I must be sick....

[mtbdarby]

So I'm feeling a little under the weather today. It's supposed to be in the high 40's today and for the rest of the week which is good for us this time of year. I head outside to go to lunch and get a whiff of fresh air. It's like a switch goes on in my head chanting "go get your bike", "go get your bike".

Now granted, I just started commuting last week (I head home for lunch to let the dogs out, so I commute back from lunch and home), but apparently I now have the commuting disease. Is there a name for this???? Plus, when I got home, my new short sleeve Zoic sports wool jersey with camo mtb shorts with the removable liner were there. No question now ladies! I mowed through a bowl of soup and got the bike ready (he really needs a name - hunter green hybrid diamondback - any suggestions?). I even put on my arm warmers (please forgive me, but a mere 9 months ago I saw a biker with these on and thought they looked dorky. Why do they look so cool now?! I've come a long way BABY!!).

So I'm feeling better sitting at my desk with a smile on my face looking forward to picking up the little guy on the way home. All the kids at dc thinks its cool when his mamma comes in with her biking gear. I even bought him a round hunting seat warmer for the trailer so his tushie doesn't get cold.

Anyway, thought I would share this with you wonderful people. You guys are so supportive and such an inspiration. I think back to my childhood when I HAD to commute to school and how much I hated it back then. Now it's just total freedom for me.

Tomorrow my new bike light gets here - just in time for daylight savings......

[AutumnBreez]

it's got a few names called....
bike sick (much like that of home sickness when on a sleepover)

OR

bikecommutisitis...bikey'itis....or even more possible cyclemania! No cure but to RIDE and enjoy life each day to its fullest, as though its your last.

However I do wish for you to be feeling better!

[Trek420]

bike-aholism.

I understand there's a 12-step program for it (apologies in advance for makeing light of a serious issue, but this *IS* TE after all) and a program at Betty Ford.

[sarahkonamojo]

Yeah Betty Ford, rancho Mirage. Should be some nice single track in the area. hmmm...

Sorry couldn't help but join in.

It is a very good, but expensive kind of sick.
SKM

[mtbdarby]

Ahhhh, bikeaholism. Hi, my name is Dar and I'm a bikaholic.

Now, the really important thang. My ride needs a name. I was thinking that since he's a hybrid - a rode bike wanna be thing - maybe he's really a Fred. Of course, that might make me a Wilma, but I can handle that. What do you all call your rides? I tend to call my mtb Blu. Cuz' he's blue. Not very original but my back up name is CB (for crash and burn).

[mtbdarby]

If I call my hybrid Fred, does that make the stroller Dino??

[CorsairMac]

Yeah Betty Ford, rancho Mirage. Should be some nice single track in the area. hmmm...

Sorry couldn't help but join in.

It is a very good, but expensive kind of sick.
SKM

wouldnt the Betty FORD clinic be for Drivers......our clinic is Gary Fisher isn't it??

and yes Dar there Is a Santa Claus - oops...wrong story. There is a name for it...it's called endorphin addiction and I'm a full-time subscriber. Welcome to the club.

As for your bike, the first thing that popped (ok...I just mispelled that pooped ROFL) was Green Hornet! or the Jolly Green waittttttttttttttttttt
the Incredible Hulk...you can just call him Hulk for short.

and yes - it's a sick world and I"m a happy gal!

[nuthatch]

There is NOTHING sweeter than your morning commute with a tailwind, no matter what the temperature (42 here this am - how cold up by you Darby?). Everyone at work rolls their eyes and says "Are you STILL riding in!?!?!).

I think this compulsion to commute must have some religious overtones....or at least obsessive/compulsive overtones!