Originally Posted by
hamfoh
today I did CM on the leader townie. wow it's been so long since I've done a freewheel more than around the neighborhood. 48x16 and I barely had to pedal, even with a rack full of stuff (portable ipod dock of course) and whatnot. makes me really appreciate what riding fixed has done for my endurance. also, looking forward to going downhill was a definite change in mindset. weeee
Riding single is so weird now and I've only been riding fixed for maybe 3 months. But I love going downhill unless I have to stop at the bottom. That sucks.
Speaking of CM, while riding to meet my wife, I came across the tail end of the one in L.A. tonight in downtown. I hear this guy and his buddy going back and forth with one of the motorcycle cops who is blocking the intersection for the cyclists and the dialogue was something like this:
Cop: What do you want me to do? They're biking. It's legal.
Guy: WTF do I want you to do? Haha, shoot them! Shoot them all!
Cop shakes his head, starts to ignore him.
Guy starts talking to his buddy: What do I want him to do? Ha! Bunch of Mexicans riding bikes, I don't care! Shoot them all!
I was kind of tempted to say something, but I thought to myself, if I saw a pig rolling around in crap by himself, which is what I equated this guy to (except that's insulting to pigs), I wouldn't ask the pig if I could join him. I'm no Dalai Lama, but the ignorance of this guy was astounding.