You know your a hard core kicker when!

You take the long way around on your errands


You buy a cyclometer to count those miles

You find fancy ways to tie your shoes so the laces won’t catch on your scooter

You bookmark bicycle-parts sites – for handlebars, wheels, forks and racks – only

You become a connoisseur of handlebar bags

You scour the ‘net for unpadded bicycle shorts

You don’t feel the least bit self-conscious about looking like a Rolls-Royce hood ornament

You spend way too much time thinking about how to lower your deck an inch

When you go out for the evening, the part you look forward to the most is getting there (and back)

You often dream about kicking

Riding a bicycle becomes annoying

You move beyond English or [your primary language here] when trolling the Internet for footbiking stuff

The eye chart at your optometrist looks like this to you.

When you haven’t kicked for a few days, you miss people asking, “What IS that?” (But it’s a lot more embarrassing if you’re not on your scooter and they ask the same question.)

You interrupt rides to write down ‘blog entries like this