You know you've gone over to the dark side...

[mimitabby]

YOu know you've gone over to the dark side when you concede that $600 is an entry-level bike!


feel free to add to this thread:cool:

[Kitsune06]

...when you find yourself arguing with your S/O that your bike CAN'T stay outside over the winter, cover or no, because:
a) Your saddle might get damp/wet/water damaged
b) the cold/wet might make it unhappy
c) it might get lonely
d) YOU might feel guilty, leaving it outside! :rolleyes:

[Cassandra_Cain]

When you already did 4 hours of riding with a friend in the morning, then going home and seeing the sun you figure....well, there are 6 more hours of daylight, might as well ride as much of it as possible. After all, in winter there will be 7 or 8 hours of daylight, got to get in those rides...

[Cassandra_Cain]

When you get a cool new pink jersey and immediately think....

damn! my camelback doesn't match, and neither do my socks or clipless pedals! Subsequently, you furiously going through the TE pages to remedy the problem :)

[Kitsune06]

...when faced with the "Gas or carbs?" problem, with just the bare minimum amt of gas in your car to make it to work and back, AND just the bare minimum of biking food/gel/electrolytes to make it through a hard-riding weekend, you look at your car and say "Sorry, only taking you to work." and bike everywhere (or bum rides) all weekend after buying your carb fuel. :rolleyes:

[DebW]

Your entry level bike was $109 (in 1972): Cottered steel crank, steel rims, Simplex plastic deraileurs, Mafac (squeal-like-heck) brakes, steel frame, 30 lb. Your good bike two years later was $200: Stronglight alloy cotterless crankset, sewup rims, Universal 61 brakes, Columbus straight-gage frame, 24 lb.

[Kitsune06]

...when you look at your weekly $30 for gas, then look at the bike and its $15 for gel and protein powders, look at DGF/DH and say "Think we can bike to (someplace nonriders would think is a long, long, impossible, crazy distance, like 50 miles) sometime?"
then see them make their :eek: face. :D

[Kitsune06]

...when you hear "You cleaned WHAT with my brand new towel?!" so many times that you can say it with dpita, word for word, in the same pitch and cadence.
...and look forward to being flogged with said towel.
...and buy replacements.
...just to do it all over again.
:eek: ;) :D

[mimitabby]

You know you're on the dark side when almost all of the dish sized towels
in the house have black stains on them.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

When.....you wear your biking clothes sometimes on days even when you know you won't be doing any riding.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

When.... You find yourself considering the aerodynamic qualities of even the "regular" clothes you are buying.

[DebW]

When the red T-shirt you wore this weekend looks like a grease rag, and the grease rags look worse.

When your hands don't come clean for 2 days.

When every white T-shirt you own has black grease stains.

When you're going on a 40 mile ride and you ride 10 miles each way to get there.

[pooks]

YOu know you've gone over to the dark side when you concede that $600 is an entry-level bike!


feel free to add to this thread:cool:


I believe you might be talking about somebody I, um, am. LOL

[tygab]

When you're going on a 40 mile ride and you ride 10 miles each way to get there.

Awesome indeed! Actually I had a half a mind to ride home and get my hubby to pick up the car with me later. Turns out it was good I didn't tho, he was out for the afternoon with a friend.

oh and to keep with the theme...
when your kayak hasn't even seen the light of day this whole season :(

[Kitsune06]

... when your SO complains about the sheer number of dirty rags around the house (in contrast to your perfectly clean, sparkling bike) so you say "Fine!" and go off to fix said problem...


....then they come back later, complaining about the black grease ring around the washer's tub.
...and the fact that the laundry room smells of grease and lube.
...and the fact that the dryer is full of grease-stained (still dirty) rags. :eek:

[mimitabby]

I believe you might be talking about somebody I, um, am. LOL
You might be right :D :D

[Triskeliongirl]

You consider spendng $325 on a saddle as I am now......... I have it bad for the Brooks Swallow

[KnottedYet]

When you're perfectly willing to live on potatoes, eggs, and spam for a week so you can spend grocery money on a bottom bracket instead.

