You know you’ve been thinking about biking too much when

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[Henry]

You ride up next to a cyclist, start up a conversation with them about their belt-driven, 8-speed internal hub Trek, carry on this conversation for several blocks before realizing the rider is a former co-worker from your last job. This happened to me this morning.

[jrenaut]

I look forward to the day when riding your bike in a safe environment and coming out as transgender are things we don’t talk much about because anyone who wants to do either can just do it without extra thought.

[brendan]

@Henry 81131 wrote:

You ride up next to a cyclist, start up a conversation with them about their belt-driven, 8-speed internal hub Trek, carry on this conversation for several blocks before realizing the rider is a former co-worker from your last job. This happened to me this morning.

Helmet blindness. The same kind of thing happens to bike people when they see other bike people in a non-bike, helmet-free context too.

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