I see the coolest @#$% on my commute
 

Today's episode: A guy riding downhill, no hands....






... while playing bagpipes. No joke.


I was riding up the Williamsburg Bridge this AM, shortly after being nearly pancaked by a fixiehipster moron flying off the bridge at high speed, when I saw a guy manning a video camera on a low-to-the-ground tripod. He was filming a dude riding down the bridge path at a good clip while playing the bagpipes. As I passed bagpipes guy, or rather as he flew past me, I used my best William Wallace voice to shout out "SCOOTLAND THE BRAVE!!!!!!!!!!!" because of course that was the tune he was playing.

Only in NYC!!! :D

Dude, I would pay money to see that.

Wonder if/when this is going to show up on YouTube.

That would be awesome! Plus if you see some loony on a folding bike yelling at the bagpiper... you know who it is. :D

On my ride in yesterday, I saw what I thought was the presidential motorcade, but the limos weren't the president's bombproof ones. Either way, like 10 motorcycle cops, another 10 regular cop cars+SUV's, then two limos flying by. I was over on the MUP, so I got to pass a lot of the cars that ended up pulled over:). I would have preferred the biking bagpiper, but it was pretty cool. See some interesting stuff in a big city.

Damn all you big city folks. Motorcade prob UN or other foriegn dude.

I saw a young calf while avoiding cow pies.
:P

Yeah...I see some cute cows. The occasional fox. The not-so-occasional raccoon. Many, many rabbits. And of course the boring normal dog-walking ipod-listening MUP pedestrians.

Speaking of cool, I just read this article from the local news station. I guess it was only mostly dead.

whats a MUP?

Multi User Path.....Bike/Walking path.

It must be nice to have one that goes somewhere you need to go! The only place mine goes even close to, is downtown Grifith (Why**********) and about 3mi from the TREK store......

We NEED some more!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkcYs659hyI

Not there yet, but this was kinda funy

Kind of big for a horn but very effective. :lol:

Now we just need a guy juggling chainsaws as he rides down a hill :)

A couple girls in my neighborhood (8-12ish or so) were unicycling all over the place last fall. I saw them going to streets, at the park, the market and ice cream place. Did a lot better than I ever could on a unicycle.

Then I saw this (horribly designed) web site and wondered if they were competing: http://www.moabmunifest.com/

I saw a roadside memorial for a local politician that was killed in a head on that was not his fault. Paint and flare markers all over the road, funny thing is, he was well respected all over the county. :(

Steven

I've seen that guy in prospect park before! Well he was playing at the top of the hill during a race.

I saw two dead sheep and a dead dog today.

mmmm

Mutton and Gaegogi anyone?

A few weekends ago I saw a man and woman on a tandem. The woman was in front and the man was in the rear playing a small guitar. They were cruising around West River Drive for a while. Pretty cool.

No handed and playing bagpipes? You're mistaken - he's obviously experimenting with the first cyclist airbag and trying to keep it permanently inflated.

You guys have way more interesting commutes than me. All I see is corn, corn, and more corn. Thus the name the Cornhusker State.

I saw Clarence Carter making sure his woman sassafied

I once (no, twice, actually) saw a guy in a formal business suit, with a briefcase in one hand, riding up a vicious hill... on a unicycle. The same hill both times, the same time - it appears that he was actually a commuter. A pretty neat sight, if you ask me.

I also once saw a guy riding around with a huge axe slung over his shoulder. The cars sure gave him plenty of space!

Well today I saw a guy -- on the same bridge, go figure -- on a tallbike or something like it. Looked totally ridiculous to me. OTOH, he sure was visible in traffic after getting off the bridge's MUP.