When you forgo a new nose ring (titanium and zirconia) for the same reason.

When you start to think you should buy another Brooks for bike #2, rather than switching your one and only Brooks back and forth between the two bikes. And you haven't even gotten bike #2 yet. And you KNOW you really need to let the Visa cool down a bit.

[Kitsune06]

...when you buy a helmet in dark grey and black to match your nose ring (titanium and hemetite) and plugs.

[KnottedYet]

When you really want titanium circle barbells for your ears, but are thinking of getting ti captive bead rings instead because they are cheaper. Even though you hear they are a bear. Because if you do that, you'll maybe have money for Bikename stickers then. (but since you really don't have the money for rings, it's kinda like robbing Peter to pay Paul)

When you make your child ride his bike, and he thanks you for it.

[salsabike]

When you see the word "RAW" in print somewhere and instantly think, "Oh, yeah, that's the Ride Around Washington"--

a randonneur week that Jim Carson just posted about on his website---so cool:

http://www.jimcarson.com/a/2006/08/raw_2006_summar.shtml

[Bad JuJu]

When it's the last day of the month and after posting your morning ride, your Bike Journal mileage reads 242, and you think, "I could come home after work and get in 8 more miles to make a 250-mile month."

P.S. An evening thunderstorm prevented me from actually doing this.:mad:

[Bluetree]

... You no longer take the fast lane on the freeway. You are content staying in the right lane and ignoring the other drivers whizzing by you.

... You send your friends pics of hot new bikes

... You try on a new suit and wish it had a padded bottom and pockets in the back

... You spend way too much time on TE!!!

[limewave]

. . . when you call in sick to sneak in a ride
. . . when you take a vacation day to stay home and watch the baby because you'd rather have a babysitter for that night's weekly ride than for during work hours
. . . when the burley has more miles than the car seat

[JamamaSpoke]

When you're riding with your kids and come up to a hill, look at the kids with a great big mom smile and say with pure glee 'First hill of the day! C'mon you know you can do it' while being met with rolling children eyes...:rolleyes:

[jeannierides]

When you look at your new pink wheels and think "I really *need* that pink saddle bag." :p

[Cassandra_Cain]

You are convinced your vastly uneven, but hard earned bike tan is actually tres chic :)

[Cassandra_Cain]

Everyone you know, and even some strangers, begin virtually every conversation with - 'so what mountain did you ride up this time?'

[Cassandra_Cain]

You cannot even begin to remember the names of people you ride with, but you know exactly what make, model, year, and mileage their bikes have~

[limewave]

. . . when "date" night is a half-century ride through rolling farm land with a picnic in a desolate cemetery. Then getting felt-up your new "Speed Queen" jersey behind a headstone. ;)

[7rider]

..when you don't recognize your bike buddies without a helmet on and in "street clothes."
...when you actually consider spending $400 for a computer for you bike.
...when you say "Ahhh, I can clean the house tomorrow. It's too pretty to be inside."

[KnottedYet]

When you think Limewave's date night sounds pretty darn good!:D

When you have the day off, but plan to wake up early to call another time zone about a bike. And then without using an alarm you wake up waaaay too early, even for that time zone!

[DebW]

When you try to place every noise you hear from someone else's bike. Robyn, that noise your bike made sounded alot like spoke noises, but I know it wasn't, too loud. You must tell me what it really was.

When you lay on the ground to look through a hollow Bontrager spindle because you've never seen one before.

[mimitabby]

When you try to convert your 40 year old neighbor who never rode a bike,
your sedentary sister, and then start toying with the idea of what kind
of bike you could get your 80 year old stepfather to ride on...

[TrekJeni]

$400 isn't too much for a new wheelset!


I'm putting off my $100 cut and color
Haven't bought "business casual" in a long time but there's no limit on jerseys
Retrieve my voice messages from a noncycling friend and hear "Hey Little Lance..."
Stashing secret money away for a new bike when I don't even know what I'm going to get!

[mimitabby]

..when you call your best friend from highschool and she gasps "you went on ANOTHER bike ride?"
and you try to explain...

