What was the BEST thing that happened on your ride today
07-26-09, 12:09 AM
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08-07-09, 11:46 AM
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I rode past a dwarf/midget/little person riding a children's fixed gear with training wheels and nodded in appreciation....
bring this thread back!!!!
bring this thread back!!!!
08-07-09, 01:30 PM
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I got chased by a hobo. Was going really slowly down a closed street (trolleys/pedestrians/bikes only) just checking out everyone who was eating outside at all the restaurants, and this homeless guy leaning against a tree goes, "Nice bike," and starts walking behind me. I go "Thanks" and he says, "I said 'nice bike'" again and gets closer so I crank out of the saddle a couple times and he's running behind me for like a block. Don't know what he had in mind, but he probably would have hobo-bar'd my drops...
08-07-09, 08:22 PM
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Blizzard at DQ after doing a nice 60km loop. Very tasty.
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08-07-09, 09:58 PM
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yesterday rode 17 miles with a girl i met a week ago. and taking a note from godugr8: we got to her place and she thanked me for an awesome ride by smoking me out.
08-07-09, 09:59 PM
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08-07-09, 11:42 PM
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rode 23 miles today. about half of them were going into the wind. nice ride though.
08-08-09, 12:25 AM
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On my usual 10 mi night ride through Alhambra, CA along Main St. and park myself at this plaza garden area that faces Main St 'cause I hear some loud house music pumping. I'm like "Oh? What's this? Breakdancing?" So I take a look and was let down. It was just a bunch of highschool kids doing some techno rave dancing crap. I stuck around for a few minutes 'cause it was amusing. Props to them for being able to not give a **** about dancing like crap in public.
08-08-09, 08:46 AM
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found a route to my sister's in NJ that doesn' involve riding up disgusting aramingo blvd. rode fixed over the tacony palmyra bridge for the first time. oh and some little kid asked if i wanted to trade bikes, my IRO for his little walmart BMX, tempting but nooo.
08-09-09, 09:51 PM
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I love when little kids yell at me "cool bike" when I ride by...
08-09-09, 10:45 PM
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I rode down by the waterfront tonight for the first time. No one was down there hardly..I was practicing my skidding. No able to lay like a 15 foot patch. Pretty good considering this is the second time I have attempted skidding at a higher speed. It was a nice night too.
09-01-09, 08:02 PM
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I got my spin on after I lowered my gearing to 70 gi and put on 165mm cranks last night. I was ridding home from school and was pulled some 4 miles by a bus's draft going(I'm guessing because it was slower than the other traffic) 30mph. There was a bus behind me and a bus in front of me and I had to just spin my ass off but it felt so cool. The driver behind me even gave me a thumbs up when I pulled off to make a left turn. It was kind of scary though, being stuck between two buses and all.
it was nice, makes me miss my busted road bike
it was nice, makes me miss my busted road bike
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09-01-09, 08:14 PM
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back out on the geared, more or less full repaired after i smashed it+myface on saturday. felt good.
09-01-09, 08:19 PM
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local rural road, ~8am on a sunny sunday morning, all by myself. i was passing between two recently plowed under fields when a bajillion sparrows suddenly erupted out of the brush...
i hadn't seen them *at all* (as they were wearing perfect camo for the location), and suddenly they were everywhere around me and moving along the road with me (at 20mph). i was completely enveloped. a swipe of the hand would have taken out several, they were that thick and that close.
they traveled with me for maybe 15-20sec before veering left into the field. as i was looking around and realizing how cool this was, i noticed one in particular about five feet off my right shoulder flying in precise formation with me. i kept glancing over at him, marveling at his composure...and he kept glancing over at me, probably thinking 'that's the biggest damn sparrow i ever saw'.
brief as it was, i was honored to be part of the flock...
i hadn't seen them *at all* (as they were wearing perfect camo for the location), and suddenly they were everywhere around me and moving along the road with me (at 20mph). i was completely enveloped. a swipe of the hand would have taken out several, they were that thick and that close.
they traveled with me for maybe 15-20sec before veering left into the field. as i was looking around and realizing how cool this was, i noticed one in particular about five feet off my right shoulder flying in precise formation with me. i kept glancing over at him, marveling at his composure...and he kept glancing over at me, probably thinking 'that's the biggest damn sparrow i ever saw'.
brief as it was, i was honored to be part of the flock...