Riff Thread: You know you are way too obsessed with your road bike when....
08-08-05, 08:01 PM
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When you get a flat and you're worried you'll screw up your rim if you don't get off quickly while not giving a second thought about personal injury.
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08-08-05, 08:09 PM
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while walking down the grocery aisle you say, "left" as you maneuver past other shoppers.
08-08-05, 08:16 PM
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...you've memorized the morning evaporation patterns for small pools of water that form in the street near your house -- because you don't want your bike to get wet.
08-08-05, 08:17 PM
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It's a nice day outside, you're at work, and you wonder how many miles you could squeeze in during your lunch break.
The end of your work day is fast upon you, and you keep eyeing where your bike is locked up, and wondering if it would be uncouth to roll up your pant-legs at a quarter 'till.
The end of your work day is fast upon you, and you keep eyeing where your bike is locked up, and wondering if it would be uncouth to roll up your pant-legs at a quarter 'till.
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08-08-05, 08:19 PM
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your bike repair stand, tools, lube, rags etc take up more space in the kitchen/on the countertops than kitchen related things
08-08-05, 08:51 PM
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Your bike likes to sleep upstairs in the same room and watch you get ready for work, and you end up giving it (her) a first name. Giving myself away here...
08-09-05, 08:56 AM
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Originally Posted by mwilding
When you know your bikes birthday...
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08-09-05, 01:14 PM
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When it is 97 degrees out, you ride through an errant sprinkley spraying onto the street, and as you feel the coolness of the water, you almost go into shock because you realize your baby just got wet and you make sure you clean it when you get home-before you get a drink of water for yourself....
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08-09-05, 01:26 PM
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You refer to orgasms as "getting to the top of that hill"...
You begin to wonder if your girlfriend could benefit from some type of lightweight, rigid frame...
You use your engineering expertise to begin designing said frame.
You begin to wonder if your girlfriend could benefit from some type of lightweight, rigid frame...
You use your engineering expertise to begin designing said frame.
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08-09-05, 02:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Dante Sarveroni
You throw on your new Team CSC jersey before going out on a blind date.
08-09-05, 02:52 PM
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Your wife tells you she's pregnant with a son and to consider boys' names. And you come up with a list like this:
Lance
Thor
Magnus
Robbie
Jan
Ivan
Alexander
and, of course, Eddy
Lance
Thor
Magnus
Robbie
Jan
Ivan
Alexander
and, of course, Eddy
08-09-05, 02:53 PM
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...you haven't started thinking about your next new road bike
yet
yet
08-09-05, 02:59 PM
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your head snaps to the side as a beautiful woman zips by on a sleek machine
and you appear to be checking out her spandex clad legs
but you are really drooling over the curvaceous carbon/Ti/et al stays and tubes of the bike she is riding
and your wife (who you temporarily forgot was standing there) slaps you upside the head
even though/because she KNOWS you are checking out the bike, not the woman riding it!
frustrated that she has such a freak of a husband!
and you appear to be checking out her spandex clad legs
but you are really drooling over the curvaceous carbon/Ti/et al stays and tubes of the bike she is riding
and your wife (who you temporarily forgot was standing there) slaps you upside the head
even though/because she KNOWS you are checking out the bike, not the woman riding it!
frustrated that she has such a freak of a husband!
08-09-05, 03:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Tequila Joe
the background on your computer is of your bike not your wife/family and you secretly flip between your application and your desktop every so often to catch a peek of your bike.
T.J.
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good i knew i wasnt the only one....when you wash your bike more than your car
08-10-05, 11:01 AM
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when driving down a country road and another car approaches, you yell out "Car Up" to no one in particular...
you try inflating your automobile tires to 110 lbs...
you try inflating your automobile tires to 110 lbs...