[AuntieK]

When every road or hill you drive you think, "I've GOTTA try this with my bike."
Or when you use hand signals when you're driving your car. :o

[mtbdarby]

-When you have to clean out the garage because your bikes are getting too croweded and you don't want them scratched (not because you have more bikes:D ).

-When your 4 year old rolls his eyes at you because it is WAY too nice to be in the house playing. Yes, you can take all your animals in the trailer!

-When you've been off your bike for almost 2 months and you finally go on your first ride. I was so excited I didn't put on biking shorts, gloves, cycling shoes or blow up my tires. I rode 4.5 miles on the road on my mtb with almost flat tires and yelled "wahoo" up the first hill I came to by the golf course! I couldn't wipe the smile off my face:p

[Tater]

- when the looks I get while decked out in spandex, climbing into an elevator full of corporate hq 'suits' don't bother me anymore.

- when purchasing a wedding/engagement band, told Mr. Tater, 'it better not stick up and interfere with me pulling on bike gloves!' It doesn't!

- when non-cycling friends ask us over for a cook out and say, 'oh, just be here when Jen gets home from her long ride.'

[mtbdarby]

When you take your dogs for a walk on a trail at the local state park, walk across 3 wooden bridges and all you can think about is how COOL of a mtb trail this would be. At the next intersection there is a bike picture with a red circle and line through it and all you can do is scowl ferousiously that these people just don't get it....

When you try and clean out your closet and figure out why the heck you have more jerseys than shirts for work:p

[DebW]

Or when you use hand signals when you're driving your car. :o

I do that walking.

[eclectic]

When you find yourself saying "no I am just going to a short ride today - oh about 25 miles"

When the golf clubs that were so carefully purchased haven't made it out of the storage shed all season.

when you think " I must ride against this 25 mph wind because wind makes me strong!"

this one truly shows you are on the dark side
You send in the wedding RSVP card 2 months prior then find out there is a great little tour that day so you send a cheque and your regrets a week before the wedding ( hey at least enough time to give the caterer a final count)

[limewave]

this one truly shows you are on the dark side
You send in the wedding RSVP card 2 months prior then find out there is a great little tour that day so you send a cheque and your regrets a week before the wedding ( hey at least enough time to give the caterer a final count)


DH did a century ride the day of our wedding with his buddies. I spent the day scowling because my friends scheduled me for a "beauty day" and I couldn't ride with the guys. They truly didn't understand that I wouldn't mind having helmet hair or grease stains on my legs for my wedding. Sheesh!

[Bad JuJu]

...when you go home early and more-or-less sober on Friday nights, and your friends are finally getting used to your reason: "I've got a long ride tomorrow morning."

...when you spend the morning of your 25th wedding anniversary doing a short ride with your guy: 25 miles for 25 years.

...when your friend takes up cycling, and she barely has to buy any accessories--you give her the "extras" you've got lying around--extra gloves, extra seat bag, extra helmet, etc.

[mimitabby]

...when you spend the morning of your 25th wedding anniversary doing a short ride with your guy: 25 miles for 25 years.
.


When you think that is a REALLY FAB IDEA! for our anniversary in March (29 years!!)

[Haudlady]

...When my dog puts himself in his crate as soon as I put the helmet on my head (up until that moment, poor Zaboo has hope that he will be "coming with!")

[SouthernBelle]

When you are driving down the interstate and spot a vehicle with a loaded bike rack, and pull up behind them, right on their tail, to see what the bikes are.

[rocknrollgirl]

When you are considering buying a new vehicle so that your bike does not have to be strapped on a bike rack.....

When GU becomes a food group......

When dinner conversation regularly centers around components.....

When you drive to Lanesboro MA to sleep on the ground with all of the other dirty, muddy bikers that attended Pedro's Fest......

[KSH]

When you are considering buying a new vehicle so that your bike does not have to be strapped on a bike rack.....


I did this. I love my Mazda 3, 5-door hatchback.

Now, I just need a pretty new tri bike in the back. And I would love a new road bike too... but I can't have it all. :p

[betagirl]

You know you're on the dark side when almost all of the dish sized towels in the house have black stains on them.

Oh yeah.

