When did you realize you were getting serious about this cycling lark?

[marinyork]

When I bought some ronhills.

 

[VamP]

and buying your first set of bib tights (longs) and overshoes for the winter and not worrying too much about how you look in them when in public makes me appear serious to others then perhaps I am but I still do not class myself as serious

Come on, every self-respecting body fascist cyclist spends hours worrying about how they look in lycra

 

[ColinJ]

YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS!!!

(tm jmcenroe)

My sister bought me the dragon squeaker the Christmas before last. For an instant, I thought "I'm not putting that thing on my bike!" and then I decided that I was taking myself too seriously and attached it. I always give kids a squeak from it when passing and 90% of them (and their parents) love it. About 10% of people look at me as if I'm mad!

 

[Nosaj]

ColinJ - does it adversley affect your drag coefficincy over a hilly 25?

 

[Nosaj]

Come on, every self-respecting body fascist cyclist spends hours worrying about how they look in lycra

Yep probably worded that one wrong not caring too much about what the public think about me wearing them.

 

[ColinJ]

ColinJ - does it adversley affect your drag coefficincy over a hilly 25?

Maybe - I used to average 12-16 mph over the hills but these days it seems to be more like 8 ...

 

[snorri]

You mean there are people who don't know the colour of their handlebar tape?

I don't think there is tape on my handlebars. Is there?

 

[Nosaj]

When I bought some ronhills.

I knew I wasn't that serious when I bought some dunhills

 

[CopperCyclist]

When I suddenly turned to the wife and said "I don't really need my car, I'm going to sell it and buy a nice bike"

 

[GrumpyGregry]

I don't think there is tape on my handlebars. Is there?

Only half my bikes have handlebar tape. It is all honey coloured apart from when it is black.

 

[MattHB]

When I realised that i could even consider doing a 100 mile charity ride this coming summer. So about 3 weeks ago

 

[TheDoctor]

Probably when I cycled up Horseshoe Pass and thought 'If I do that four times on the trot then that's Mont Ventoux, more or less.'
That's when I knew I was doomed...

 

[Fran143]

At the food station on my first ever sportive......I just knew it met certain needs!

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

When I realised I was cycling round Westminster on my ownsome in the middle of a cold night in late December just to keep in touch with my MyCyclingLog target for the year.

 

[snorri]

I probably realised I had got "in" to this cycling lark and was sufficiently fit to start cycle touring as I strolled down the pier at JOG after deciding to cycle home from a planned tour of Cornwall and Devon which I aborted after 24 hours following my discovery of the hilly nature of these counties.