Your Cycling Supporters

[chickwhorips]

my BF is my greatest supporter. he has been cycing for years and was the one that got me into it. we were talking about it the other day and i get frustrated for how slow i seem to be because i compare myself to him, and he told me he's just proud of me going out there and doing it. thankfully he rides with me on his slow days and doesn't complain, just pushes me harder to make me better.

i have a new supporter since this summer. we had a retired refuge manager come up as a volunteer. super nice guy. well he's also into cycling and running. so now we email each other seeing what the other one is up to and "challenging" each other. its quite fun!

and of course i have all you girls here at TE to thank for keeping me modivated though it all. thanks!

[telegirl]

BikeHubby is my biggest supporter - I joke with him that he actually carved his first bike out of a rock, before the wheel was invented. I have none of my family close by, although they do make the appropriate "we support you" sounds on the phone, even though they think mountain biking and road riding is kind of crazy. It is funny, but in my area, I find that a lot of the women are very "closed" when it comes to supporting each other- I like hanging with BikeHubby's guy friends, because they not only push me to do better, but give me a lot of support. And I feel fortunate to have stumbled onto this site! Thanks, everyone!!

[salsabike]

Everyone, from my friends to my mother to my work colleagues, has been completely positive. I can't think of any exceptions at all.

[Mimosa]

Currently it must be my coworkers who are my biggest fans.

It used to be my dad but we had/have a big disagreement and since then I no longer see my parents. My mother never understood, she thought it was dangerous and couldn't bare to see me riding during crits.

My friends try to understand but they don't really connect at the same level. Most of them never done sports at such a level and don't understand what you need to do to get there.

So I rely on you girls and one other dutch forum.

Hopefully next year I can find a team of girls to share my passion with.

[light_sabe_r]

BF is my biggest supporter. The other cyclists at work are big supporters. We don't ride together but we all exchange horror stories and achivements much like we do here.

one of the girls at work keeps asking me when I'm getting my baby (my SUBzero.2 2007 road bike *sighs*)

[7rider]

My DH is my biggest supporter and encourager (some might say "enabler"). We met at the LBS sunday a.m. shop ride, so cycling has been a big part of our relationship from Day 1.
Since we are also "later in life" marrieds and kid-less (and are good friends of the LBS owner), we tend to too frequently indulge our desires for the newest and the coolest bike toys (like his re-fit of his Mtb, and he's currently trying to convince me that I "need" a fully custom Seven, since mine is "only" stock).

[Offthegrid]

Unfortunately I have no cycling supporters. In fact, I only know one other person who rides. She's a co-worker, but I don't know her very well. It makes it tough because I don't have anyone to ask to show me how to do mechanical things.

My friends know that I'm trying to lose weight, but they're indifferent. They think it's good that I exercise, but they're not going to start asking me how many miles I rode or something.