I'm a little scared that Owlie's SO matches better than I do... I was just thinking about it and for the most part my bikes match themselves... most of them have red highlights. But then I only have blue helmets. My cycling shoes are blue, black & gold, or grey. My gloves are pink, red, purple, teal, or blue. My bike shorts are black with either green, orange, or red stitching/trim. My jerseys are various colors... My socks are a ton of colors. But I usually make no effort at all to try to coordinate any of the shorts with jerseys with socks with gloves with helmet with shoes.

As for SO's & competitiveness - mine feels the need to tell me everytime i upgrade my bike "You realize, it's the motor that counts and this is not going to make you faster" and questions why I actually need it. "OKay, so these cranks are stiffer... do you really think you were putting out enough power to flex your old cranks?" He still helps replace the part, and he gets excited when it comes... and he admits that my bikes are a lot more comfortable than his, and happily accepts handme downs - the saddles or handlebars that didn't work for me. But he does try to talk me into saving money. That being said - he'd never have put me on tiagra and was pretty insistent that I start out with clipless pedals and steered me towards frogs instead of what he uses because he knew I had knee issues.

He does mention every so often how a guy at work keeps telling him that you can't trust a woman that's losing weight, 'cause she's gonna dump you or cheat on you. 'cause apparently that guy's wife has done it to him about 6 times. And he does joke about whether or not I'm getting in shape so I can leave him.

But he's actually usually the one that upgrades my kayak, and tends to make sure I have a nicer one than his. And he's been quick to hand me his credit card if I find a really great deal on a bike on ebay. While telling me that I don't need it and that it won't make me faster. He of course had to eat those words 'cause the bike actually did make me faster. magically