...when you've said "I have enough bikes" and find yourself going to look at a fixed gear. And you justify it because it's *used* so you can't afford not to look at it.

...when you have a ton of laundry to do, you're out of underwear, yet you decide the higher priority items to wash are your bike clothes. The rest can wait.

...you have a chain imprint on your capri pant leg and you think it gives them character.

...you have a 100 degree fever yet commute anyway.

...you have an entire shelf in your cabinets dedicated to water bottles.

[Crankin]

Deb, the noise you heard when I stood on the pedals was the sound of someone being in a gear that was too easy to do that, so the pedals do not turn over smoothly. I'm pretty sure it's not my bike, because the same thing occured on my other 2 bikes. I am not that coordinated. I never stand on steep hills and tend to spin pretty quickly. I had a lot of problems just getting my uncoordinated body up to stand, so I tend to only do it only on little rollers. Plus, it was getting my mind off of the rest of my body that was hurting!

Going to check that seat out in a bit. Basically, if a tweaking doesn't solve it, along with 2 days of rest, I don't know what else to do. I have been fit (computer, trainer, 2 hours) by the owner of ATA Cycle. My husband is an excellent mechanic; we have a "bike shop" in our utility room and he did all the work for my son when he was racing. He bought me the Brooks saddle without me even asking. Now I am wondering if I got the right one.

Will keep trying.

Robyn

[Geonz]

When you're the passenger in the car, and preparing to pull out of the driveway, and you automatically say, "Car left!"

[Bluetree]

... When you are groping at the bottom of your handbag for lipstick and come up with a CO2 cartridge!

[pooks]

When you tell your hairdresser, "Cut it all off. I don't care how you do it, just anyway that's remotely cute. Now that I'm cycling and wearing a helmet, I just can't handle this mess any more."

When you tell your hairdresser two weeks later, "Cut more off. I'm on an off my bike several times a day. I may ask for a buzz cut next week. I DON'T CARE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. Just cut it OFF."

When you stop wearing makeup most of the time because you're slathering on sunblock several times a day, every time you go out on your bike.

When you decide you don't look that bad without makeup after all. (Wait, that's a sign of too much heat. Scratch that one.)

[Kitsune06]

... When you have said short hair, then say "Gel is my friend", crush little spikes under your helmet, commute, then remove helmet and re-wet with your water bottle, ruffle your hair/rehydrated gel to fix it and go on your merry way makeupless, and think it's perfectly feminine...

...when you slip a little on your bike and get a big black print on your calf from the big ring, look at it for awhile, then tell S/O "Wouldn't that look HOT as a tattoo?" as they stare at your calf with the :confused: expression...

...when you see a bump in the road and instinctively raise your butt out of the *car* seat!

[KnottedYet]

When you try to clip out of the gas pedal.

[pooks]

... when NOBODY seems to notice or comment on the photo of a rattlesnake crossing the road that MTKITCHN posted in the "What will you NOT LEAVE HOME WITHOUT?" thread, because they're so focused on water, changing tires and sunscreen!

[salsabike]

YOU are funny! Good ones. I have LONG discussions with my hairdresser about how cycling is the primary determinant for how we cut my hair. Nuts, eh?


When you tell your hairdresser, "Cut it all off. I don't care how you do it, just anyway that's remotely cute. Now that I'm cycling and wearing a helmet, I just can't handle this mess any more."

When you tell your hairdresser two weeks later, "Cut more off. I'm on an off my bike several times a day. I may ask for a buzz cut next week. I DON'T CARE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. Just cut it OFF."

When you stop wearing makeup most of the time because you're slathering on sunblock several times a day, every time you go out on your bike.

When you decide you don't look that bad without makeup after all. (Wait, that's a sign of too much heat. Scratch that one.)

[annie]

When your kids say, "Mom - you are really grouchy today. Would you PLEASE go out for a bike ride?! "

When you ride off to work on your bike, smiling and waving to the car sitting in the driveway.

When you shop for work clothing at second-hand shops so you can afford TE clothing for your biking!

When your bike(s) lives in the same room as your computer and every time you look at it, you smile.........

