Silly question
11-18-08 | 12:20 PM
#51
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From: Boulder, CO
Bikes: Giant OCR C1, Univega Via Montega
To all those peolpe who said they would not stop for a dime....Are you ex-roadies? I'm an ex-roadie (semi current) and I have found getting past the GO-GO-GO mentality of road riding one of the hardest things to get past as a commuter. I am slowly learning to take my time, stop for lights, stop to enjoy the view, pick something off the road, etc....It's taking some time but I'm getting there. So...yes, I might stop for a dime.
11-18-08 | 12:27 PM
#52
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Bikes: Surly,ANT,Rawland,Fuji,Jamis,Kona
To all those peolpe who said they would not stop for a dime....Are you ex-roadies? I'm an ex-roadie (semi current) and I have found getting past the GO-GO-GO mentality of road riding one of the hardest things to get past as a commuter. I am slowly learning to take my time, stop for lights, stop to enjoy the view, pick something off the road, etc....It's taking some time but I'm getting there. So...yes, I might stop for a dime.
time more and seems to just enjoy riding and seeing things(and breakfast)
11-18-08 | 12:31 PM
#53
Dinosaur on wheels
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From: 'sconsin
Bikes: Specialized Allez Sport Triple, 1970's Peugot, Schwinn World
This isn't exactly bike related, but one time I was driving on the highway and saw a tacklebox on the side of the highway....thought it may be empty, but actually just hit the jackpot...musky-walleye baits up the ying-yang...quite a roadside treasure.. and no there was no contact information
11-18-08 | 02:13 PM
#55
Star of the Nursing Home
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From: Southern Indiana
Bikes: Schwinn, Mirada
If you had a metal detector you would dig 10 inches of froozen ground to get to it, and show it off when you found it like it was something other than a clad dime.
11-18-08 | 02:36 PM
#57
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From: Wakulla Co. FL
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?
11-19-08 | 08:53 AM
#58
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From: Omaha, NE
Well, yesterday on the commute into work, I found $1.76 in change on the corner of my route...I always stop for all change on the road. Yesterday on the ride home, I noticed some more change further out in the road, but didn't stop for it due to the amount of traffic. I did stop this morning and it's another $.26 - so $2.02 in two days...hmmm...
For those that don't stop, don't stop, I'll be by later to get it. My only other find for the route I take is a bike pump that I'm guessing someone dropped on the way in and didn't realize it. Haven't tried it, but it appears to work. I'm still looking for that wallet on the road...
Michael
For those that don't stop, don't stop, I'll be by later to get it. My only other find for the route I take is a bike pump that I'm guessing someone dropped on the way in and didn't realize it. Haven't tried it, but it appears to work. I'm still looking for that wallet on the road...
Michael
11-19-08 | 10:26 AM
#59
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From: Redding, CA
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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.
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.
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?
11-19-08 | 10:44 AM
#60
Mount-an-Biker
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From: Duluth, MN
Bikes: Sette Reken, Mongoose Nx 7.3
I would pick it up and post it in the lost and found section of our local craigslist.
In more seriousness, I've picked up bikes, a trainer, kids toys, clothing anything else I find either to get it back to the owner or to liberate from front yards if its donning a free sign.
In more seriousness, I've picked up bikes, a trainer, kids toys, clothing anything else I find either to get it back to the owner or to liberate from front yards if its donning a free sign.
11-19-08 | 10:50 AM
#61
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From: Fairhaven, Massachusetts
Bikes: Giant easy e, Priority Onyx, Scott Sub 40, Marin Belvedere Commuter
Maybe, just maybe, divine intervention put that dime there for you to pick up and use on a scratch ticket?
Could happen.
Then again, the intervention could be to get you to stop in traffic so you can be "taken home". (put a toga in your messenger bag just in case)
Could happen.
Then again, the intervention could be to get you to stop in traffic so you can be "taken home". (put a toga in your messenger bag just in case)
