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 Anne Alt on March 25, 2012 at 11:35am

+1

S.Presley said:

LOL...and you know you are a cyclist when people quote your bike related comments on thechainlink.org :)



Julie Hochstadter said:

You consider "Parking Wars" the TV show, porn.

Full disclosure: I've never seen the show, but overheard this quote somewhere...

Permalink Reply by Debra J on March 29, 2012 at 11:34am
You know you are a cyclist when... You get tired of sitting upright, so you go into the drops - while at work, while sitting at your desk, while writing grants.
Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on May 16, 2012 at 10:02am

You cringe when you see a kid with his or her knees up to their chest riding a bike way too small.  

Or they just needs the seat raised.

Permalink Reply by Melanie K on May 16, 2012 at 10:13am

You instinctively swerve toward the center line or into opposite lane when you see a car door about to open into the bike lane, although you are driving a car in the vehicle lane...

 

Permalink Reply by Eric B on June 28, 2012 at 5:02pm

You live in Chicago yet get a gym membership in Skokie just so you can shower before work.

Permalink Reply by Gerry G on June 29, 2012 at 4:21am

You fantasize about going faster... hmm if i can close the giant air scoop under my nose 30% would that help?

Permalink Reply by Christopher on June 29, 2012 at 9:53am

You can eat lots of donuts and fill the air scoop with a aerodynamic belly. Or you can stay skinny and lay back on a recumbent to get rid of that air scoop completely! 


Gerry G said:

You fantasize about going faster... hmm if i can close the giant air scoop under my nose 30% would that help?

Permalink Reply by Yasmeen on June 29, 2012 at 9:59am

You spend so little time in your car you have to remind yourself when you are behind the wheel that you're not on your bike and "No turn on red" really means just that.

After switching to a bike commute to work, it takes over a month to go through a tank of gas. What's not to love about that? 

Permalink Reply by Nora P. on July 1, 2012 at 3:42am

You memorize Chicago streets by their potholes, THEN names.

You visibly wince when you see a spoke-protector.

You wake up in the middle of the night admonishing dream cars to use their &%$#*& turn signal.

As a passenger in a cab you have passionately argued with the driver about the rights of cyclists.

You've removed frozen pizzas from their box to make the groceries fit in your rack basket.

You've stopped a netflix movie to go back and see what kind of bike that was.

Permalink Reply by Reba 4.0 mi on July 1, 2012 at 3:27pm

The sight of somebody's bike leaned against their cube on your first day of work at the new job confirms that you've made the right choice. Who cares what the job is, you can bring your bike inside.

I've since met two people in my department who ride to work and who've given me great tips: cyclists rock!

Permalink Reply by Derek on August 3, 2012 at 12:06pm

It looks like a hotel room so you never know.

h' said:

Is there more to this series?

Serge Lubomudrov said:

Permalink Reply by Michelle S on August 3, 2012 at 2:01pm

Your spouse has to pull you away from a heated discussion at a dinner party in which some guy is trying to get you to agree that when a cab is pulled over in the bike lane, it’s not the bicyclist’s right to go around the cab in the travel lane, but instead we’re supposed to stop and wait until the bike lane is clear again, because we’re “privileged” to be on the road. Sheesh.

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