When some of your favorite wine has a label with a bike...... regardless of the quality of the wine!

There's more - I know there are. But not tonight. I need some sleepy time.

annie

[salsabike]

When you've gotten hardened to the "$600 is an entry level bike" definition (shocking three years ago), and now believe that $1200 is an entry level road bike--and that it will be your first, but not your last. The bike equivalent of what we used to call "mission creep" at my old policy center--you know, how your definitions just start to mutate...

[littlegrasshopp]

when the only friends you've spent time with in the last six months are the ones that also ride....

When you've set your wedding date KNOWING happily that EVERY anniversary will be spent in NY riding the Five Boro Bike Tour.

When you give up back packing all together because who wants to go to the mountians and leave the bike at home?!!

When you sell your old car for bike parts.

[crazycanuck]

When you purposely buy a house 20km from the city so you can bike to work...!!!(that's ian & I..) When house hunting gets in the way of your biking...

When your bikes are more expensive than your car. (4 bikes..)

When you can't just do only a 20km as you feel guilty. (that's me)

When you slow down on the trail to let kangaroos move away...

When the excitement for your week is being chased by a bird whilst on your bike..(nesting bird last night...:mad: )

When you have dreams of your legs on a bike moving.(me)

When you ride on the AFL grand finals day (end of september)& jump for joy becuase there's noone around!!!!

c

[Bicyclette]

When you're having sex with your significant other and you find your mind wandering to bike things :eek: - not that I've ever DONE that, mind you - but yeah - It could happen ;)

[AuntieK]

...you have an entire shelf in your cabinets dedicated to water bottles.

...and it's not enough space for all the bottles! :eek:

[limewave]

...and it's not enough space for all the bottles! :eek:

. . . so true, so true.

[SouthernBelle]

When you are discussing cycling with a non-rider, and they comment on, 'how expensive those bikes are. Why some of them cost $300!'

& you snort and debate whether to tell what you spent.

[mimitabby]

When you are discussing cycling with a non-rider, and they comment on, 'how expensive those bikes are. Why some of them cost $300!'

& you snort and debate whether to tell what you spent.

or you LIE and agree with them because they would (multiple choice: Die, think you were nuts, decide you were rich) if they knew that you just spent 4 figures on a bike.

[bigredbike]

When showering after a long ride, you leave bike grease on your inner calves because to you it looks tuff and pretty all at once. Or maybe it makes you feel tuff even though it's not pretty.

You find yourself exchanging graphic stories re: the condition of your private parts with your other riding friends, both male and female. At dinner no less. :eek:

Already mentioned but also applies to me:

You buy mediocre wine that's not even all that great because the label has a bike on it.

Your dog knows when you're leaving to ride and throws a suitable fit because he knows you will be gone awhile. It must be the spandex. :o

You strut into work in the morning hair sweaty and smashed, spandex flaring.

[Bluetree]

You find yourself exchanging graphic stories re: the condition of your private parts with your other riding friends, both male and female. At dinner no less. :eek:


Got that one. And showing off yer battle scars, too.
And one more...

...Asking your SO to get something out of your special "Adult Toys" drawer, only to watch him pull out a hex wrench, a spare tube and a bottle of Brave Soldier chamois butter. (So that's where it went!)

[hirakukibou]

When your partner calls you a "grease monkey" and you like it.

When you dream not of whole bikes but of components.

[wannaduacentury]

When Driving your car and you start to slow down, you think of unclipping your feet from the cars brake pedal.

[wannaduacentury]

When you try to clip out of the gas pedal.

Sorry Knottedyet , I didn't see yours first LOL- I said brake pedal. :rolleyes:

[Bikingmomof3]

When your doctor gives you potentially terrible news and the first thing you think is, "Thank goodness, it is not the bike. I can ride again!"

[oldbikah]

--when you find out (yup, it happened today) that your new biking friend is bald because in the last 8 months you have only seen him in a ski hat or a helmet :)

[Pyannyplayer]

*You're running out of closet and dresser space due to so many bike shorts, jerseys, bike socks, etc., and you clean out your WORK clothes to make room.....for more bike shorts, jerseys, bike socks, etc.

