— pixelus @ 12:28 pm — 
April 18, 2007When I created this blog, I thought I would be writing only about bikes and how my life revolves around the use of it. I find myself musing about things not directly related to bikes, but about life in general, about how to continue making my existence more productive and useful for others. I may write about my other adventures, not necessarily those that I have while riding my bike. Physical adventures, mental, spiritual or even esoteric ones, if I find the time to delve into whatever that takes my fancy and interests. Again, I have started….
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Sunday, May 27, 2007
From the Atlantabike.org
You Know You’re a Real Bicyclist When….
Admit it: there is a mindset, a group of assumptions, and a whole set of experiences that set a “cyclist” apart from the vast majority of the populace that just rides a bike. There are the serious things, like an understanding of vehicular cycling, and the mundane things, like knowing where the good places to lock a bike are. Here are the amusing things that make us laugh at ourselves, and give those tell-tale hints that maybe, just maybe, you are a Bike Geek!!
1. You think that working on your bike is almost as much fun as riding it
2. At some point you caught yourself wondering if your bike might look good if you added fenders
3. You discover that you have forgotten to remove your reflective ankle straps hours after you have arrived somewhere by bicycle
4. You would recognize that threaded washer from a Presta valve stem anywhere
5. You KNOW what a Presta valve is
6. You make decisions about car purchases based on which one more easily accepts a rooftop bicycle rack
7. You skip that last beer because there is a group ride the next morning
8. You own any kind of purple annodized bicycle accessory
9. Colorado Cyclist sent you a Christmas card last year
10. Your bicycle(s) are worth more than your automobile
11. You know what the difference is between Ultrasensor, Core-Tech, and Microfiber jersey materials
12. “Once you try bibs, baby, you’ll never go back!”
13. You can tell your significant other with a straight face that its too hot to mow the lawn then take off and ride a century.
14. Your bike rack and attachments are worth more than your car.
15. You pull up hard on the steering wheel trying to jump your car over a pot-hole
16, The first thing you ask when you regain consciousness is “How’s my bike?”
17. You actually move farther from work so your bike commute will be longer.
18. You take a perverse pride in your mid-thigh and mid-bicep tan lines, and even more in that funny little circle on the back of your hand
19. Your learn you have some money left over after paying bills and the first thing you do is reach for the nearest bicycling catalog
20. Most of the tools you own are made by Park or Blackburn
21. Someone in a car asks for directions and you give them a route that bypasses freeways and busy surface streets
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Tuesday, May 29, 2007
From: TeamEstrogen
You Know You’re Addicted To Cycling When…
10. Your surgeon tells you you need a heart valve replacement and you ask if you have a choice between presta and schrader.
9. A measurement of 44-36-40 doesn’t refer to the latest Playboy centerfold, but that new gear ratio you were considering for your Cobra.
8. A Power Bar starts tasting better than a Snickers.
7. The bra your significant other finds in your glove compartment belongs to your Trek and not the cute waitress at Denny’s.
6. You wear your heart monitor to bed to make sure you stay within your target zone during any extracurricular activities.
5. The funeral director tells you “NO!” you can’t ride your Cannondale in the funeral procession, even if you keep your headlight on.
4. You experience an unreasonable envy over someone who has bar end extenders longer than yours.
3. You’re too tired for hanky-panky on a Friday night but pump out a five-hour century on Saturday.
2. Your wife tells you the only way she’ll let you ride across the country is over her dead body and you tell her, “If that’s the case, you’ll be my first speed bump!”
AND the number-one reason you know you’re addicted to bicycling…
1. You no longer require a hankie to blow your nose.
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reading through the lines I say, Im not a bicylist after all hahaha…. Just found out today. Cheers!
Not necessarily! Doing no. 1 would be just fine to qualify you as a bicyclist. lol.