Scott Martin

I'm not talking about financial trifles like $130 ceramic pulley bearings, $700 Neo Pro TT MegaExo carbon cranks, or $3,000 wheelsets (rim strips not included).

Nor am I referring to bicycling's physical toll, such as miles or kilometers logged, calories burned, watts generated, or acres of chamois cream spread.

No, the true cost of cycling is how much you owe your family for time spent on your bike and away from their loving arms -- which may be used to hurl beer bottles, vases or wedding albums when you pedal home 2 hours later than promised.

To prevent this, simply take our handy quiz to determine your family's tolerance for your cycling habit :

1. You come home from a 4-hour-ride that was supposed to be a 2-hour ride. Your partner won't be happy till you :
(a) Clean the house
(b) Paint the house
(c) Move to another house

2. You've been gone all weekend at a cycling event, leaving your partner alone with the munchkins. You must agree to :
(a) Watch the kids next weekend
(b) Watch the kids the next 2 weekends
(c) Watch the kids till they're 18

3. You accidentally use the good towels to clean your drivetrain. You'd better :
(a) Volunteer to take your partner to the ballet and/or monster truck rally
(b) Agree to go to counseling about your cycling "addiction"
(c) Use your $200 Lycra shorts to polish the silverware

4. You spent the family vacation fund on a new component group. You have to :
(a) Take them to dinner
(b) Take them to Hawaii
(c) Take them to dinner in Hawaii -- tonight

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