*You keep pictures of your dream bike on the fridge, your dresser mirror, in your wallet, and on your office wall.

*You and your husband/SO decide that EVERY anniversary is a "biking" anniversary and buy each other suitable "bike stuff". Who needs silver or platinum or gems? We can have CARBON!

*You have more energy bars than candy bars...and find yourself snacking on said energy bars (I love LUNA!).

*You dream in "bike"

*Your friend comes to pick you up for lunch and you say, "Finally the SAG wagon is here!!"

*You're in love with a guy or girl with a sexy "biker tan".....and it really is a turn on!

*You plan a family vacation around bike routes and visits to bike shops (yes, we did that this year!)

*Your water bottles color-coordinate with your bike/bike jerseys (that's me!)

*My favorite: You can barely make it up in time to get ready for work, yet if you have to be up at 3:00 a.m. to leave for a tour/race/group ride, you're up early, raring to go!

Lorie

[mimitabby]

Normal people's legs look wimpy to you, even persons who are supposed to be particularly attractive.

you have 1/2 of two closets, another closet, and 4 dresser drawers for bicycle clothing and you still can't figure out where to put bike helmets and your camel backs!

[doc]

You buy $220 sidi's for $150 and celebrate!...Then you go home and hide them because the DH is not going to "get it". (I did that yesterday)

My water bottle shelf is full too!

Tattoo - I am actually working with a graphic artist to develop a temporary (i.e. stick on) bicycle chain tattoo to wear around the bicep. I only want one, but I have to buy 1000 because they won't run production on any fewer!

[Aggie_Ama]

*When looking for your first house you can't get excited about one house because there is nowhere to ride from the neighborhood. You rule the house out because it would involve using the bike rack too much and shorten your long rides.

*You have more pictures of yourself and your husband on your desk/work bulletin board in lycra and bike helmets than regular clothes!

*You have trouble remembering the last time you bought DH a non-cycling birthday, Christmas or Anniversary present.

*You plan anniversary trips that involve organized rides in other towns. When your non cycling friends say "That was your anniversary?!" You just smile and say "Yep! And it was GREAT!"

[Haudlady]

mimitabby - "Normal people's legs look wimpy to you, even persons who are supposed to be particularly attractive."

When you think a guy is cute... until you get down to his hairy, skinny calves. :eek: Fuzzy Chicken Legs!

When your plumber says that your tub drain is full of hair (gross, I know), and you reply "oh dear. DH and I will have to be more careful when we shave our legs." (Should have seen the look on said plumber's face when I said that!:D )

[Crankin]

When you're pretty sure you have bronchitis, pneumonia, and/or a sinus infection and you are pissed that your husband rode to work today.

When you decline an invitation to the second night of Rosh Hashanah dinner because you are doing a century the next day (oh yeah, I'll be praying on my bike) and you only feel a little guilty that you made your friend who works in another state about 40 miles away have her dinner on the first night of the holiday, necessitating her to prepare it on a work day.

[Bad JuJu]

When you think like this guy:
"Some people are not in control of their cycling. The cycling is in
control of them. You get to a point where you say, 'Oh my God, I'm
a motor for my bicycle. I'm no longer a person.'"
-- Rich Stark, ultramarathoner

I read this in Adventure Cycling's electronic newsletter this morning, and thought, so what's the problem? Definitely a sign of having come over to the dark side.:D

[KnottedYet]

You buy $220 sidi's for $150 and celebrate!...Then you go home and hide them because the DH is not going to "get it". (I did that yesterday)

My water bottle shelf is full too!

Tattoo - I am actually working with a graphic artist to develop a temporary (i.e. stick on) bicycle chain tattoo to wear around the bicep. I only want one, but I have to buy 1000 because they won't run production on any fewer!

When you see Doc's post about temp tattoos and you think "Dang, I need a few of those!"

(Pssst... hey, Doc. If you have any extras, sell 'em to your nearest and dearest on TE...)

[mimitabby]

good idea, knot. Sell them on TE! I imagine quite a few of us will bring your price way down!

