10 Signs You're a Cycling Addict

1. A 40-mile ride with 2000+ feet of climbing is a "recovery" ride.
2. You refer to Mondays as "Monday Gras" because you're usually too swollen to fit into your pants comfortably.
3. You are concurrently grossed out and proud when you cover the entire kitchen table with the food you will consume in a single day on a long ride.
4. Your body still pedals long after your brain stops thinking about cycling.
   
5. You enjoy watching your in laws squirm with equal parts disgust and amazement at how much you eat for dinner.
6. You can sleep on anything--including a snoring spouse.
7. Your parents have accepted your obsession and tell you to put your feet up and to eat something when you're done with a ride instead of directly questioning your sanity. (Even when they know you rode all day on a fractured foot.)
8. Everything on the road--cars, dogs, people, pebbles, squirrels, cracks, bark--is your mortal enemy.
9. Head winds don't bother you anymore because you're riding for time--double digit time (in hours).
10. You no longer obsess about the quality of your ride--if it's a bike, you'll happily ride it. Far. (Saddle quality, however, will always be a concern. Cycling's not all about the legs, you know!)

Happy cycling!