Years ago, there was a bicycling magazine called "winning" (Hint I think it stopped publishing during the Indurain era). They had an end note column called "The Bike Shop" that had some stories stick with me - but one of them was a "you know you're a real rider when..." type list - I still remember one of the list - When you fall and get serious road rash, and your more worried about your shorts/jersey, as they cost MONEY, but you'll heal