Originally Posted by
gecho
Imagine a world where every vehicle had a PA system so you could tell other road users what you think of their driving. Road rage would increase A BILLION PERCENT!!!
I have this idea for an art installation: I'll mount a PA on top of my Geo Metro and offer (totally valid) driving critiques to my fellow motorists (e.g., you should use a turn signal before changing lanes, that's not a safe following distance for 60 mph traffic, I'm sorry that you just suddenly realized that you need to turn left but please go around the block instead of stopping the entire lane of traffic while belatedly trying to squeeze into the fully occupied left turn lane, etc...). I'll mount a camera to the dash and drive the Metro across the US. After compiling the photos, I'll display them in a show called "Birds Across America: Migratory Patterns of American Road Rage" or, alternately, "Take Your Advise and Shove It: Why I'm Number 1 and You're About To Have Megaphone for Dinner."
Originally Posted by
john4789
...I roll to the side to realized that I have SHEARED my bottom bracket axle in half and the left pedal and crank simply fell out!
What do I do? Public transit is not good in this location and can't take the bike on the train during rush hour. Well, I guess I could always pedal one-legged for the rest of the ride! I practiced in a parking lot for a couple of minutes and then hit the bike lane again.
I figure I went about 8-10 mi/hr one legged. This held out until I was 1.5 mi from work when the right crank started coming out. I finished off the commute with a kick-push/coast approach to bring it home. The final count is 2 legged (3.5mi), 1 legged (5mi), kick/coast (1.5mi).
This is Teh HardCorez! Well done, my man, well done.