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Old 09-12-12 | 06:20 PM
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missjean
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From: New Hampshire

Bikes: A slate grey mountain bike & a grey road bike

Today's commute was interesting.
On the way in, a large acorn hit the road in front of me, bounced up in a big arch and hit me on the cheek, under my left eye. I watched it as it was arching up towards me - it was just like in that Ice Age movie, where the saber-toothed squirrel gets whacked by the acorn.

On the way home, I stopped at a red light - there are 2 lanes for straight ahead and a right turn lane - and, because I'm going straight, I'm in the right hand straight ahead lane, to the right . A car comes to a stop behind me and slowly inches up so I'm next to the open window. The lady inside says "Excuse me, but what are the rules of the road for bicycles?"
I say "What do you mean?"
She: "What rules of the road are bicycles suppose to follow?"
Me: "They are suppose to follow the same rules as the cars."
She: "Well, isn't that dangerous?"
Me: "If the cars are careful it's not dangerous."
She: "Well, if you are riding down the middle of the road (and she waves her hand towards the road behind us) it can be."
I'm thinking, I wasn't riding down the middle of the road, I was keeping to the right, and when the right turn lane started, I stayed in the straight ahead lane because I was going straight ahead.
She continues: "When I ride my bike, I stay all the way to the right....."
The light turns green, the car behind her beeps, and we both take off, straight ahead. Well, at least she was polite.

Later, as I'm cutting through a parking lot of the local high school, there is a guy on a penny farthing pedaling around the parking lot. You don't see those everyday.
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