Top 10 signs that you may be a master's racer

10. It takes you 2 hours to warm up for any hard efforts
9. It takes you 3 days to recover from any hard efforts
8. Your easiest gear is a 42 x 21
7. You have raced on steel, aluminum, scandium, titanium and carbon frames
6. You look 10 years younger than you actually are
5. You look 50 years older than you actually are
4. Your musette bag has a ham and cheese sandwich and a bottle filled with espresso and rum
3. You have won 36 national championships but you only have one race a year that you can actually wear the jersey
2. Your average cadence on most days is 12
1. Even though you spent most of your career racing on a 12 speed with down tube shifters you now cannot live without DI-2