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Old 05-04-11 | 11:00 AM
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I get annoyed by non-bicyclists in the bike lane. The truth is, I really don't like to share the road.
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Old 05-04-11 | 11:02 AM
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I get annoyed by non-bicyclists in the bike lane. The truth is, I really don't like to share the road.
Wouldn't you be bored and lonely then . I mean I don't like dangerous drivers by any means, but I think they help to make the road more colorful and pretty.
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Old 05-04-11 | 01:14 PM
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When I'm running very late, I cut a half mile off my route by salmoning down a highway shoulder for a quarter mile.

I bark at dogs.
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Old 05-04-11 | 01:29 PM
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When I used to have a nice loop on country roads before I moved, I liked to moo at the cows.

I feel faster on my steel bike than on my carbon bike.

On very, very rare occasions, I have flipped the bird to a motorist or two.
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Old 05-04-11 | 01:49 PM
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Originally Posted by WalksOn2Wheels
When I used to have a nice loop on country roads before I moved, I liked to moo at the cows.
I still do this. It's embarrassing when I forget than I'm riding with someone else...
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Old 05-04-11 | 01:53 PM
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Originally Posted by NYRhyme
Wouldn't you be bored and lonely then
Not a bit. Honestly, I don't even particular like sharing the road with other bicyclists. Once in a while I enjoy a ride with friends, but for the most part I prefer the solitude of cycling alone on an open road.
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Old 05-04-11 | 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by dcrowell
I still do this. It's embarrassing when I forget than I'm riding with someone else...
I don't think its embarrassing, but I guess I haven't really got a chance to moo at cows in a a long time. My favorite part is when the cows start following you. People think you are crazy or some cow wisperer and neither is true in my case most days.
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Old 05-04-11 | 02:27 PM
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Despite my best efforts to the contrary I am quick to hurl some four-letter gems at drivers who do me wrong.

I prefer commuting in the winter or in the rain because there is sooooo much less traffic on the MUP.

One time I took my square taper cranks off recently I forgot to remove the lock nut before my first go with the crank puller tool. I stripped several of the threads on the inside of the crank. D'oh!

I have on occasion relaxed the pace on the MUP to admire the view of a female cyclist from behind a little longer.
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Old 05-04-11 | 02:29 PM
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I have on occasion relaxed the pace on the MUP to admire the view of a female cyclist from behind a little longer.
That's my biggest reason for riding through the local parks.
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Old 05-04-11 | 02:33 PM
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Originally Posted by WalksOn2Wheels
When I used to have a nice loop on country roads before I moved, I liked to moo at the cows.
Originally Posted by dcrowell
I still do this. It's embarrassing when I forget than I'm riding with someone else...
DEFINITELY not recommended while in the vicinity of a women's group ride.

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Old 05-04-11 | 02:34 PM
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People think you are crazy or some cow wisperer and neither is true in my case most days.
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Old 05-04-11 | 03:04 PM
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I drove to work yesterday. I left a bit early (5PM) and as I drove home along my normal cycling route. I saw 11 cyclists on the route including a really cute female roadie and a group of 4 college kids (gonna grow up to be hipsters, I could smell it) on fixies. On a normal day I may see one or two. Other than the old guy I see occasionally in the winter, I hated each of them for being fair weather cyclists.

I like to ring my bell when I go past the homes of people I know.

I like standing in the middle of a crowded elevator in my sweaty bike clothes in the morning.
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Old 05-04-11 | 04:04 PM
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Although I have been very, very good at curbing the automatic swearing F word at drivers who are obviously being stupid and endangering my life (substituting a sarcastic "Thank you...for not killing me" instead) there were two instances yesterday in which I reverted to the R-rated version. And then felt bad about it to myself.
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Old 05-04-11 | 04:12 PM
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I tresspass every time I commute to take a 1/2 mile gravel drive into the back of my industrial park.
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Old 05-04-11 | 04:16 PM
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I curse and swear at Hummers and other big SUVs. They drive me nuts.
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Old 05-04-11 | 04:20 PM
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On the commute home at night I blow through a stop sign because it is on one of my favorite downhill legs. I do slow down a tad to be sure the coast is clear of cars.....and the town Marshall.
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Old 05-04-11 | 04:33 PM
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I smoke,drink,cuss,do drugs,go out with women,go to bars and haven't been to church in 50 years.....That should about cover it.....

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Old 05-04-11 | 05:27 PM
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Old 05-04-11 | 06:12 PM
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I sometimes stop at red lights when there is no traffic so I can rest.

I sometimes like a headwind so I have an excuse to go slowly

Love the dog thing, will have to give that a try....

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Old 05-04-11 | 06:32 PM
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I don't bike-commute (I'm a freshman in high school who wakes up 15min before school starts), but I like this thread .

I often go slowly in crosswalks to make cars stop (yes I know it's a bad idea).

I often admire the front sides of female joggers. I have to ride through my local park to get to a trail which then connects to a different trail, so I see a lot of joggers. What I don't understand, though, is why old (slightly overweight--that means man-boobs) men think that it's okay to jog without their shirts.
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Old 05-04-11 | 06:58 PM
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Yesterday I got buzzed by a car on the Memorial Bridge. When I caught up to him at the light I banged on his window. He started cussing and staying I need to stay of the F'n road. I banged on his window some more and told him to step out of the car and fight because he didn't have the ability to reason. He drove off and swerved a bit when the light changed.
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Old 05-04-11 | 08:18 PM
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I spit on vehicles parked in the bike lane. Including delivery trucks.

As long as the driver isn't there, that is. Coward, I know...
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Old 05-04-11 | 08:43 PM
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Bovilexia - the uncontrollable urge to moo at cattle as you pass. A malady I don't suffer from so much as embrace it.
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Old 05-04-11 | 08:46 PM
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I cross intersections on red lights when I feel like it.
I do this too.

Originally Posted by colleen c
Sometime I like to unleash my Airzound just because I want to.
Oh shucks, I am busting up.

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All of the above, including this:

When being chased by a dog, I intentionally only go fast enough for them to barely keep up with me. I make it a contest to see how far from their house I can get them to chase me. Probably the only exercise the dog (and the owner) will get all week. It cracks me up when I hear the owners yelling at the dog to stop, too. Like the dog is all of a sudden trained and will listen? LOL. They deserve to go chase after scruffy.
Okay, I think this one will get best post of the thread. It is comedy!
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Old 05-04-11 | 09:07 PM
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What I don't understand, though, is why old (slightly overweight--that means man-boobs) men think that it's okay to jog without their shirts.
Because it's OK for them to jog without their shirts. I swear, sometimes I think the Taliban is winning here.
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