Oddly-accessorized bicycle
12-09-17, 08:52 PM
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Oddly-accessorized bicycle
- I saw the most oddly-accesorized bike parked at the grocery store. It had a can of 'Fix-a-flat' (auto tire size - as if they make one for bike tires) in the bottle cage, 6 feet of ¼-inch chain wrapped around the top tube, holding a coping saw (not used to secure the bike - I didn't even see a padlock); it was secured to the rack by a thin (⅛-inch?) cable with a cylindrical combination lock (the kind upon which one rotates the numbers). I was sorry I didn't have a camera.
12-09-17, 09:15 PM
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Seen a guy packing a Floor pump in one hand the other day while commuting. Maybe he ran out of CO2. Another guy riding one bike and hanging on to another over his back with one hand. Coping saw seem a little odd.
12-09-17, 10:56 PM
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- I saw the most oddly-accesorized bike parked at the grocery store. It had a can of 'Fix-a-flat' (auto tire size - as if they make one for bike tires) in the bottle cage, 6 feet of ¼-inch chain wrapped around the top tube, holding a coping saw (not used to secure the bike - I didn't even see a padlock); it was secured to the rack by a thin (⅛-inch?) cable with a cylindrical combination lock (the kind upon which one rotates the numbers). I was sorry I didn't have a camera.
"Flat tire? We'll bike to your car!"
12-10-17, 01:01 AM
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- I saw the most oddly-accesorized bike parked at the grocery store. It had a can of 'Fix-a-flat' (auto tire size - as if they make one for bike tires) in the bottle cage, 6 feet of ¼-inch chain wrapped around the top tube, holding a coping saw (not used to secure the bike - I didn't even see a padlock); it was secured to the rack by a thin (⅛-inch?) cable with a cylindrical combination lock (the kind upon which one rotates the numbers). I was sorry I didn't have a camera.
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Might be you just caught him that day with stuff he picked up in the road. I look kind of funny sometimes bringing home stuff I found along the way that I had a use for. I can think of a few times I probably gave people WTF moments bringing stuff home I found. 4 gallons of coleman fuel, 150' of erosion control fence, 4' snowplow markers, 20 X 40 tarp, things that don't say bicycle rider, but I have a use for.
12-10-17, 07:35 PM
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I forgot to mention the small vise-grip he used for a seat post clamp.
I saw a surfer riding a funky bicycle with bare feet, carrying a surf board, along the PCH in Malibu in the '90s.
I saw a surfer riding a funky bicycle with bare feet, carrying a surf board, along the PCH in Malibu in the '90s.
12-11-17, 12:41 PM
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I always have bungees handy for such finds. Once toted home a mid-century modern blond wood chair that I found beside a dumpster. You just never know...
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I've generally got one wrapped around every rack I have. You never know indeed! (plus, it is just easier to bungee a shared pump to the rack instead of moving the holder around...)
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