you may be a bike commuter if...

[Dianyla]

I hid it once, just wheeled it round the corner while he was in the shower. Poor guy came tearing out of the mens locker room 2 minutes later wearing only a towel. He had heard the ticking of his expensive drive train from UNDER WATER.

So sweet, just like a new mother

Yes. Like a mother BEAR getting ready to kick some ***!!

[lph]

yeah, funny, he didn't find it half as amusing as I did

[rocknrollgirl]

You like your helmet hair better than your regular hair....
you can tap dance in your cleats like those little penguins in that movie
you only buy clothes that will roll up and not wrinkle....

[twin]

You start planning 2 to 3 days in advance for the first BIG winter blizzard of the season because the weather men are acting like it is headed your way....Ice, wind, and 20 degrees....sounds like an interesting ride to work.

[nuthatch]

Your co-workers have to actually physically stop you from riding home when the weather is really dangerous (dark, 30mph wind, rain, lightning, etc.)

Still trying not to feel like a quitter about that day!

[Haudlady]

you can tap dance in your cleats like those little penguins in that movie

HA!!! Good one!

[Tater]

When asked, yet again, by bewildered co-workers, "You rode in this rainy/snowy/icy/cold weater", you resist the urge to quip, 'No, I just have a Gore-tex fetish!"

[run it, ride it]

You know you're a student commuter if:

-Your profs no longer takes a second glance as you come in five minutes late completely out of breath and covered in grease. Your excuse, "I was late because my chain came off up the hill!" is obviously correct every time.

-The person sitting behind you has to gently ask if you'll take off your helmet so she can see the blackboard.

-In winter, you leave a suspicious puddle in your seat as the snow melts off of you during lecture.

-You're the only one in class wearing a tank top in January because you're so warm from the commute.

-You talk about your bicycle as if it were a car-- you get upset if someone has taken your 'parking space' on the bike rack, your farewells start with, "well, I'm parked over that way..."

-You could care less when the last bus leaves campus at night.

-You don't know how to operate an umbrella because you've never had to use one.

-Yours are the only tracks through the snow in the bike lane in February. You'd rather die than take the slow, crowded, noisy bus!

[tattiefritter]

Lol at loads of the above especially the shower bit, wouldn't have changed jobs if current place didn't have a shower.

Also:
You own flourescent yellow garments

You'll actually wear said flourescent yellow garments in public

After a wet ride in you'll put gloves/buffs/socks on your computer monitor to dry out and tights/tops spread out under the desk.

You give cyclists loads of room on the road when driving to the annoyance of other drivers

You complain loudly about stealth ninja cyclists who ride without lights giving the rest of us a bad name.

[lph]

-You talk about your bicycle as if it were a car-- you get upset if someone has taken your 'parking space' on the bike rack, your farewells start with, "well, I'm parked over that way..."

I do this too! I've even caught myself saying: "Oh, are you the one that drives the large grey Trek parked next to mine in the garage?"