Originally Posted by
Wolf Dust
One winter a redneck was driving his big badass 4x4 truck through the snow up a steep street by my house, he was really romping on it, wheels spinning like hell, goin' half sideways, thought he was really proving it...that is, till I strolled past him at about 4 mph on my mountain bike. Totally priceless!
Walking the mountain bike or actually riding it?
He might've had more horsepower but none of those horses could reach the ground by the sounds of things. Sounds like a typical rev-head.
Originally Posted by
baron von trail
lol..every time it rains people are offering to give me a ride home. I'm like, "Thanks, but I'll be fine." THey look at me like I am nuts.
A few weeks back the bureau was predicting heavy rain, my father was adamant he was going to drop me into work and pick me up that afternoon because he believed it was going to be too dangerous. I told him that I'd consider my options when I got up, and if it wasn't bucketing heavily, I'd ride and re-evaluate that afternoon.
Woke up the next morning at 3:30AM, there's some light rain, but nothing major. So I headded out that morning, and while it got heavier, it wasn't bad.
This is what happened:
Queensland weather: Five people killed after three cars swept away by floodwaters; storm moves into northern NSW - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
2PM I headded for home, deciding that I'd make a break while the weather was holding. At the same time he was visiting up at Bribie Island, and noticed the weather was closing in so started heading towards home too. Rain got heavier, I got home, drenched, but otherwise fine in a little over an hour (I took my time).
8PM he still hadn't got home, the traffic chaos was so bad.
Yet, when we go out in the bad weather, people think we're the loonies. While a bike mightn't be as comfortable in the wet weather (good wet weather gear can mitigate this), it sure beats sitting in traffic that going nowhere due to flood waters.