You see all sorts in Copenhagen in this weather.

There's a pedestrian crossing, just north, where the taxi drivers regularly complain of the distraction of naked women crossing the road.

I fit the description, except I'm in my 40s.

I thought the story of the Pittsburgh Steeler's QB and his brush with death might have persuaded some folks to wear helmets.

Just this evening I passed a young man on a BMX bike riding unlit against traffic on a dark, two lane shoulderless country road. Second time this week I've passed such folks.

Last week, saw a guy charging head-on at a Capitol Metro bus, forcing the bus to stop.

love how this has somehow turned into another helmet debate. Its the law where i am, and i don't mind helmets simply because that was how i was brought up.. feel naked without a helmet.

Ill nominate myself for a Darwin Award. When i was a noobie I took off my rear brake simply because they were rubbing.. survived on a front brake for bout a month. *slaps face*

So, I got rid of my last nomination. Here's a fair one:

My wife and I were driving down South Martin Luther King Boulevard in Lansing. It's a pretty busy road with two lanes in each direction. Suddenly, I see these two teenagers riding a single bike. One of them is on the handlebars. They're wobbling and going really slowly. It's clear that the driver can't see where he's going, as they're cutting across two lanes of traffic and they're about to get hit. I went past them, and we didn't come back by the same road. I wonder if they made it across.

Last week..... dumb a** was riding the wrong way (in the center of the lane) on a one way- 2 lane street, kept changing lanes as traffic approached. I was in the cage and 'held my line' just waiting for the idiot to jump in front of me.

Of course..... it was like full-moon day (but I didn't check for it). That was the 4th incident in like 3 miles from leaving the house (on a 7-mile trip). I was already watching everything and everyone for stupid "Here's Your Sign" awardees.

I can't believe I forgot about this one:

A guy going the wrong way up Boylston St (busy city street). That would be bad enough, but it was raining, and he had an umbrella. The wind was right in his face so he held the umbrella in front of him, totally obscuring his view!

I watched with morbid fascination. Thankfully this guy eventually realized how stupid this was and put the umbrella away after maybe 20 seconds.

Edit: It also occurs to me that riding in a head wind is bad enough... I can't imagine the resistance he was getting with that umbrella open.

Did she really say that? I use the expression all the time but did not know it was hers. Apart from that, I met her once. She gifted me one of her "nanoseconds" (8 inch piece of bell wire). A great lady she was.

hahahaha

"You make me wish I had three hands."

Ladies and Gentleman....I think we have a winner.

From an interview (at the end) with "Chips" www.chips.navy.mil/archives/86_jul/interview.html

From her official Navy biography www.history.navy.mil/bios/hopper_grace.htm

I never got to meet her, but she was definitely an inspiration over the years. God, what a mind she had...... and yeah, after all these years I still use the expression.

Last week I was in my car (had my golf clubs with me, or I'd be on the bike) and passed a mom biking down a hill, going the wrong way. Down a steep hill, at a fairly high rate of speed. Oddly enough, her kids, which were about 10 years old, were ahead of her going down the hill in the right lane. She appeared to be yelling at them to switch lanes.

Funny thing is that I don't even ride this section of road on my bike--in fact I won't take my car on it when it's icy since it's that steep. It's dangerous. It's very busy, the road winds down the hill, and it's narrow. More importantly, there's a very nice bike path parallel to it a half mile away.

Hey that kid lives not far from me!

If I saw that walking around in the grocery store, yeah, strange.
If the guy was riding, I like to poke fun too at the suburban peleton, but at least he was riding. Maybe he was tired of having a pot belly and boobs and decided to start doing something about it.

never saw Total Recall? Apparently there are some mutants on Mars who sprout a 3rd. Perhaps Copenhagen is a haven for 3 breasted illegal aliens.

I was commuting in on my bike, and was easing up to a red light at a busy intersection in downtown DC. A commuter on a mountain bike blows past me up to the intersection. Instead of stopping at the intersection, he starts cycling in circles in the crosswalk until he sees a break in traffic, then goes half way across the road. Now he is in the middle of the intersction, stopped, with traffic flying by him in both directions. Finally there is a small break in the traffic, and he swerves between some moving cars to continue up New York Avenue. By then, the light has changed so I cross the intersction about 15 seconds after him and follow up NY Avenue. I get to the next intersection (red light) and there he is again, doing the same thing: circling in the crosswalk, then crossing traffic half way, then stopping in the middle of the intersection, then bolting through moving traffic to go through the red light. Why in the world would he ride like that to save, what, 15 seconds?

to many to count. I live near a poorer neighborhood and there are always bike ninjas out at night.

the other day i put on my helmet before I went down a hill, a few moments later i had rode rash on my face, but not my head because I had on a helmet. When going at a slower speed you could in many cases brake your fall with your hands possibly protect your head. In my case I was going fast and although I put my hands out I couldn't resist the momentum and still ate the pavement.

The below candidate has no connection to cycling whatsoever.

Several years ago I was driving my cage late at night (~230 AM) on a rather busy - 4 lanes in each direction, 50 MPH speed limit - and I noticed an impaired woman (I assume drug addict, by her appearance and behavior) staggering through the middle of the leftmost lane against traffic in the direction I was traveling. I slowed down to ask if she was OK, got a shoe thrown at my car and cussed out. She has been my perennial Darwin candidate ever since.