The Keirsey Temperament Sorter has been around for a long time.  Keirsey lists sixteen different personality types; and supposedly your four-letter type tells you what your basic personality is. My \”score\” usually comes up INTJ. Omigosh, I\’m a Rational Mastermind! 

It takes all kinds, as the old saying goes; and cycling isn\’t immune. What type are you?

I came up \”veteran\”; but if take that quiz four times, I\’ll probably come up with four different types. I\’m hardly a novice any more, but veteran? Well, I put in 45,000+ miles in less than ten years as a merely recreational rider; and if that means veteran, I\’m in the club. Besides, I did a self-supported century on an adult tricycle. I ought to get bonus points for that!

I know I\’m not a Globetrotter. Or am I? My total long-term mileage does, after all, circumnavigate the globe; and a bit more besides. And I can always dream about riding across, say, Mongolia.

Or I can try to be a Tour de France rider! No — wait a minute. Don\’t let me get too ambitious. As the quote says, \”Be yourself, everyone else is already taken.\” Wise words.

I don\’t think I really need Keirsey to help me figure out what kind of cyclist I am. I know why I ride! So I\’ll forget about temperament sorters, and ride on.