Candi Murray

 

You know you're addicted to bicycling when...



10. Your surgeon tell you you need a heart valve replacement and you

ask if

you have a choice between presta and schrader.

9.    A measurement of 44-36-40 doesn't refer to the latest Playboy

centerfold, but that new gear ratio you were considering for your

Cobra.

8.    A Power Bar starts tasting better than a Snickers.

7.    The bra your significant other finds in your glove compartment

belongs

to your Trek and not the cute waitress at Denny's.

6.    You wear your heart monitor to bed to make sure you stay within

your

target zone during any extracurricular activities.

5.    The funeral director tells you "NO!" you can't ride your

Cannondale in

the funeral procession, even if you keep your headlight on.

4.    You experience an unreasonable envy over someone who has bar end

extenders longer than yours.

3.    You're too tired for hanky-panky on a Friday night but pump out a

five-hour century on Saturday.

2.    Your wife tells you the only way she'll let you ride across the

country

is over her dead body and you tell her, "If that's the case, you'll be

my

first speed bump!"

AND the number-one reason you know you're addicted to bicycling...

1.    You no longer require a hankie to blow your nose.



(Carl "Batman" Antzak lives in Maple Heights and is a member of the

Cleveland Touring Club. We think maybe he hasn't been getting out

enough lately)