My wife found a Gerber multi-tool in near perfect condition. My find on the same stretch of road was a set of brass knuckles.

Gerbers are awesome. Even if it was broken, you could contact them and they would replace it no questions asked. I owned one for 15-20 years, one day I was squeezing something and the pliers jaws snapped, they sent me a modern equivalent.

After looking at some photos I'm pretty sure it's the crash bar that goes under the seat, in front of the pannier.

http://www.harley-davidson.com/conte...l_flhtp_c1.jpg

That would explain why it wasn't noticed. I am pretty certain I would notice my highway bar feeling off.

Unfortunately I saw two dead bodies floating in the Hudson River. One was a jumper off the George Washington bridge, or so said a witness. I don't know the back story for the second. I biked from fort lee nj to lower Manhattan for about 6 months in 2014.

Nothing is worth committing suicide over.

I found a pocket knife - rather sharp, too.http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=432636

I found 4 discarded baseball and army hats on the trail today.

An item I saw recently on the side of the road had me thinking "How did they get home without it?"

It was a women's jog bra.

Some of us could get home without one of those without any problems.

Not without first sniffing it...

An Eagle trying to carry off a Rabbit he had already killed. The area is heavily populated and it was last Thanksgiving which made it seem weird.

And a completely uneaten Oreo. No bugs either.

This is a fun thread.

So, the oddest sight I have seen (close to found) is a guy collecting bottles and cans, riding on a garden tractor with a trailer.

I have also found a dealers license plate for a car, which in New York carries full insurance. It wasn't odd that I found it, but i took it to DMV, told the women I found this, and she said it would cost me $1 to turn it in. (it costs $1 dollar to surrender a plate in NY). But it's not mine... It's still a dollar. I'm not paying that and turn to leave. Her reply, I'll have to call the police if you leave with that since it not yours. (Head now spins). SO... I stop my the local police station where i live, go to the window and say "I found this"... the replay, you'll have to take that to DMV. It's still hanging in my garage.

And the third oddest event... not on a commute, but on a bike... Riding out in Penn Yan, grinding up this pretty good hill and I hear a faint clip clop clip clop... that is getting louder. I hear a voice.. How are you today? Yup.. I got passed by an Amish horse and buggy.

Hey, I found an out of State License Plate, and I thought I kept it. Now I can't remember what I did with it. Early in the summer. And I can't remember the state. Somewhere in the midwest, nowhere near close by.

Today I found a Harley-Davidson Left Side Saddlebag Guide Bag (or maybe touring), two seams completely separated. Also what I believe is a plastic stiffening insert, which I left on the road. The bag itself could potentially be jimmied onto my rack, and be a cool tiny pannier, if I can get the seams sewn back together (tailor? shoe repair?). But I'll probably never get around to it and it will sit in my garage forever.

That would be cooler without the advertising on it.

I think the HD logo is the coolest part of it. BUT, the whole velcro-closure flap with the logo is one of the seams that is sheared apart, and without that fold-over flap, there's still a quite useful zipper closure, and only one side seam to close to make it initially useful.

Found a pair of husky brand channel locks (or water pump pliers)

Maybe a big fan of the James Bond Goldfinger movie? :D

Yesterday I found probably about 30 thin copper rods, like not quite 1/8" thick, and about 18 inches long, scattered all over the bike lane and some in the road. About half of them were straight-ish, and half were mangled by being run over by cars. Pretty easy to bend.

I'm not sure if they're real copper, or like just copper solder or something. But if it was solder, wouldn't it have been on a spool instead of rods?

Scavenged wire maybe?

Last week, several live rats. Today, two dead mice.

Sounds like arc welding rods except that they're copper

googled some pics of arc welding rods, those look like 4th of july sparklers, a metal core and some coating on 95% of it. These are just straight metal, a couple mm thick. They'd be smooth, I think, except for having been run over by cars. There's a recycling place down the street from my house, I'll take them there and see if they'll give me enough $$ for a burrito.

Now that sounds like a solid plan.

Maybe they can tell you what the rods were too.

well if they're not solid copper, they're probably not worth a whole burrito. Maybe I can get a nickel and see if the taco shack will sell me just one bite?

Found a softball. Actually had a nice time playing catch with my son this morning with it.

I predict somewhere closer to a Taco Bell bean burrito than a Chipotle

haha. Someday when I make the time, I'll let you know...

How about a left crank arm, pedal, and retaining nut along the bike path.

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I've lost (and found) things like pants velcro. However, one would think a rider would notice if he lost his crank, especially as single sided pedalling without foot retention would be tough.