What have you found on the ground while riding?
#902
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Thursday and Friday I found otters! Five or six otters in the bay, I think hunting fish; they were swimming in a big circle, and a few yards behind them was a cluster of gulls on the water. Must've been a big school of fish. I stood there on the MUT for several minutes, carefully not moving, as they were less than 20 feet away. It was the coolest thing.
I've also been seeing amazing sunsets, courtesy of the horrifying wildfires nowhere near us.
More mangled raccoons and a couple of skunks. Natural selection thinning out this year's youngsters? Gruesome.
I've also been seeing amazing sunsets, courtesy of the horrifying wildfires nowhere near us.
More mangled raccoons and a couple of skunks. Natural selection thinning out this year's youngsters? Gruesome.
#903
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Last night on the way home in the dark, I almost didn't see it, but there was a flock of mallard ducks in the river right at the edge.
My rat report is too disgusting to impart.
My rat report is too disgusting to impart.
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#904
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Last year I saw 2 sections of aluminum ladder, 6 foot each, laying in a ditch mostly hidden in the weeds. When I got home I jumped into my vehicle and went to see if they were still there. I now have a 12 foot ladder of my own. Comes in very handy doing cleaning/maintenance on the outside of my house. Two summers ago I saw what I thought was some trash blowing across the road. When I got closer I thought it looked like it might be US currency. I stopped and picked it up, 3 twenties, 1 ten and 3 one dollar bills. Nobody anywhere near so I rode on with $73 more than I had before I left home.
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#908
A complete 622mm front clincher wheel, only missing skewer/tire/tube.
Looked to be low end components, and I didn't want to lug it 15 miles home.
Last seen it was off the South side of the US36 Bike Path, close to Table Mesa Dr.
Looked to be low end components, and I didn't want to lug it 15 miles home.
Last seen it was off the South side of the US36 Bike Path, close to Table Mesa Dr.
#909
Yesterday on my return city commute, I found an 18v Bosch impact screwdriver. It was obviously kicked to the side by a car tire and the battery was cracked, but it still worked. It got me to wondering. As cyclists, we have a pretty good view of the road, I'll bet people have found some interesting things lying in the street.
What are some of the things you have found while riding?
What are some of the things you have found while riding?
#910
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#911
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Someone else came across a body being removed from a river and wrote about it here. I'm glad the guy I found was just too drunk to move and not dead.
#912
#913
That may have been me. I found a floater but didn't stick around for the removal. Maybe around 2008 or 09. Called the cops, pointed it out, went on to work.
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That's talent.
#920
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Awesome is the right word for an eagle, and it's an overused and misused word, but this time, it fits. Awesome!
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“When man invented the bicycle he reached the peak of his attainments.” — Elizabeth West, US author
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#922
Since you asked
I was headed to work and something looked different on the side of the road. I kept on going but remembered to stop at the same spot on the ride home. Apparently a man was walking home from the bars and got hit. His body was about 20 off the road so hard to see unless you are looking into the weeds like I was. I like to look for wildlife on my commutes. I guess you could say I found something wild but no life...
I was headed to work and something looked different on the side of the road. I kept on going but remembered to stop at the same spot on the ride home. Apparently a man was walking home from the bars and got hit. His body was about 20 off the road so hard to see unless you are looking into the weeds like I was. I like to look for wildlife on my commutes. I guess you could say I found something wild but no life...
#923
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[MENTION=492581]BikingTech[/MENTION], that'll put a damper on your day. Not as much as his, but still. I gather it was a hit and run? His poor family.






Must've been horrible! Please, tell us all about it.

