Originally Posted by
JMRobertson
Backgound: You're on mile 10 of a 15 mile commute. You're clipless/cleated to the bike. You're wearing gloves (that will be important to the question). You just passed through an intersection on a highway, but have plenty of shoulder with no real concerns about traffic. You're coming up on that same dime you've seen on the ground for about a week before... you know it's going to be there. Do you stop to pick it up?
I've been stimied by this dime now for a week and the pedestrian in me is saying "pick it up fool!" and the cyclist in me is saying "don't listen to that stupid pedestrian side of you... wait for a quarter." I don't even think I would stop for a quarter. How about everyone else...
Oh... and for people who ask about what we think about on our commutes... this is pretty standard for me.
Would you stop to pick up an orange pylon that got knocked into the road?
I would and did.
I don't usually stop for the money, mainly because I figure there's someone else that needs it alot worse than I do. Oddly enough, I usually see the coinage mainly around the gas station entrances. Ironic, eh?