16 Signs You Live with a Cyclist
- Every time you open a kitchen cabinet, at least one water bottle falls on you.
- Your house has sporadic spots of black, greasy fingerprints.
- There are safety pins all over your kitchen counter, in your washing machine, and in every drawer.
- July mornings are spent in front of the television.
- July afternoons are spent in front of the television.
- Social media is avoided in July, until the day’s stage is watched online.
- Haircuts only come once a helmet doesn’t fit anymore.
- Regular clothing is only bought if it matches pre-existing kit tan lines.
- You begin to not only understand, but also speak a new language and use terms such as “bridge up” and “grab a wheel” in everyday conversation.
- Items/equipment that should be kept in garages, stay bedside.
- Heart rate monitor straps live in your laundry basket and you don’t even flinch at a sweaty chamois.
- All “vacations” become centered around cycling routes.
- In your mind, it has become socially acceptable the cyclist, most often, has smoother legs than you.
- You buy stock in PowerBar.
- You buy stock in Gillette.
- You buy stock in Clorox.
And THIS. THIS IS THE LIFE OF A CYCLING WIFE.