Because of cycling I have a very different lifestyle to my friends and boyfriend. I can be in bed by 8-8.30pm, up at 4am, work full time, come home, feed animals, cook dinner, do laundry, get gear ready for the following day, pick up groceries etc. He stays up late, gets up late, does no actual exercise (which means while he's breathless after sex, my heart rates probably barely gone up ) - - No, I've never worn a heart rate monitor during the act!.

His sex drive has always been greater than mine, and he gets bugged by my cycling because he feels he's on the list below the bikes and the animals. I feel that his being bugged by what is such a passion for me affects our sex life more than the cycling itself.