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

[TrekTheKaty]

You're week revolves around next weeks long ride--when, where, who's going.........

You've played "hookie(?)" from work to watch the tour.......

You have more than one pair of cycling shoes. Sis says, "I like you're new sandles--Birk? Teva? Where'd you get 'em?" Um, Nashbar--they're clipless

The cat is jealous of the way you talk to your bike (You used to tell HER how pretty she is).........

You're laundry room looks like this........

[HappyTexasMom]

Haha! Here's mine:

When your hair is in *desperate* need of being rehighlighted, and you'd really like to do it before you go out of town to visit your friend. But the one day you can do it is also the one day you can go for a long ride, so you choose the ride.

When you wake up on the weekend, your first thought, instead of being "please let me be able to go back to sleep", it's "please let it still be early enough to get a ride in before it gets too hot".

[Tri Girl]

When the closet went from 3/4 full of work clothes to 3/4 full of cycling/workout clothes. If I could wear a jersey to teach in, I would (those back pockets would come in handy).

[Biciclista]

why can't you wear a jersey to teach in?

[Tri Girl]

why can't you wear a jersey to teach in?

Oh that whole "professional dress" thingy in my contract.
I think it's professional- professional cyclists wear them all the time while working. Seems our ideas of the word "professional" are very different.

[kenyonchris]

Haha! Here's mine:

When your hair is in *desperate* need of being rehighlighted, and you'd really like to do it before you go out of town to visit your friend. But the one day you can do it is also the one day you can go for a long ride, so you choose the ride.

When you wake up on the weekend, your first thought, instead of being "please let me be able to go back to sleep", it's "please let it still be early enough to get a ride in before it gets too hot".

My SO teased me about my grey stripe in my hair. It really is a stripe. I usually color it but I haven't had a spare dollar around that hasn't gone into my new bike. So the grey stripe becomes more and more apparent. He thinks its cute, so I guess it stays.

[Loraura]

When the dog knows the difference between your cycling shoes and your walking shoes, and doesn't even both to get excited when you start to put on your shoes (for a ride no doubt!).

My poor doggie! I had to add "walking the dog" to my son's chore list to make sure she got a walk!

[HappyTexasMom]

My poor doggie! I had to add "walking the dog" to my son's chore list to make sure she got a walk!

Awww...when I was cycling up the greenbelt on Saturday (loooong stretch of bike path that goes through a chain of parks in Scottsdale, AZ), I saw a lot of people out with their dogs, and felt a bit guilty.

[kermit]

You take your bikes on vacation with you and have more jerseys than shirts. You also wear shorts with your cycling tan legs proudly and every one else looks at you like a freak.

[Fontinalis]

You know you are addicted to riding your bike when you break down the grocery list in as many outings as there are items on the list, and go fetch those items, not at the store close to home, but at a store as far as you can think of, even in a different neighborhood.

You know that you are addicted when your daily commute - which is already close to an hour - feels like a disapointment because you get home too soon, you haven't had your fill. And you know you are addicted when that happens even in the worse possible weather (rain, head wind).

You know you are addicted when the best time of your day IS the commute back and forth.

You know you are addicted to your biking when you use your bike all the time, and use your car so little of the time that you forgot on which side to fill the gas tank, lost track of the price of petrole, and once in your car, you want to go when the green light for bike and pedestrians turns green.

At first, when I strated commuting by bike, I was constantly trying to put my flashers on when turning with the bike. I even put the break on once trying to put the flasher on. Which was NOT a good idea. When I'd see a police car, my first thought was : omg, i'm not wearing my seat belt. Duh! I'm not in the car, I'm on my bike! Now it is the reverse situation. Once in the car, I drive as though I'm biking. I want to glide down hills, and take shortcuts. lol

Biking as totally reacquainted me with the city I live in. I have fallen in love again with the quality of life that it brings, a life on a human scale.

[Trigress]

You know you're addicted to cycling when you on finding out that the Centaur brake levers that you already have are 9g lighter than the Chorus brake levers that you were contemplating buying for then to burst out in loud cheering based on a truly heartfelt joy over this amazing fact. For then to rejoice that you can leave the brake levers where they are and just buy new time trial levers for the time trial bike you're building.

Come to think of it - building a time trial bike despite being last in all time trials ever participated in, and this number only being one, is a good sign of addiction as well I suppose.

[papaver]

Sitting here for about an hour or so, enjoying a cool beer and then realise you still have your helmet on.

[cylegoddess]

'You know you are addicted to riding your bike when you break down the grocery list in as many outings as there are items on the list, and go fetch those items, not at the store close to home, but at a store as far as you can think of, even in a different neighborhood.
You know you are addicted when the best time of your day IS the commute back and forth.'
Yes thats me!!
Oh and, your husband( who isnt keen on cycling) tells you - must you wear your helmet in the grocery store - it looks dorky( and you secretly think, no it doesnt! I paid a 100 bucks for this!)

Also, you wear your padded shorts proudly with your clip clop duck walk shoes, and could care less that you get stares.

[lo123]

when you start calling out your actions while driving the car. "Slowing!" "Stopping!" "Rolling!"

Yeah, did that on the way home from a group ride last night.