HPV-Geek Test

How to tell if you are an HPV-Geek
Take this test before its too late.  
 

Presta and Schrader are:

1.       A new Cop Show on the FOX Network.
2.       Italian food delicacies.
3.       Different inner tube valve types.

Your Recumbent is parked in the:

1.       Garage.
2.       Office or lab.
3.       Living room.

When seeing a new HPV model for the first time you say:

1.       Wow that thing’s cool.
2.       I’ve ridden something like that before.
3.       I built one of those ten years ago in my garage.

You would most like to spend an hour of your time:

1.       Enjoying a great ride.
2.       Shopping for more HPV stuff.
3.       Arguing to the death the most minuscule technical details of a bike part with some other self appointed HPV guru on the Internet.

The Internet HPV news groups are:

1.       Amusing.
2.       Sources of information
3.       Places where your name is known and you have a reputation.

Your wardrobe consists mainly of:

1.       Smart casual clothing.
2.       Outdoor wear and bike clothes.
3.       T-shirts from HPV events.

The idea of 163 gears:

1.       Seems like a silly bunch of extra weight.
2.       Might be useful on a coast-to-coast trip.
3.       Makes you drool.

Your social life consists mainly of:

1.       Your friends and family.
2.       Your riding partners.
3.       What social life?

When you encounter a new HPV company you:

1.       Enjoy checking out what they have to offer.
2.       Immediately feel an urge to add their products to your arsenal.
3.       Offer them unsolicited advice on how to produce and improve their products.

The company you purchased your recumbent from is:

1.       Cool.
2.       Your buddies who are on a first name basis.
3.       Your personal welding shop.

The best way to drop weight from your HPV is:

1.       Lose that extra 45 lb. in your gut.
2.       Get rid of 136 gears.
3.       Buy more Titanium parts.

When a new model of HPV is unveiled you should:

1.       Give your current one to your significant other and buy the new one.
2.       Try to trade your current one in.
3.       Expect a free upgrade.

A devout HPV’er should kneel five times a day and face:

1.       Forget kneeling…let’s go for a ride.
2.       Hastings, Michigan.
3.       Port Townsend, Washington.

You should use your life savings to:

1.       Retire and ride around the world.
2.       Build the biggest baddest HPV the world has ever known.
3.       Start a Recumbent company.

The best market to corner is:

1.       The stock market.
2.       Titanium.
3.       Coroplast and Easy Bagger.

A Zipper is:

1.       Something that keeps your pants closed.
2.       A candy bar.
3.       A wind-deflecting device.

If an HPV costs more it must be:

1.       More expensive to build or ship.
2.       A way to impress your Friends.
3.       Better.

Tally up your score by adding the numbers you picked (1, 2, or 3) for each question. 

If you scored 17 - 25 you are probably all right and do not need to change your behavior.

If you scored 26 - 41 you are starting to show signs of Geekdom and should take a good hard look at your life style.  This condition can usually be treated with more riding.

If you scored 42 or above, you are an HPV-Geek to the core.  Seek immediate help!  Contact your nearest Recumbent Dealer or Manufacturer for an intervention.  Sadly most of these advanced cases cannot be cured.