you may be a bike commuter if...

[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.

[HipGnosis6]

You own flourescent yellow garments

You'll actually wear said flourescent yellow garments in public

I got a major giggle out of these. In my day to day life, I'm a little on the gothy side - imagine my friends' suprise the first time the were faced with me in a BRIGHT FREAKIN' YELLOW cycling jersey!

[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?"