A Happy Place

So my friend/co-worker commented the other day that the bike shop seems to be my happy place. In fact, it was less like a comment and more stated as accepted fact -- so off the cuff, along the lines of "You have the bike shop, I need to find a happy place."

At first, I was a little put off, thinking that it sounds like a positive spin on Bike Shop Groupie. Not a huge fan of that spin. But maybe I should embrace it - and its true. I like learning about bikes, and being around bikes, being around people talking about bikes, and hell, bike shop guys are generally pretty cool, so isn't a bike shop a better happy place then, say a local bar? And more productive? Well, granted the productive argument could be up for debate given your learning curve of bike mechanic skills . But if, for example, you hurt your knee, and lose that quality one on one time with your riding partner ("Jake" in my case), working on bikes fills as a nice substitute perhaps.