Scott Martin

You have to be a little obsessive to be a cyclist. The tricky part is, How do you know when you’ve gone off the deep end?

You take this handy quiz, that’s how. Score 1 point for every “A” answer, 2 points for every “B” answer and 3 points for every “C” answer. Here we go:

1. You just bought a new bike. It cost more than…
A) A week’s take-home pay
B) A month’s take-home pay
C) A hedge-fund manager’s bonus

2. You store your new bike in…
A) The garage
B) The spare bedroom
C) The spare bedroom where you are now sleeping alone because you asked to store your bike in the spare bedroom

3. At work, you are known as…
A) Lance Jr.
B) The weirdo who takes sponge baths in the janitor’s closet
C) The ex-employee who called the boss’s new SUV a “petro-terrorist mobile”

4. At home, you are known as…
A) The family fitness buff
B) Somebody to avoid if you’ve missed your daily ride
C) What’s-his-name who sleeps and eats here

5. For dinner, you often have…
A) A hearty, nutritious meal
B) Steamed kale, yam skins and filtered pomegranate juice
C) Dinner is for people who don’t care about their power-to-weight ratio

6. When dating, you look for someone who…
A) Engages in an active, healthy lifestyle
B) Is fascinated by stories about your lactate threshold
C) Won’t run away, screaming

Scoring Key
--- Under 10 points: well adjusted
--- 11-14 points: counseling could still help
--- 15-18 points: let’s go for a ride sometime

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