Yellowbeard

I crashed. I apparently don't have the coordination to steer with my left hand while downshifting (with my left hand...shifter on the right) and pedaling uphill whilst carrying a steel road frame over my right shoulder.

But yesterday I broke 190 RPM, and then I cried like a wimp, wishing I had a geared bike for that route.

Cycling, it's even masochistic when you don't have the discipline to suffer properly.

daft crunk

Didn't pop a tire on the way there.

NickWhip

visited my mom at work because I was in the area. This should remind you that you need to go see your mom (she loves you).

Ken Cox

The bike lane went straight and the turn right lane for cars crossed the bike lane so that I wound up between the right turn lane and the right lane of a normally four lane (two lanes each way) road.

Got the picture?

As I approached the intersection, a car passed me on my left at high speed and cut in front of me in order to make the right turn, almost brushing me.

He could have much more easily passed me on the right with plenty of distance between us.

I sped up and made the right turn following the car that almost brushed me, and in about 100 feet he got stopped by traffic, which allowed me to pull up next to him, stop, put my foot down, and just look at him.

He eventually made eye contact and shrugged with his palms up.

I nodded and rode on through the traffic that had stopped him.

Languid

Gorgeous Seattle Summer weather, beautiful ride. Ended up at the neighborhood bakery, indulged in a danish and espresso, and chatted with locals about my bike advocating the wonder of fixed gear riding. Life is wonderful

la chiave

i saw my ex-boyfriend and waved and kept riding.

whoosh!

I had a coyote run across the road in front of me.

I stopped to pee in the woods and noticed mid-stream I was standing in poison ivy, and was 15 miles from home... oh joy! Fixed gear+itchy legs=no fun.

jet sanchEz

I picked up a Benotto last week and it came with a Pinarello stem. I thought it looked a bit weird but didn't think I could come across any replacement that would be as nice (the Pinarello stem is a sweet Cinelli model) but today I went into the local bike co-op and, lo and behold, they had a 3TTT stem engraved with "Benotto" that they just got in! And they only wanted $12 for it! I popped it on and it fit perfectly so I rode the bike and here is a photo of it, you can just make out the CN Tower in the background. I suck at the photo thing (and sentence structure too).

whoosh!

That's so awesome. It's not like Benotto was a crazy popular marquee either!

jet sanchEz

I know, it was very weird, it was sitting on the counter right by the door. I always bring my bike in with me and I looked at my friend who works there and we both looked at my bike (she hadn't even known about it until I brought it in today) and she said "We have a sale!".

The bike was also a weird find. It was on CL with just "can be use for parts" as the title of the ad and no description whatsoever, just a really bad photo. I can't believe the guy thought it was only good for parts...nutty.

time bandit

i think you captured your own shadow nicely.

cc700

working hard and going fast.

3dglasses

I managed to not fall when a pack of lit firecrackers got thrown at me.

sunburst

$5 foot-long meatball sub at subway.

Saberhead

had an unidentifiable black bug/dragonfly bump into my ear in the wind and flutter around my face while going downhill. That was fun.

REMspeedwagon

yes. a rock cut through my brand new tire and left me with a flat
as i was leaving the dirt path from my house onto the street.
walked back home. ripped the tube a bit as i was removing the tire.
patched everything up. i lost my presta valve adapter.

FML

RubberDucks

I was riding so fast I hit a pigeon....

bicycle

well it wasn't on my ride today but a few weeks ago I was on my way to work, stopped at a red light, and in the car next to me is my high school art teacher. he is such a bad cat, one of the best teachers i've ever had. anyway i said something like "hello" and "great to see you again/how's your summer going" then the light turned green and i continued on my way.

j3ffr3y

I deposited a check, and now have enough to buy the Moto Team Track

Dario33

Was a beautiful summer morning -- I left early and took the scenic route (went around the lakes on my way DT).

hansel

haha so good!

Cynikal 

Rode to work on a cool summer morning on a new bike (Cannondale CX9) with new shoes. I know, not anything spectacular but a nice ride.

850LLD

I have a bike lane all the way to work but people still scream and cuss and honk at me yelling "GET ON THE SIDEWALK"...I usually just block it out and keep on keepin on but the other day some fat ***** was being really ridiculous about it and swerving into me and **** so I hopped on the sidewalk till she was gone and about a mile down the road I saw her pulled over getting a ticket so I smiled and gave her a thumbs up and she flicked me off. Later she came into the pizza place I work at and she saw me in the window making her food and got a real nervous look on her face haha.
I thought that was cool.

I would never mess with someones food over something stupid like that though

850LLD

wow...I have another one!!!

My roomate and I were just riding through Meryl lynch and we got a security guard to chase us at full speed, were running from him and he cuts me off hitting me with his suv and were screaming and cussing at him while I’m basically under his truck and my roomate tells him to check the damage on his truck and he grabs the keys out of the ignition and throws them in the woods and we split up running away and I get full on high speed chased through the parking lot doing like 25 and we escaped and established a meeting spot and I think he really ****ed up my wrist when he hit me

Fugazi Dave

Um....is that true? If so, lawsuit the *******.