Commuting - bless me forum for i have sinned

. . . i rode my bike on the sidewalk for a couple of blocks last week.

confession time! who's next?

I rode with under-inflated tires.

I bought a carbon fibre bike with no mounts for fenders.....

My bike has been on top of the car for a week, and I have been driving to campus/work.

I don't have a rack or a backpack, fenders,or lights, and don't plan to get any.

Aint you sinners afraid of being excommutetated?

I rode my girlfriend's exercise bike so I could stay home and watch a DVD while she was at work this morning.

My bike has been on top of the car for a week, and I have been driving to campus/work.

Did you truly believe that your bike was gonna get lonely?
You can leave your bike at home when you need to drive, there not like dogs, they dont enjoy riding in the car.

My commuter bike has a Sun downhill double-wide front rim and an XTR cassette.

My commuter bike has a Sun downhill double-wide front rim and an XTR cassette.
I parked my ride on a rack next to a Cannondale full-suspension oversized-tubing bike with Deep V's laced to disc hub conversions, and 25c Bontrager slicks. You're excused.

I rode with my shorts inside out one day this week. It wasn't that I was too lazy to change them right, I just didn't care. I figured with my shirt untucked, who's gonna see the lable. They seemed a little shinier than usual too. Anyways, I hope I can get to sleep tonight now that I relinquished all that guilt.

I rode home from a team ride in the dark without my commuter lights because they'd be way too dorky on the road bike for this particular ride (I did stash my blinkies and put them on after!).

Edit: and don't forget my sig (reproduced in post in case it changes), as I think it applies to most of you:


You've only committed a venial sin, so just say a couple of Mea Campys and Hail Marins and your soul will be none the worse for wear.

I sold a Free Spirit for $75.

:lol:

-Kurt

I don't have a helmet (it's in the mail right now being delivered).

I don't wear a helmet either. I have two, I just hate 'em.

. . . i rode my bike on the sidewalk for a couple of blocks last week.
http://www.mechbgon.com/upset.gif



Oh, and I forgot to turn on a perfectly-good superblinkie before riding at sundown just now :o

Hubris.

Well, wasn't commuting, but... I wiped out on my Volpe in cycling attire (well, baggies and a zoic joyride tee, not quite roadie gear) on the West Side Greenway 'cause I was trying to pass some peds right after I had just passed some a young couple on bikes, cut it too close and skimmed the asphalt/grass border with my tires (sidewalls OK, 1 inch dip to grass from asphalt)... Wiped out back on the path...

I went for a ride on the MUP today and pedaled really slow.

Oh, and it was dark yesteray by the time I got home. No lights. Thought I could wait until the anti daylight savings time change.

I don't signal turns if I don't see traffic, and I never signal braking.

I got 11/12 of the way to work and realized I forgot my helmet and cell phone.

http://www.mechbgon.com/upset.gif

LOL! you know the only possible answer to that image is 'bite me', right?

LOL! you know the only possible answer to that image is 'bite me', right?Bah! I drool mercilessly on your hand! :p

http://freepages.thesecretlabs.com/~mechbgon/drool.jpg
THIS'LL teach you to ride on the sidewalk!

Last Monday, I got all the way to work, saw my reflection in the plate glass and realized that I didn't have my helmet on.

Bah! I drool mercilessly on your hand! :p

http://freepages.thesecretlabs.com/~mechbgon/drool.jpg

i will never, ever, ever, ever ride on the sidewalk again. i may even avoid walking on one.

I ride on the sidewalk all the time. Hardly ever a pedestrian or bicyclist. Some of it's asphalt.

I don't signal turns if I don't see traffic, and I never signal braking.

Ditto

I put a kickstand on my Madone SSL 6.9! JUST KIDDING!!!

I sometimes ride on the sidewalk.

Its always empty, because nobody walks in L.A.

That is one of the beauties of a bike: It can often be ridden by a competent, mature rider in a manner that is relatively compatible with pedestrian and vehicle traffic.

I ride on the sidewalk all the time. Hardly ever a pedestrian or bicyclist. Some of it's asphalt.

Ditto. I prefer to not be killed.

Ditto. I prefer to not be killed.

Exactly my reasoning. I mean half of my commute has not sidewalk, but it has a wide shoulder both ways. I can understand where the sidewalk is used heavily by pedestrians, but in the burbs why take a chance. Like you learn in health classes in high school &/ college. Taking risks = unhealthy. Putting yourself in dangerous situations nomatter the reason is unhealthy.

My Cannondale Bad Boy Ultra is 42 days old and only has 104 miles ridden

Forgive me....I overcomplicate everything.

Forgive me - I walked away from a beautiful '86 bianchi in fabulous shape at a thrift store yesterday ...

I got 11/12 of the way to work and realized I forgot my helmet and cell phone.

Now thats just stupid.... No- cell- phone:( ..... sheesh.

Forgive me - I walked away from a beautiful '86 bianchi in fabulous shape at a thrift store yesterday ...

:eek: :eek: :eek:

It was the wrong size, right?

I just bought a gorgeous $85 jersey (some guys at work had a custom run made with our company logo on it); but I don't own a single pair of bike shorts. I've been riding around in cotton undies and nylon baggy cargo shorts. Nor have I actually managed to ride the 5 miles to work yet, because I ph3ar the hills between me and them.

Incentive, right?

:eek: :eek: :eek:

It was the wrong size, right?

No it was the right size...

No it was the right size...

Are you nuts? Why didn't you get it?

No it was the right size...

Mortal sin. :( No forgiveness here.

I don't signal turns if I don't see traffic, and I never signal braking.

I never signal braking.

I've been commuting on 1.95" knobblies :(

I guess I should confess.

I dont actually own a bike.
about two years ago I was doing a google search on computing, and I misspelled it and ended up here.

No it was the right size...

:eek: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

I guess I should confess.

I dont actually own a bike.
about two years ago I was doing a google search on computing, and I misspelled it and ended up here.

:roflmao:

2 weeks ago a punched a lady's mirror because she drifted into the bike lane.

I wimped out and drove all of last month for rain and fog.
(i've started over via October Challenge, though!)

almost forgot: last night, while passing a house containing a co-ed party (read as drunk and drugged), someone from inside saw my blinkie lights and yelled "Hey bicycler...STOP! GET BACK HERE!"
...so i did. (talk about pushing your luck...)
Managed to find myself in (and talk my way out of) an almost- 12-to-1 fight...stupid, stupid, stupid....

I will IGNORE the stupid screamers, I will IGNORE the stupid screamers, I will IGNORE the stupid screamers.
Whatever the form they appear in, on foot, by car, on moped...they are EVIL, and I will resist....

I gave an oncoming driver the finger cos they blinded me from a mile back without dipping headlights.

almost forgot: last night, while passing a house containing a co-ed party (read as drunk and drugged), someone from inside saw my blinkie lights and yelled "Hey bicycler...STOP! GET BACK HERE!"
...so i did. (talk about pushing your luck...)
Managed to find myself in (and talk my way out of) an almost- 12-to-1 fight...stupid, stupid, stupid....

I will IGNORE the stupid screamers, I will IGNORE the stupid screamers, I will IGNORE the stupid screamers.
Whatever the form they appear in, on foot, by car, on moped...they are EVIL, and I will resist....

why did they want to fight you?

...and last week I embarrased the heck out of a chick as she blew a red and nearly creamed me. Car was last seen with boyfriend yelling her out as the car sped away.

My sin...I only pretended to nearly get hit when in fact...I saw her not looking while blowing the red light. Had I trusted her I would have been creamed.