You know you're a cyclist when... (pt 94)

[billplumtree]

...you're idly flipping through the latest CTC magazine, notice a big picture of a tyre end-on, think "Oh, I recognize that tread, it's a Pasela".  Then see that it is, indeed, a full-page ad for Panaracer Pasela.

My name is billplumtree, and I'm a bike nerd...

[yoav]

Next up, Name That Tyre, entirely from the sound it makes on the road ......

[Trull]

You are idly flicking through the CTC mag and notice your younger sister modelling the latest "retro" club top...

[tiermat]

More a "you know you spend too kuch time on yacf" than just a cyclist, but:

When you read a leader in a magazine that mentions a) tie wraps and b) India and your first thought is "I bet that is by Deano". And it is...

[Trull]

You post on a thread which has 200+ entries on helmet use...

[bumper]

You buy cotton buds to clean between chain plates and inside bolt heads.

[Canardly]

When you choose your washing cleaner with care.

[T42]

Your backside no longer feels the bumps.

[Deano]

More a "you know you spend too kuch time on yacf" than just a cyclist, but:

When you read a leader in a magazine that mentions a) tie wraps and b) India and your first thought is "I bet that is by Deano". And it is...

I did have a few people ask me about that.

[Deano]

...you choose where to shop based upon the adequacy of the bike parking.

[citoyen]

You buy cotton buds to clean between chain plates and inside bolt heads.

Ooh, that's a good one. Can't believe it never occurred to me before. I shall have to adopt it.

[Butterfly]

...if you need some talc, you look in the kitchen, near the inner tubes
...if you need baby wipes, you look in the kitchen where they are handy for bike cleaning

[T42]

...it hurts but you enjoy it.

[Kim]

...if you need some talc, you look in the kitchen, near the inner tubes
...if you need baby wipes, you look in the kitchen where they are handy for bike cleaning

Swarfega, on the other hand, is in the bathroom next to the shampoo.

[citoyen]

...you eat a huge bowl of pasta and a large chicken breast for breakfast.

(me today)

[hellymedic]

...if you need some talc, you look in the kitchen, near the inner tubes
...if you need baby wipes, you look in the kitchen where they are handy for bike cleaning

Swarfega, on the other hand, is in the bathroom next to the shampoo.

Our Swarfega is by the kitchen sink.

[rabbit]

There are inner tubes hung up on the stair rail waiting to be patched

There are tyre marks on the door from bringing the bikes in the house

You are out walking and habitually work out the brand of tyre from the local mountainbikers due to their track inprints.  "ooh a minion"

Sweets are known as 'bonk rations' and it's perfectly acceptable to have a cupboard full of them

Allen keys can be found anywhere.  Including the cutlery drawer.  Scissors are often lost and then found in the tool box

There are numerous GT85/WD40 cans over the house, pretty much all of which are empty

Daily clothes are 'cycling clothes' as pretty much most evenings are spent riding after work

[Kim]

...if you need some talc, you look in the kitchen, near the inner tubes
...if you need baby wipes, you look in the kitchen where they are handy for bike cleaning

Swarfega, on the other hand, is in the bathroom next to the shampoo.

Our Swarfega is by the kitchen sink.

Yeah, I've got some there too, but that's boring and normal.

[bumper]

...if you need some talc, you look in the kitchen, near the inner tubes

It's rather good for sticky hoods too

[Butterfly]

... underwear, pyjamas and, frequently, the baby have chain oil marks on them
...all the walls have marks at handlebar and pedal height

[Cudzoziemiec]

...but you get upset when there's a wall mark on your handlebars

[Phil W]

You have three pairs of sod shoes lined up under the hall radiator and gloves on the shelf above.

[Palinurus]

Scissors are often lost and then found in the tool box

Yeah

[hellymedic]

You have three pairs of sod shoes lined up under the hall radiator and gloves on the shelf above.

THREE PAIRS of SPD shoes?
I wish it were that few!!!

[bumper]

You have three pairs of sod shoes lined up under the hall radiator and gloves on the shelf above.

THREE PAIRS of SPD shoes?
I wish it were that few!!!

you have your own shoe rack

And it still can't cope with the extra pairs you buy!