* your bike has a cob-web or dust
* you have to throw out water bottles cause of really funky stuff that’s grown in them
* your bibs and jersey now fit like a skin suit
* you don’t have a farmer’s tan anymore
* your helmets straps are really stiff and crusty
you have to air up your tires before each ride.
You ride two and a half hours on an empty stomach without going hunger flat.
When you feel your leg hair flapping in the wind.
* your bike has a cob-web or dust
* you have to throw out water bottles cause of really funky stuff that’s grown in them
* your bibs and jersey now fit like a skin suit
* you don’t have a farmer’s tan anymore
* your helmets straps are really stiff and crusty
When your husband’s leg hair is finally longer than yours!
body temperature < riding temperature
…the guilt associated with hammering a goon ride shifts to confusion as you think to yourself, “Wow, these guys must be training hard these days!”
someone from your team asks – seriously – if you’d be interested in selling your bike to their friend who’s “about your size”