Strange things found on your commute
01-31-12 | 02:59 PM
#427
recumbent bike advocate
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From: Okeechobee. Florida
Bikes: Bacchetta Belladare, long wheelbase
I used to ride a Catrike and picked up LOTS of stuff because you don't have to unclip or get off the bike when you find something on the shoulder. I have found lots of tools. Sockets, pliers, wrenches, hex keys, extension cords, tie-down straps, life jackets (blown out of boats), rope, wire, cable. The V8 decal off someones car (that I put on the boom of my catrike for a while). The best thing I ever found was a 12 pack of cheap beer, unopened and scattered along the roadside where someone set it down on the toolbox of the truck and it vibrated off. I packed the 8 cans I could reach without getting off the trike in my side bag, and tho' it wasn't my brand, drank them all over the next few weeks. Free beer tastes GOOD, even if it is the cheap stuff.
Tractor Tom in Okeechobee, FL
Tractor Tom in Okeechobee, FL
02-06-12 | 11:30 PM
#428
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Joined: Jun 2011
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Bikes: Old Cannondales: '85 ST400, '85 ST500, '85 SR900, '01 R600 CAAD4
I turned down a street in the northern tip of Manhattan to avoid stopping at a light (completely legal, btw), and I saw some money blowing across the street, about $25. It was windy so I figured I should continue riding downwind, which wasn't where I was going, and lo and behold I picked up another $16 over the next two blocks. I make enough money that it doesn't even faze me to pick up $41, but it was just the fact that I thought to follow the wind. Usually I just give found money to the first homeless person I see but I kept this just for the story.
02-17-12 | 05:54 AM
#431
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From: NE Indiana
Bikes: 2020 Masi Giramondo 700c; 2013 Lynskey Peloton; 1992 Giant Rincon; 1989 Dawes needs parts; 1985 Trek 660; 1985 Fuji Club; 1984 Schwinn Voyager; 1984 Miyata 612; 1977 Raleigh Competition GS
I use to run over rattle snakes sunny themselves on the side of roads in the mountains of Southern California. Going up the mountain I would just go around them, coming down I was going to fast to swerve so I ran over them! I don't think they liked getting ran over.
04-20-12 | 09:38 AM
#432
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Joined: Jul 2011
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From: Eugene, Oregon
Bikes: 2014 Specialized Dolce Triple, 1987 Schwinn Tempo, 2012 Windsor Kensington 8
Not on my commute, but during a pleasure jaunt I found someone's grandma.
Considering she looked about 627 years old, was wearing a very thin nightgown with a robe and one slipper, and I had passed a memory care nursing home a half-mile back it wasn't hard to return her to where she belonged.
Considering she looked about 627 years old, was wearing a very thin nightgown with a robe and one slipper, and I had passed a memory care nursing home a half-mile back it wasn't hard to return her to where she belonged.
04-20-12 | 01:06 PM
#433
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Joined: Apr 2012
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On the commute to work a squirrel pancake in a busy 4 way stop sign intersection with a couple of crows picking at it in between the traffic. On the way home the squirrel pancake was joined by a feathered black pudding pancake. 
04-29-12 | 11:38 PM
#436
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Joined: Jan 2012
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From: Denver, CO
Bikes: 2012 Specialized Crux, Schwinn Mesa
I was out on a joy ride just a week an a half ago and found two necklaces off the side of the trail. One was a stainless steel mens necklace and the other a (possibly) silver one with a pewter dragon pendant. I looked around to see if there was anyone around who may have lost them but found no one, not even in the river. They are likely not worth much but was neat to find while out having a good ride.
05-09-12 | 10:07 AM
#437
The Viceroy
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 298
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From: NSB,Florida
Bikes: SE PK Ripper FG,Trek Classic Steel, Free Spirit FG, Raleigh Pointe, Centurion Sport DLX, Schwinn CrissCross
Had to post this nice little find I got today. Was traveling down the road when I happen to spot something out in the road, I look down and to see to my amazement that it was a caliper. I usually find common household tools and usually end up passing them up but that wasn't the case today, actually needed one of these in my tool kit.
