if you have a problem.

[Emmety76]

When you have several wish lists on bike websites...and each pay day you buy pieces off a wishlist, but then add more to the wishlists when you see new shiny things :)

When friends plan trips to the movies/nights out, you work out where is best to lock your bike up.

When your bike gets stolen, you glare at cyclists cycling past you as you trudge home :(

Ohh and when you have to take the bus/car somewhere, you also stare jealously at those cycling past you :o

[zia]

...you send your training partner an email with the subject line "Eye Candy" and a link to photos of Luna bikes... and you're thrilled that she's as thrilled as you are.

[indigoiis]

You have become a dopplar radar specialist, and people consult you on weekend weather.

You wonder whether the salad bar will be enough to fuel your ride home.

You stop washing off your chain tattoo.

[Owlie]

You check out the bikes on the bike racks, and if you see something good, wonder why anyone would lock anything THAT expensive THERE.

[Ninabike]

You fly all the way from L.A. to Minneapolis for your niece's wedding, but your main preoccupation is checking out the bikers and bike paths in beautiful Minneapolis.

[kmehrzad]

You have enough cycling clothes to do a load of laundry at least once a week, but your street clothes get up to a full load about once a month.

Oh yeah, I'm with you on this one.

[kmehrzad]

You have become a dopplar radar specialist, and people consult you on weekend weather.

You wonder whether the salad bar will be enough to fuel your ride home.

You stop washing off your chain tattoo.

I am such the 'dopplar radar specialist', especially in my office. If someone just mentions weather, I'm all over it. Plus I have a weather forecaster on my kitchen table which I plan my day by. Fortunately it's mostly right.

[kmehrzad]

Whenever I travel to a new city or town, I seek out the local bike shop and make a point to visit it. I'm always looking for something unique or something I haven't come across in my LBS.

[momtohanna]

Your feet hurt, your butt hurts and you're still getting ready to ride a 35 mile ride.

[OakLeaf]

You're about to set off on a weekend ride that's so tough you've been afraid to do it since you first heard of it in 1983. There's a 90% chance of rain tomorrow. And you're just hoping you remember to take your cadence sensor off so it doesn't drown (again).

[redrhodie]

You buy new wheels and don't tell anyone, for fear they'll think you're crazy for spending that much on just the wheels.

[goride]

You fly all the way from L.A. to Minneapolis for your niece's wedding, but your main preoccupation is checking out the bikers and bike paths in beautiful Minneapolis.

Oh - this one rang a bell - I attended my nephew's wedding in St. Croix Falls, WI last year and my biggest decision wasn't what to wear to the wedding; it was which bicycle to take (bad auntie :o).

[warneral]

...you dream of moving to a town that has a bike trail even if it means a house downgrade.

...you quit your job so you have more time to ride

[Kitsune06]

...half of your drive to get through school is that maybe you can move back to a town where you KNOW the biking is great.

[lph]

...when you decide the blonde, brainless and argumentative bimbo who turns up to buy your dh's old bike doesn't deserve it so you talk her out of it instead of selling her the bike. :D

The old but beautifully kept, pretty, lightweight, rigid mtb with good components goes instead to one of my best friends :rolleyes:

[luv2climb]

You own a car, but your neighbors ask you "Do you ever drive your car?". My response: "Yes, to take my bike in the hills to do some climbing".

You have a smartphone so you can have an HTML browser that will show doppler radar from weather.com.

You have never paid for parking because you ride everywhere and refuse to drive unless absolutely necessary, or to take your bike to a distant ride location.

You don't have couches or recliners in your living room because it is full of bikes and tools.

People tell you they've seen you all over town on your bike many times.

You don't mind having to go to more than one store to get everything you need because it means more time on the bike going from store to store.

If you are in a car and see a hill, you think how fun it would be to ride your bike up it.

You enjoy watching and making ride videos.

[muddysmudge]

When having ordered yet another little pressie for your bike.....you have it delivered to your address at work so that you can sneak it in your backpack and then home :)

If only to avoid the 'how many pairs of shorts does a girl need?' or 'more stuff for your bike?' questions when you get back home after your (bike, of course) commute to be handed yet another parcel that arrived earlier that day :)

[m.eliza]

When you're driving, you inadvertently start forming pacelines with the other cars on the road before realizing it's not the smartest thing to do in a car...

[lph]

When you're driving, you inadvertently start forming pacelines with the other cars on the road before realizing it's not the smartest thing to do in a car...

Hah! Good one :D

[Tri Girl]

...when you decide the blonde, brainless and argumentative bimbo who turns up to buy your dh's old bike doesn't deserve it so you talk her out of it instead of selling her the bike. :D


THAT'S funny!!! His bike deserved better!!!:)

[redrhodie]

When every abstract painting appears to be of a bicycle, even a Rothko. :D

[lph]

THAT'S funny!!! His bike deserved better!!!:)

It was white... with the model name "Jewel" in swirly blue script along the top tube :)

I have a pretty cool dh ;)

[shootingstar]

When you yearn for every destination where you've lived or visited for a few days, that there is a bike for oneself..to explore. :D

When you no longer know nor care about gas prices. I stopped knowing 25 yrs. ago. :o:) Or quarter of a century.

When your next home must be close to cycling infrastructure ....within 10-15 min...because your previous homes were located to such facilities.

[TrekTheKaty]

"... when you buy your street clothes to cover the tan lines on your thighs, and not the other way around."

Yep.

DH and I are in a weight loss competition before cycling season hits full blast. When he asked what I get if I win and I say a new bike, he says "but that was your birthday present!"

[Bike Writer]

...you just finished a ride and you can hardly wait until tomorrow to ride again...

[MojoGrrl]

...you're already looking at other bikes, because you want another one (or two) to have some "variety."

[hirakukibou]

When you say "clear" and "car back" when you are a passenger in a car.

[SheFly]

When you say "clear" and "car back" when you are a passenger in a car.

Have I taught you nothing??? There is no calling "clear" :D

SheFly

[marni]

when you are describing the new used car to a friend and you say " it has Toyota Matrix components on a pontiac frame."

marni

[Crankin]

... When you are seriously worried that the new job you are trying to get after 3 years in grad school (and your 2nd master's degree) will interfere with your riding.

[Catrin]

When you are at a nice reception on the other side of the country and realize you would really much rather be riding...

[SheFly]

When all you've done in the morning is read news coverage of the terrible tragedy in the Giro yesterday, and are overwhelmed with sadness for the riders.

As a rider and racer, this has had a very profound impact on me.

SheFly

[deeannef]

When all you've done in the morning is read news coverage of the terrible tragedy in the Giro yesterday, and are overwhelmed with sadness for the riders.

As a rider and racer, this has had a very profound impact on me.

SheFly

I still tear up when I think about the death at the Giro. I don't like to think about how many times I have been lucky and sometimes not so lucky (Broken collar bone, collapsed lung, etc).