Tricks for Pedestrians
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Tricks for Pedestrians
So, I rode home from school after dark this evening with my full light set up (P7 and flashing PB blaze 1W in front, 2 flashing superflashes in back). When I was on a long straight empty residential road, I heard a voice up ahead of me yell "OH MY GOD, WHAT IS THAT THING!?" And then, a second or two later, someone else quipped "IT'S AN ALIEN!"
When I got closer, I noticed that the voices were from two teenage girls walking down the middle of the street about 100ft ahead of me. When they saw I was a cyclist, they started egging me on, "Do a trick, do a trick!". I was a bit flustered, and since I didn't know any actual tricks, I just put my arms above my head and did jazz hands (which ended up looking more like jazz mittens).
They laughed and said "You rock!" as I rode past them.
Anybody have any better ideas for next time?
This thread is worthless with pics, etc...
The end.
When I got closer, I noticed that the voices were from two teenage girls walking down the middle of the street about 100ft ahead of me. When they saw I was a cyclist, they started egging me on, "Do a trick, do a trick!". I was a bit flustered, and since I didn't know any actual tricks, I just put my arms above my head and did jazz hands (which ended up looking more like jazz mittens).
They laughed and said "You rock!" as I rode past them.
Anybody have any better ideas for next time?
This thread is worthless with pics, etc...
The end.
Last edited by Scheherezade; 01-18-10 at 04:33 AM.
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Had a similar experience one early pre-dawn mup ride. A group of HS kids took off running away. I passed them one at a time huffing and puffing on the side of the path, and they said, "Oh, it's a bike". Not sure if they were up to something, or just goofing around, or what... but they didn't want to be seen at first.
I didn't want to hurry up and "chase them down", but riding at the previous slow pace, I was almost just stalking them.
I didn't want to hurry up and "chase them down", but riding at the previous slow pace, I was almost just stalking them.
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I've been known to pull out my juggling balls, and do some palm spinning/Butterfly (contact juggling moves ie David Bowie as Jareth the Goblin King) moves with my left hand.
Last edited by K'Tesh; 01-18-10 at 02:27 PM.
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