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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ve been dating this guy for close to two years. Recently, rediscovered cycling and now goes out on rides four days a week, including about 2 hours each Saturday and Sunday. He’s up an out by 6 am and usually done by 10. It’s become a big part of his social life. He was new to the area when we met and didn’t know too many people. I am jealous a bit that he found a physical outlet he really likes, and wish I could also could find such a passion. I don’t know where I’m going with this. Is four hours on a weekend too much? [/quote]

Welcome to bike widowhood, OP. Kidding/not kidding.

Most cyclists I know do long rides on the weekend because that's when they have time to do long rides. 6am-10am wouldn't bother me now, because our kids are older and manage their own business on weekend mornings, but when they were little, 6am-10am on Saturday and Sunday would NOT have worked for me and I could not have supported it.

Do you ever join him or are you not a cyclist? It is definitely the kind of hobby that can result in a person's social circle becoming populated with only cyclists and conversations being dominated by cycling topics. If that is annoying or boring to you, it could be very hard on your relationship. My strategy was instead of trying to beat him, I join him in the parts of it that I like. We live in Portland now, which is a major bike city in a way that would make DC bike haters spontaneously combust. I like mountain biking and occasionally some kind of bike road trip, but I am not a daily bike commuter and never will be.[/quote]

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