[AllezGirl]

*you yell "slowing" when you hit the brakes in the car

*you pedal in your sleep

*you get as emotional when your 8yo son says "Mommy, I want a road bike" as you do when he says "Mommy, I love you" (it has now upgraded to "Mommy, I want a Time Trial bike"....that's my boy :D !)

*you are still wearing your old size 14-16 street clothes that hang on your now size 10 body because every penny of the clothing budget goes to bike wear

[AuntieK]

You change the lyrics to the songs you hear so they're bike related:

Everybody sing:
"Your friends don't bike, and if they don't bike, well, they're no friends of mine"

or how 'bout:
"I love bike and roll, put a newer saddle on Bianci, Baby!"

Maybe I'm dating myself with the age of these songs. :rolleyes:

[MomOnBike]

When looking for a new job you take into consideration the bikeability/bike security of the place.

You won't look at new houses unless there is a 2-car garage. And your family has but one car.

[CorsairMac]

I probably shouldn't post this coz I'm still in denial :p :



When you go in - more than once - and adjust your online payments/schedule coz you really want that 53t chainring And the 11-28 cassette And the longer derailleur to handle all that and you want it - well - now!

[Tater]

- when you wash your bike more than your car.

I'm guilty! :D

[chickwhorips]

when you get a case of molson canadian beer, and you roll the bottle over and it has a picture of a tandem bike on the back and says 'bring a friend' you have to drink it before your BF does because it looks better than the other bottles.

[ChainsOflove]

If It Isn't Colnago Its Scrap Metal:)

[stella]

when a someone rides by on a bike, your friends check out the rider's body...I am checking out the bike!!!!

[KnottedYet]

Ditto: checking out the bikes on top of cars rather than the cars.

[Lise]

You get back from your 10 mile training run and think, "NOW can I ride my bike?!" :p

I've eaten, I've iced, I've showered, I've stretched, and now I'm going back out there on the bike.

[margo49]

When you start a new job and the first thing you do is look for a place to put your helmet that is safe but also visible. (Not on display, just visible; on display means you are really sick)

[KnottedYet]

You wear your ankle RoadID *all* the time.

[margo49]

Drinking out of the water-bottle *all* the time (except when sitting at a nicely set table or taking pills - which I think I will have to start to work on the latter!)

[roguedog]

When you'd rather bike than get your haircut
When you seem to have to at least touch your bike even if you aren't riding it that day
When your first and only thought is to get your bike safely into the house.. and forgot you left your backpack with your laptop outisde (this coming from a quasi-geek). Thank god I had a package that day.
When you've spent all your allowance on bike stuff

[Cassandra_Cain]

When you set out to do a century but then end up doing just a metric because of an annoying flat. Then getting home, you think, aha! I'll do the remaining 38 miles on my MTB off-road and off to the trailhead it is....

[Geonz]

Now that's mileage obsessed :-)

The idea of going a day without riding... hmmm... that can be every few months... when the wind is 35 mph and there were tornadoes last night, and the bike says "what??? Drive to work??? You might need me to get *around* the debris! I can handle a little breeze..."

[annie]

You spend ~4 hours, on a cold, rainy day, cleaning two bikes......... and loving every minute of it! :)

annie

[Bluetree]

Ditto: checking out the bikes on top of cars rather than the cars.

I was doing that yesterday! It was check-in day for the LA Triathlon, so as I was driving through the city, all I saw were bike, bikes, bikes everywhere, on top cars, in back of cars, strapped onto cars, etc...
I was driving like an idiot.. slow down, oooh there's a Cervelo, speed up.. hey, is that a Colnago? Change lanes... what kind of tires is on that S-Works?

[KnottedYet]

When the shop that is supposed to be shipping your "new" bike has had it for nearly a week without doing anything and you are TEARING YOUR HAIR OUT with anxiety!

[Kitsune06]

...when someone jokes about writing something suggestive about well-greased bearings and/or well maintained parts and you take them seriously.
(Score doubly if you think you could).
(Score triple if you think it'd be exciting)
(Score to a lethal degree if you don't understand why others wouldn't agree)
:rolleyes: