Strange things found on your commute
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I ride near two golf courses, I have eleven golf balls now. Two
were still bouncing down the street and I had to chase them
down.
One of the new bike paths will go right through the middle
of a golf course, it is federal wet land and the golf course
can't stop the city from putting the path there. They have
tried.
were still bouncing down the street and I had to chase them
down.
One of the new bike paths will go right through the middle
of a golf course, it is federal wet land and the golf course
can't stop the city from putting the path there. They have
tried.
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Found a Ridgid spade the other day. Almost brand new. Hid it in the weeds in the ditch and drove back to get that one!
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I found a bong (didn't pick it up, I just left it) and on another occasion, I saw a guy sitting on the MUP with a laptop facing a residential area. I presume he was hacking wifi, but I may be wrong.
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So what if you found a bike on your ride NICER than the one you are riding...Do you ditch your bike and ride the new one home????
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I've considered doing that, but then realized it was against my morals... So I leave the nicer bike to be stolen by someone with lower morals.
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I have made the hill with one stop. There is an overpass at the top and I don't want to have to stop on the
bridge.
Not a good view, looking down the hill from the end of the bridge.
You can get over 40 just rolling down this thing, I don't go down it often.
I use a little rear brake all the way down to keep it around 30.
Sorry for getting a little off track here.
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Not me but wish it was....[IMG][/IMG]This would win the most epic thing found on your commute today award i think.
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maybe not strange, but on los gatos creek trail (mup) raccoon, skunk both live and active....especially the skunk phewwww and an old motebecane, no wheels, Fork was S shaped, frame had rust through hole and it had bar cons......
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On my commute yesterday, I saw a guy wearing his helmet backwards, visor and all. From a distance I thought he was wearing his helmet cocked way back, but got closer and saw it was backwards. Thought about saying something as I passed, but thought it was probably not worth the effort...
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My in-laws live right near Los Gatos. I've seen the trail there, but am always w/o bike (I live in the DC area).
On my commute yesterday, I saw a guy wearing his helmet backwards, visor and all. From a distance I thought he was wearing his helmet cocked way back, but got closer and saw it was backwards. Thought about saying something as I passed, but thought it was probably not worth the effort...
On my commute yesterday, I saw a guy wearing his helmet backwards, visor and all. From a distance I thought he was wearing his helmet cocked way back, but got closer and saw it was backwards. Thought about saying something as I passed, but thought it was probably not worth the effort...
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Well, I ride everywhere for transportation, technically it wasn't a commute. Headed to the beach, stopped in golden gate park by a pond, sat on a bench. Just near by a woman had a camera on a tripod and was taking naked pics of herself clinging to a chain link fence. My wife and I enjoyed the show.
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My in-laws live right near Los Gatos. I've seen the trail there, but am always w/o bike (I live in the DC area).
On my commute yesterday, I saw a guy wearing his helmet backwards, visor and all. From a distance I thought he was wearing his helmet cocked way back, but got closer and saw it was backwards. Thought about saying something as I passed, but thought it was probably not worth the effort...
On my commute yesterday, I saw a guy wearing his helmet backwards, visor and all. From a distance I thought he was wearing his helmet cocked way back, but got closer and saw it was backwards. Thought about saying something as I passed, but thought it was probably not worth the effort...
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I found a multitool last night after picking up my new backpack that will probably be used for commuting at some point.
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Other than the kid singing journey/blasting it from his car while acting it out, I think this takes the cake for anything I've seen. Some older guy who looked similar to gandalf with a smaller beard rode off on it.
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Here's some interesting grafitti i found on my commute this past thursday. BTW, it was already painted over by the city today (monday).[IMG][/IMG][IMG][/IMG]
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Naked Jogger Guy.
Saw him from the back side (fortunately) on a fairly long and secluded section of the local canal path. He didn't hear us ride up from behind and I nearly scared him out of his running shoes when I hollered a warning to pass. Turns out he's a regular at this and has figured out what time we ride through and has adjusted his time back just enough to miss us. To bad he doesn't know we have a lot of extra time built into our ride. I think we may push our start time back maybe twenty minutes one day this week just to mess with him.
Saw him from the back side (fortunately) on a fairly long and secluded section of the local canal path. He didn't hear us ride up from behind and I nearly scared him out of his running shoes when I hollered a warning to pass. Turns out he's a regular at this and has figured out what time we ride through and has adjusted his time back just enough to miss us. To bad he doesn't know we have a lot of extra time built into our ride. I think we may push our start time back maybe twenty minutes one day this week just to mess with him.
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I found an iPad and a Blackberry that people left on the roofs of their cars. Luckily I was able to get them back to their owners, though both were scratched/damaged.
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As I arrived at work today, riding up the 1/2 mile entrace to our campus, I passed a killdeer that had decided to lay her eggs about six inches from the roadway, in some gravel at the base of a guardrail post. Silly bird. Hope some of them make it.