THIS^^^

Usually going downhill, no handed, weaving purposfully from side to side like a jerk. :D It's fun. My friends think I'm nuts.

I confess I'd like to put Zipp 404's on my Surly Long Haul Trucker. For no reason other than how ridiculous it would be.

Oh goodness, you two have me busting up.

1. I confess to spending my entire morning at work reading this thread instead of actually earning my paycheck

2. Until recently (my gf made me promise to stop) I used to commute without a helmet, and full over-ear DJ noise cancelling headphones on with my music way loud. I reasoned that I was OK becuase I would shoulder-check more often.

3. I'm THAT guy on a knobbly-tired, front suspensioned mountain bike that just HAS to blow past everyone on the climbs, while still sitting. I prefer to blow past the roadies, but I'll take women and children too just to feed my ego. If someone tried to pass me, I always start racing them.

4. I know it would be easy to make my commuter more efficient by swapping tires, stiffening fork etc. but I'm too lazy. I just inflated my tires for the first time yesterday, and was genuinely surprised this morning that my average speed went up by 3-4mph. For one year I've been riding on 35psi tires without doing anything about it.

5. I confess I used to be a bad driver, until I started commuting by bike. Now, I think every driver should be forced to commute by bike for at least 1 week each year so they know what it's like.

Shame on you for leading the dog-children away from home!! bow wow wow, meow

Pictures or it didn't happen.

This morning I noticed that even on a day when I kept wondering why I was going so slow I still had the ability to instantly go faster when I noticed another rider ahead of me. I didn't want to pass them, but it suddenly seemed like I was finally able to get moving then.

How about a LHT with Vuelta Zerolites? LOL

http://jeffhendricks.net/images/Trucker-1.jpg

My road bike thread has over 54 pages.

I haven't touched my bike in 2-3 months
I enjoy driving more than riding....for now.
I won't let this die.

On my studded-tired, rack-and-panniers monstrosity I will sprint like hell to pass someone in Lycra on a race bike, then make sure that I can say "Hey, nice morning, huh?" as I pass without seeming to be out of breath.

I hate the people on electric bikes, I feel like they're cheating.

When I see a fredly commuter (e.g. sensible steel bike, safety triangle, mirrors, and a day glo jacket) I tend to pass as fast as I can and intentionally break minor traffic laws.

Im glad Im not the only one :)

I regularly read and post to the 41 forum. Please don't ban me!

There's a guy I see a couple of times a year with sensible steel bike, safety triangle and a mirror (no day glo jacket). Whenever he passes me I dig deep and try to keep up with him as long as I can.

I complain about all the cyclist around where I live riding on the street and blocking traffic but then I catch myself doing the same thing.

I burn less than 500 cal on a ride but will use it as an excuse to eat 2000 cal of cake and cookies later

I wear headphones when I ride.

I could quietly show up to work on my bike, but I try to have as many of my coworkers see me ride in. If the weather is bad I make even more of a effort to be seen.

I meow at cats when I see them. It's something I gotta do.

I don't bark at dogs though. Then people would think I is crazy.

I've done this before....

hitchhiked 4x on tour
 

Not commuting related, but bike related.
I hitchhiked 4x on tour, once to Onyx Summit above Big Bear City (it was getting dark, I had nowhere to camp), once on the climb up to Sequoia Natl Park (killer switchbacks, traffic, and elevation gain), once going up Tioga Pass on the Northeast exit of Yosemite Natl Park, apparently the the highest mountain pass in California or the nation, I'm not sure....and once going up Lassen Natl Park, no excuse for that one. That's the only one I feel bad about cos I could have done but at that point in the tour, I was just beat and demoralized.

They are cheating.

The young ladies pushing their strollers on the MUP often say I look just like Mr. Magoo.
Usually after I mention, "That's the ugliest baby I've ever seen!"

I hate elementary and high school kids on fixed gears. I really do...They are beyond annoying. I hate how they change components out weekly, for almost completely aesthetic purposes like to get their pedals to match their chains, how their bike is more fashion-trend than functionality, how if everyone all of a sudden started riding skateboards again they'd drop their fixies on CL like hot cakes to pick up skateboards again...just because everyone else is doing it. These kids aren't bikers. They're imbeciles.

Wow...that was a lot off my chest, haha...

I moo at cows when touring through farming areas. It's a compulsion. I can't help it.....

I've got to admit, when I see anyone at all on a fixed gear I start to judge them immediately. This is pure hypocrisy as I used to own a fixed gear bike myself and I know for a fact that they're just plain fun.

I will run the light in a turn lane when it won't work for me -- not waiting any "reasonable time" for it, either.

I will verbally abuse indecisive drivers, whether they're going my way or not.

Whether three feet away or not, a car that passes me too fast will get cussed out.

I am looking for a stealth method of securing a weapon on my bike. It could be a bladed device, a club of some sort, I don't know yet. Whatever works. You want to confront me, or try to jack my bike, make sure your bucket list is checked off, 'cause you won't be doing much afterward.

I take pleasure in riding in adverse conditions -- high wind, cold, rain, up to 4" of snow -- and DARE any driver to tell me I'm nuts for riding a bike in weather like that.

I don't care what my average speed is, only that I feel like I've exercised when I get off the bike. That usually involves sweat, muscle pain, and heavy breathing.

I will take sidewalks whenever I feel like it, even roll somebody's yard if need be.

Okay, here's one I hesitate to post: I occasionally look forward to the days I have to drive.

When I get to work (I'm a high school teacher), I mention my ride as often as I can, especially in bad weather, so I can harvest all the admiring and incredulous remarks. I live for them.

I also have squandered countless hours trolling BF and typing "bicycle" and related terms into FB.

I posted photos of my two bikes in my "family pics" folder on Facebook.

Each of my two bikes has a name and a personality, and sometimes I carry on conversations with them where I do both voices (they don't seem to want to do their own).

It's not fixed gear bikes I hate. I know plenty of people who ride them just because they like them and I have no problem with them. It's the people who ride 'fixies' because it's in fashion. It's all for the girls. Sheep...

EDIT: I've even seen one fool with a fixie silhouette tattoo and this caption beneath in Olde English font. "Fixed Gear for Life." He must have been barely old enough to get a tattoo. That's one he might regret.

I care what my bicycle looks like.

I yell jack*** to motorist with loud exhaust. I sometime think of what the world would be like without cars on my bike. I carry pepper spray and three folding knifes. One in my pocket and one on my backpack in plain sight.