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

[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. 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! )

[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.