Cycling and your relationship.

[wiseowl]

Very interesting question and responses! DH and I ride together sometimes, but he is a stronger rider than me but I love riding more, which causes some tension (mostly my issue). We ride together only for a "few miles to an ice cream stand or breakfast spot, and then home", kind of rides- recreational rides, not fitness.

When riding with him, I ride my roadyish hybrid and put him on my mountain bike to give him a handicap, so to speak. After him saying bike speed and power are all about the rider not the bike, we did some trials of my hybrid against his super nice roadie, and he had to back WAY down on that statement!

I love mountain biking, though I don't get out as often as I like. He has NO interest in it and finds it very hard core, which I find amusing.

[indigoiis]

UPDATE: Things are better after I reported to DH from my visit to the local bike shop yesterday that the Friday night rides have a few sets of riders... from "fast guys like you who do a couple of additional half mile loop arounds" to "pokies/noobs like me who ride back with the tandem."

He raised a brow and replied, "I guess I'll have to blow the dust off of my road bike, then."

Yay!

[northstar]

My DH is a runner - and sort of turned up his nose at cycling when I was getting started. He was, however, really excited that I had found something I really loved to do, and he LOOVES the muscles in my legs. Since I've become more active, he picked up a used road bike, and we've done a few rides where he keeps asking me, "how fast are we going now? How about now?" I think the bug may be biting. Yippee!

Truth be told, riding does take up a lot of my spare time, but he is busy too, and I'm proud of him and what he does in his spare time, and he is just as excited about my cycling as I am.

He's also excited that the cycling has led to me getting into running. The bike has been a good development overall for our marriage.

[SnappyPix]

Really interesting thread.

My OH and I exist in a constant state of cycling harmony.
Initially I was the only one who cycled, but we eventually invested in a pair of hybrids and had many hours of fun trundling along the highways and byways of rural England.
Then one year she had time on her hands and revamped my old steel framed road bike. The nail in the coffin.
I rediscovered the thrill of the road, she felt like she was missing out, invested in a road bike herself, I upgraded to a lighter frame - and that was that.
We've been co-conspirators in our addiction ever since.
She's now stronger than I am, which is good as it keeps me on my toes and ensures I get the miles in, just to keep up.
OH is about to upgrade again to a carbon frame later this year - and hopefully my time will come at some point next year!
Bike shops are lethal as we both have no self-control - and get a thrill from seeing that "biker grin" on the other's face.

It was a significant birthday for me this year - and my treat was a trip to Kent to watch the Tour De France go by. Only cyclists would think that romantic!

[singletrackmind]

Met my husband while pedaling furiously. We both raced mtb's and were often on the course at the same time and with about the same speed, were always passing each other, saying hi.