Yesterday I was going up this fair size rather steep hill, climb, climb, climb,
whew, drop over the top for an easy downhill and attempt to shift...
.....the baby stroller! :rolleyes:
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Yesterday I was going up this fair size rather steep hill, climb, climb, climb,
whew, drop over the top for an easy downhill and attempt to shift...
.....the baby stroller! :rolleyes:
After my longest ride to date last weekend, I was driving home, and while slowing to a stop at a traffic light, I caught myself thinking "unclip, unclip, unclip!" which is my "Artie Johnson prevention" mantra! Not to mention the impulse to point out grates and other road hazards to the drivers in the cars behind me!
You might be a cyclist if....
1. You tell a family of 5 in a crowded mall to "hold their line."
2. Your spouse says, "If you buy another bike I'm going to leave you" and you think "I guess I'm going to miss him/her."
3. You have more water bottles than you have drinking glasses.
4. You have more cycling jerseys than work shirts.
5. Your cycling jersey IS your work shirt.
6. Your legs are smoother than your wife’s.
7. The nicest pair of shoes you own have cleats in the soles.
8. You have defined the 8 stages of road-kill decomposition through daily observation.
9. You are walking along a street and you signal left.
10.You go to your local store on a bike.
11.You sulk when in cars, on hot days.
12.You sulk when in cars, on cold, windy, snowy days.
13.You get withdrawal symptoms if off the bike for more than a day.
14.When anybody mentions distance you immediately think of how long it would take to cycle it.
15.You point at pot-holes, but you are driving in your car alone.
16.While driving your car you yell at your passenger "Car back" as a vehicle approaches from behind.
17.Your bike is worth more than your car.
18.You put more miles on your bike than your car.
19.Your hands have a strange tan that looks remarkably similar to the pattern on your cycling gloves.
20.Weather forecasts can be broken down into 2 categories: good biking weather, bad biking weather.
21.You put your bicycle in your car, and the value of the total package increases by a factor of 4 (or better).
22.You find out you are going to have a child and the first thing you think about is how you will schedule your rides to avoid divorce and still be a parent.
23.You spend 2X the money on cycling wear that you do work clothes.
24. You can tell your wife with a straight face that it's too hot to mow the lawn, then bike off for a century.
25.You dream of winning the lottery and the first thing you think of is how many/which bikes can I buy?
26.You buy a car based on whether or not a bike will fit in the trunk/back, with the rear seat folded down.
27.You open your car window and yell out "On your left" when passing cars on the freeway.
28.You have not one, not two, but three permanent chain ring scars on your right calf.
29.Your bike sleeps with you in the living or bedroom.
30.You wear a heart rate monitor during sex.
31.You check out all other guys/girls legs to see if they are better than yours.
32.Your spouse can't take it anymore and takes up cycling.
33.You wonder why a $1200 bike has 24 gear ratios, while a $40,000 car only has 4 or 5.
34.You crash...and insist on getting to the bike shop to have your bike checked out BEFORE going to the hospital.
35.You can't seem to get to work before 8:30am, but you don't have a problem meeting your buddies at 5:30am for a ride.
36.your baby stroller has gear ratios...
There's one road I drive on regularly where the lanes are narrow and, in curves in the road, other motorists tend to drift into your lane. I find myself yelling "hold your line" to the other cars as I drive through that area.Quote:
Originally Posted by bouncybouncy
If I catch up too quickly to a car on the highway, I'm tempted to swing out to the left to 'bleed off speed'... sheesh...
The day before a planned training ride, my best training buddy was in a fairly serious car accident on an interstate in NC not too far from where her brother lives, but several hours away from home. She came out fine, but her car did not. Anyway, she called her brother to come pick her up, and the first thing she said was..."I've been in an accident... and this is really going to screw up my bike ride."
Loved them all, but I could really relate to this one
Yep, I had the pleasure of observing over several months the myriad changes to a dead raccoon left on the side of the road near my home ... over time it decomposed enough to become part of the pavement :pQuote:
8. You have defined the 8 stages of road-kill decomposition through daily observation.