05-09-12 | 10:19 AM
#438
One Man Fast Brick
Joined: Jun 2005
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From: Chicagoland
Bikes: Specialized Langster, Bianchi San Jose, early 90s GT Karakoram, Yuba Mundo, Mercier Nano (mini velo), Nashbar Steel Commuter, KHS Tandemania Sport
My latest was a decent pair of linesman pliers a couple weeks ago.
05-10-12 | 08:46 AM
#439
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Joined: Jun 2010
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From: Evansville, IN
Bikes: Surly LHT, 1993 Bianchi Super Grizzly, Specialized Allez, Trek Soho, Schwinn Continental Fixed Gear, Schwinn World Sport
In the last two weeks I have found a pocket knife and a controller for a telescope.
05-10-12 | 09:40 AM
#440
It's true, man.
Joined: Aug 2005
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From: North Texas
Bikes: Cannondale T1000, Inbred SS 29er, Supercaliber 29er, Crescent Mark XX, Burley Rumba Tandem
Three new-appearing (un-runover) radiator caps, miles aprt from each other, in a single 10 mile ride.
05-10-12 | 09:59 AM
#441
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Joined: Dec 2005
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From: Chicagoland
Bikes: Specialized Hardrock
05-10-12 | 10:04 AM
#443
a.k.a., Point Five Dude
Joined: Apr 2011
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From: Twin Cites, MN USA
Bikes: 1987 Trek Elance 400 T
05-10-12 | 10:13 AM
#444
Fredly
Joined: Jun 2010
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Bikes: Surly Long Haul Trucker w/ SRAM Rival, & 36H 38's, Late 70's Santana Tandem w/ Double Diamond frame
No doubt. Right now the guy that hit him's insurance company is probably claiming he was riding his bike without tires so they're not going to pay up...
This weirds me out. Any thought given to the idea that a cyclist may have been hit by a car and was rushed to the hospital? The bike may have been left to be picked up later. Even if the cyclist might never ride it again isn't that somewhere between stealing and tampering with evidence?
05-10-12 | 02:44 PM
#445
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Bikes: Mongoose Crossway 250, Giant Upland SE
05-11-12 | 02:35 AM
#446
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From: NE Indiana
Bikes: 2020 Masi Giramondo 700c; 2013 Lynskey Peloton; 1992 Giant Rincon; 1989 Dawes needs parts; 1985 Trek 660; 1985 Fuji Club; 1984 Schwinn Voyager; 1984 Miyata 612; 1977 Raleigh Competition GS
Strange question; but how do you handle the remarks from people who see you carrying a ***** while riding a bike? Then you mentioned you weren't sure how they work with dogs...has someone actually tried using a ***** on a dog?
10-05-12 | 10:57 AM
#447
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From: SE Michigan
Bikes: Serotta CRL, Litespeed Blue Ridge, Bacchetta Ti Aero, Cannondale delta V, 67 Schwinn Sting Ray stick shift.
Great day to take the bike with a rack (and a bungie) to go running some errands; found a 6 lb sledge hammer on the road side. Nice addition to my hammer selection
10-05-12 | 11:38 AM
#448
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From: Greenwood Indiana
Bikes: Surly Crosscheck
Actually I carry them. Good for changing a tire and putting your chain back on on the way to work. You can never really get your hands clean at work, but with the gloves you just pull them off and throw them away. And your hands arent black all day.
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10-05-12 | 03:05 PM
#449
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From: NE Indiana
Bikes: 2020 Masi Giramondo 700c; 2013 Lynskey Peloton; 1992 Giant Rincon; 1989 Dawes needs parts; 1985 Trek 660; 1985 Fuji Club; 1984 Schwinn Voyager; 1984 Miyata 612; 1977 Raleigh Competition GS