Addict seeking program

[AutumnBreez]

Wow...how did you know I needed help with this obsession?
Scene:....Sitting on saddle formed barstools in a circle of comrads, all with our helmets on- ...Snappypix just gave the first, and very touching testimony and sits back down on her saddle, each taking turns....

Ok then, here goes.....
Hello, I'm AutumnBreez and I am a cycloholic.
Its been 10minutes and 2 sec since my last ride.

Thanks for the lovelytime..got to go, the bike is calling for me, and the road needs to be held down.

[cyclingnewbie]

Over the past few months, my interest in cycling has escalated to such a degree, that I can now only describe it as a full-on obsession!
Ladies, is there any known cure for my condition? Is there a light at the end of the tunnel?

Ummm, I'm a little confused. What about this do you think is abnormal? This all sounds perfectly reasonable to me. Is there something I'm missing?? You sound like one of the few seriously normal people who, by definition, ride a bike. I fail to see a problem here.........

[mtnbikenmama]

And is sex better than cycling? Hmm. Cycling, as in a lovely long ride on a warm sunny day, with a 20mph tailwind and not a care in the world?
Good grief, of course not!! Luckily my DH doesn't read this board!! [/QUOTE]

I guess for a roadie that would depend on if you were riding cobblestones or not

[SnappyPix]

Wow...how did you know I needed help with this obsession?
Scene:....Sitting on saddle formed barstools in a circle of comrads, all with our helmets on- ...Snappypix just gave the first, and very touching testimony and sits back down on her saddle, each taking turns....

Ok then, here goes.....
Hello, I'm AutumnBreez and I am a cycloholic.
Its been 10minutes and 2 sec since my last ride.

Thanks for the lovelytime..got to go, the bike is calling for me, and the road needs to be held down.

Hilarious - I can actually picture the session, twitching fingers from twiddling gear levers, tapping feet from spinning pedals - and the idea of saddle shaped barstools is a classic!

I guess for a roadie that would depend on if you were riding cobblestones or not

LOL!! My secret is out! Cobblestones are a big here in the UK!

[Grog]

My mind was wandering out there and thinking of riding.... so I just typed "addiction" in the forum's search engine and although I don't feel any less addicted I do feel a bit better having read this thread*.

I need to get my bike in for brakes maintenance - I don't have the right tool for the job at home but they have polished themselves off and must be adjusted - but I'm too shy to walk into the bike shop again. I've been there numerous times in the past three months (once a week and then some more), they must be about to believe that I'm hitting on the shop guys!! (Ok, some of them are cute though...)

Ok, this week's really sunny so I'll ride mostly flats this week to avoid really fast dangerous downhills and get the bike in next Monday. Plus, I'll buy that tool I need so next time I can do it myself as I was taught at the mechanics class.

[JanT]

There are programs everywhere for cycleholics. They meet every week, usually Saturday or Sunday (both days for the heavily addicted), and some even have their own jerseys! And there are online programs, too--right here at TE! If I can't be riding, I can get my fix right here at home.

[betagirl]

Whenever I go into the garage with my b/f and my bike is resting peacefully, leaning up against my car, I point to it and say "isn't my bike cool? Isn't it pretty? Don't you love it?" He unfortunately doesn't share my passion

[Grog]

Whenever I go into the garage with my b/f and my bike is resting peacefully, leaning up against my car, I point to it and say "isn't my bike cool? Isn't it pretty? Don't you love it?" He unfortunately doesn't share my passion

I used to do that when I walked by the bikes in the hallway of my appartment (no garage unfortunatly!!) and my ex- would laugh at me. (He had an older mountain bike then.)

Then he got his own new road bike and would go to the hallway just to tap his nails on the frame and hear the nice sound of the frame and tell me "isn't it the nicest bike". And I replied: "hadn't I told you?" I was glad for him - he did get an amazing bike!

It's great when you have someone to share your passion with... Then you don't have to refrain from chattering about it!!!

[betagirl]

More proof you have an issue:

You wash your bike after a gritty ride in the rain and leave your car unattended to and dirty. I did that yesterday.

[SnappyPix]

Soo true! I think I took this to the extreme, when it was pointed out to me one day that my car was turning green!
What's a girl to do?! I only drove the car a couple of times a month, for essential stuff, whereas my bikes are my main mode of transport - and, needless to say, gleaming!