You know you're a cyclist when...
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Dmcd33
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*When you realise that there is a slight residue in your water bottle and decide it probably needs more than a rinse.
*When you calculate how much time you'll have at the weekend to give the bike a bit of maintenence.
*When you arrange your holidays around how much riding you'll be able to do
*When you calculate how much time you'll have at the weekend to give the bike a bit of maintenence.
*When you arrange your holidays around how much riding you'll be able to do
SatNavSaysStraightOn
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... going commando feels normal
... you arrive somewhere to realise you have left your underwear at home (again)
... you have to explain why you have more than 1 bike
... you have to decide which of your 2 bikes you are taking on holiday and which one stays at home simply because you can only get 4 bikes in the car, not all 6 (OH is a cyclist as well - I tried the I'll take my 3 which 1 do you want approach - didn't work.
... people look at you strangely when you explain it only takes 30 mins longer to cycle the 25 miles than it does to drive it
... you don't care you look like a drowned rat, you had a great ride
... you arrive somewhere to realise you have left your underwear at home (again)
... you have to explain why you have more than 1 bike
... you have to decide which of your 2 bikes you are taking on holiday and which one stays at home simply because you can only get 4 bikes in the car, not all 6 (OH is a cyclist as well - I tried the I'll take my 3 which 1 do you want approach - didn't work.
... people look at you strangely when you explain it only takes 30 mins longer to cycle the 25 miles than it does to drive it
... you don't care you look like a drowned rat, you had a great ride
When your other half asks, for the seventeenth day in a row "why is your bike still in the kitchen?"...
And your reply is "Just another couple of things that need fixing, I'll do it tonight" but actually it's because you don't want your spockets getting all cold and damp outside
And your reply is "Just another couple of things that need fixing, I'll do it tonight" but actually it's because you don't want your spockets getting all cold and damp outside
SatNavSaysStraightOn
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additionally...
... the first thing people say to you when you walk through the door, is to point out where the shower's are...
... you won't leave your bike where you leave your car
... your bike & cycling kit costs more than your car does
... your christmas wish list reads more like {insert cycling shop website of choice} catalogue
... the first thing people say to you when you walk through the door, is to point out where the shower's are...
... you won't leave your bike where you leave your car
... your bike & cycling kit costs more than your car does
... your christmas wish list reads more like {insert cycling shop website of choice} catalogue
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Hill Wimp
Fair weathered,fair minded but easily persuaded.
When you arrange everything else around your cycling plans.
SatNavSaysStraightOn
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- ɐᴉlɐɹʇsn∀ 'ɐɹɹǝquɐƆ
OK final entry from me (unless you all out vote me)
... you find yourself navigating in the car using the national cycle route signs rather than road sign posts
(yep, done it!)
... you find yourself navigating in the car using the national cycle route signs rather than road sign posts
(yep, done it!) 
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- The TerrorVortex
Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
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- The hills of Accrington
When you visit bike shops selling very expensive bikes,(like the ones i saw yesterday...3 and a half grand),and you take photos on your phone of those bikes. Then sit at home looking at them again and again.
Hill Wimp
Fair weathered,fair minded but easily persuaded.
When every time you go anywhere near your bike you have to touch it or tweek something on it.
Cyclopathic
Veteran
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- Leicester.
Never gonna happen. I'm afraid there is a part of my sense of humour that never developed past the age of 14 and as such I am now a fully grown man with a pathetic inability not to find innuendo in absolutely anything. Wheels are a nightmare with all the nipples and flanges not to mention the "rim". Even if I keep a straight face in the conversation if somebody mentions lube there will always be a part of me sniggering on the inside.
Hill Wimp
Fair weathered,fair minded but easily persuaded.
You have more bags that are for cycling than you do handbags, its getting close now, never ever thought that would happen !
T.M.H.N.E.T
Rainbows aren't just for world champions
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- Northern Ireland
When you carry the scars of a crash 
