You Know You Are A Cyclist When.....

 

1) You put on your jeans and they already have the right leg rolled up.

 

2) You do laundry when you don't have any more clean bike shorts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Permalink Reply by April on April 17, 2011 at 8:04am

Tank-Ridin' Ryan,

 

Ha!  I wish. I work the usual M-F.  I meant that every day you ride feels like Friday.   My friend Lisa called it a "rider's high."  Which I think is very apt description.

Permalink Reply by Tank-Ridin' Ryan on April 17, 2011 at 3:40pm
Every day feels like Friday to you?  I either want to know your secret or feel sorry for you that the weekend is perpetually around the corner.

April said:

Tank-Ridin' Ryan,

 

Ha!  I wish. I work the usual M-F.  I meant that every day you ride feels like Friday.   My friend Lisa called it a "rider's high."  Which I think is very apt description.

Permalink Reply by April on April 17, 2011 at 6:22pm
My secret is to enjoy every moment of every day as much as possible, especially the moments when you are riding. I guess I'm not describing it well enough, but you know that wonderful feeling you get during a critical mass, or another group ride--the happy Friday glow?  That's what I mean.  Riding to/from work, the grocery store, a bar to meet friends, I try to just enjoy it--feel the happy Friday glow every time I'm on my bike.
Permalink Reply by Red Tornado on April 18, 2011 at 7:32am

ah good replies, good discussion topic. how about

it's raining out and you tell yourself you're only going to ride to the bus stop/train station to get to your destination but then once on the bike you say f**k it and ride the entire way, trying to convince yourself the rain's not that bad even though it is and each time you do this, decide to ride, you get sufficiently wet and your shoes get soaked and actually the ride kind of sucks each time for the stress and the chill and you probably hit a pothole that was filled with water at some point which further pis*es you off and so you finally show up at your destination and your friend(s) or coworkers or whomever you're there to see or meet, unless they're bikers, they just look at you almost out of pity, that bemused look.  in your mind, you're still riding through the rain.  and when you're done for the day/night, you know you'll ride home in it too.

Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on April 19, 2011 at 6:08pm
great post!

Red Tornado said:

ah good replies, good discussion topic. how about

it's raining out and you tell yourself you're only going to ride to the bus stop/train station to get to your destination but then once on the bike you say f**k it and ride the entire way, trying to convince yourself the rain's not that bad even though it is and each time you do this, decide to ride, you get sufficiently wet and your shoes get soaked and actually the ride kind of sucks each time for the stress and the chill and you probably hit a pothole that was filled with water at some point which further pis*es you off and so you finally show up at your destination and your friend(s) or coworkers or whomever you're there to see or meet, unless they're bikers, they just look at you almost out of pity, that bemused look.  in your mind, you're still riding through the rain.  and when you're done for the day/night, you know you'll ride home in it too.

Permalink Reply by Davo on April 20, 2011 at 8:35am


+1

Add to RT's post about scotch guarding rain pants knowing it wont work but hoping that it will (if just a little bit.).


Julie Hochstadter said:

great post!

Permalink Reply by Joe TV on April 20, 2011 at 2:11pm
It took me a year to realize that the moisture under my rain pants wasn't from the outside but rather condensation from the inside.



Davo said:


+1

Add to RT's post about scotch guarding rain pants knowing it wont work but hoping that it will (if just a little bit.).


Julie Hochstadter said:

great post!

Permalink Reply by Bike Bloke on May 11, 2011 at 6:31am
You know where the flags are on your route so you can check the wind direction and speed.
Permalink Reply by Mike Haring on May 11, 2011 at 6:41am
Ha, very true.  I always check the flag on the post office at the start of my ride home. 
Permalink Reply by lauren sailor on May 11, 2011 at 11:30am
you already look hot in short skirts because you've been biking all winter!
Permalink Reply by Holly on May 25, 2011 at 7:31am

Your rain jacket loses it's water repellent properties on the morning it's pouring outside.

You were planning to re-seal it this weekend, but the brand new bottle of Nikwax you just bought fell off the top of the washer/dryer stack and broke. Your jacket is no longer waterproof, but you wear it anyway.

Permalink Reply by Mike Zumwalt on May 25, 2011 at 7:40am
You calculate how much to take out of the bank by how many groceries you think will fit in your backpack.

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