Nice story about high school commuters
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Originally Posted by roughrider504
For M_S : How long did it take for the others to get used to seeing you on a bike? People think its funny when they see me, I guess its the helmet / u lock in belt / gloves, etc.
Oh yeah, your question: I'd say on any given day there's about 15-40 bikes locked up outside our school, depending on weather. That makes us a minority in a school of 1,500, but not an anomaly. I'm a senior, and consequently better adjusted and less self conscious than I was a freshman, especially since I realized most of the comments and looks were in something similar to (if not exactly) admiration.
There's also lately a stunning amount of expensive bikes locked up outside the school. The road bike craze has expanded to the pimply demographic it seems. One kid has been riding his carbon fiber forked, 105 derailler bike lately. Nothing right or wrong with this, I just find it interesting.
Oh, but the one thing that really DOES get laughs is a mud stripe on your butt. Use fenders. I guess the heart shaped balloon someone had me tie on my rack on Valentines day got some chuckles too.
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NOLA= New Orleans, LA. M_S, our winters are colder, wetter, and generally more unpleasant than roughrider504's. So, no excuses, roughrider, especially with those absolutely gorgeous bikes of yours.
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Originally Posted by donnamb
NOLA= New Orleans, LA.
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Originally Posted by jyossarian
You mean, like this?
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