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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 in it to win it 8.0 mi on May 26, 2011 at 9:19am

JB, you funny.



James Baum said:

You machine your first rim, you machine your first hub.

 

You raise your own cow from a calf and harvest the leather to create your first suspended saddle...



Christopher said:
you assemble a bicycle from a pile of parts, you build your first wheel, you know you are addicted to bicycling when you build your first frame.
Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on May 26, 2011 at 9:20am
Cows are vegetarians...
Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on July 9, 2011 at 3:20pm
You will only go to a restaurant if you know you can watch your bike from inside.
Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on July 9, 2011 at 3:22pm
you frequently walk around with grease on your hands and legs and not know it.
Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on July 9, 2011 at 8:13pm

When you go to a garage sale and see 3 old wheels sitting there (all with alloy rims, no less) and they look mostly salvagable for $1 each.  You know you are a cyclist/mechanic/rebuilder when you buy them without even looking to see what size they are (2 were 700c and one was 27" upon later inspection). or care too much about general condition.

 

Heck, the tubes were worth the price and the tires are all in OK shape.  One had a deep V Mavic rim (700) and all 3 had SS spokes.  Not a bad deal.  I'll probably end up breaking them down into components.  The coaster hub on one of them is probably going into a project someday.  

 

3 more wheels to hang in the garage for future builds.  Time to start trolling CL for cheap framesets ;)

 

Even if they were steel rims without the tires/tubes I'd probably have paid $1 each for them without flinching.

Permalink Reply by Gort 12-mile Pinklegneep on July 10, 2011 at 3:14pm
 The only time you have to look for parking is the Hideout block party.
Permalink Reply by Molly on July 11, 2011 at 8:37pm
16) When your bike is in the shop because you got in an accident, you are forced to take public transportation to work every day and you feel anxious with this disruption in your life. Oh, and people at work don't understand.
Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on July 11, 2011 at 9:25pm
17) when you have 3  or more bikes so #16 doesn't ever have to happen to you.
Permalink Reply by Davo on July 12, 2011 at 10:10am
18) exept when they are all in some state of repair so they are not ridable (safely)
Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on July 12, 2011 at 10:15am
19)  #18 is an excuse to take a day off for wrenching on bikes.  What is better than wrenching on bikes?  Often wrenching on bikes is just as fun as riding them.
Permalink Reply by Adam Kitzmann on July 12, 2011 at 2:17pm
when, after you hit a pot hole or get hit by a car, you check to see if your bike is ok before you check to see if you're ok.
Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on December 8, 2011 at 10:37am

You scare your new roommate when you walk in and she thinks you are the police since you still have your red flashy light on.

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