My husband has never given me a hard time about riding, he's been very supportive. He's never said too much about my long weekend rides (I try to do them in the mornings so the rest of the day is free) or about the evenings I ride and dinner is late getting started, or he makes it himself.

The only issue was when I bought my road bike. I traded in a stationary bike (bought from the LBS) and sold some stock in order to justify the cost. He blinked several times when he saw *the bill*, but now I think he realizes that it was a good investment.

This past summer, on my request he agreed to train and ride RAGBRAI with me. He borrowed his brother's bike, trained and completed the ride. Unfortunately the borrowed bike started to have mechanical issues 1/2 way through the ride and he had a couple of very tough riding days as a result. One of our friends riding with us had an extra bike that he was able to use and the rest of the ride was great.

In fact he's been looking at road bikes for himself. Except he CAN'T get one better than mine, or I'm trading up!

The point of this long post is that before he rode he didn't understand my biking passion but supported it, but now that he's ridden, we've found something that we both enjoy and can do together.

There might be a future thread about "creating a monster", but for now it's hopeful optimism that this will work!