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Old 04-13-07, 11:30 PM
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Socal is better than Ohio

i originally posted this in the roadie forum. i wasn't even aware that there were regional forums until voltman let me know. so i thought i oughta re-post this in the socal forum. it's a bit of praise for this area and the attitude everyone around here has towards a person on a bike.

.....so i’m climbing up the angeles crest hwy the other day, on my way to mt wilson. pretty day, sunny, warm, i’m workin’ pretty hard and feeling good. and halfway up, a car drives by, and some young punk is leaning out the passenger side and yelling at me. now, ya gotta un’erstand, i live in ohio. i’m used to redneck a$$holes and dumb@ass high school kids yelling things at me that i used to hear in the military. so i’m one of pavlov’s dogs; it’s a conditioned response. i don’t even think any more, i just respond with a hand gesture and a “f--- you!”. i can’t help it, they’ve trained me to be this way. so the kid drives by and yells, and i’m just about to give him the finger wave, and it finally sinks in that he’s yelling “allez, allez, allez!!!!” and i couldn’t help but laugh, and then yell “i’m tryin’”. the first time in 12 years of bike riding i’ve heard someone yelling and not giving me *****. this is honestly something new to me. i kinda like bike riding around socal. i don’t get the feeling everybody hates you. ‘course, that’s just me; i could be wrong

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Old 04-13-07, 11:38 PM
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yep, we'll all cool here....
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some 16 year old girls on beach cruisers in manhattan beach yell "woo! go lance! just do it!" at me the other day.
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Originally Posted by Go_Fast
some 16 year old girls on beach cruisers in manhattan beach yell "woo! go lance! just do it!" at me the other day.

Are you sure the didn't yell "woo, Go Lance, just do me"..
Just sayin' it would make a better story.
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I guess the fat old couple that pulled up behind me at a red light the other day, then followed me into the intersection yelling at me to get out of their way while making a left turn, who I promply cut off in their attempt to pass me on the right, and then showed me their combined IQ of 1, must have been from Ohio.
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Originally Posted by JustMe
I guess the fat old couple that pulled up behind me at a red light the other day, then followed me into the intersection yelling at me to get out of their way while making a left turn, who I promply cut off in their attempt to pass me on the right, and then showed me their combined IQ of 1, must have been from Ohio.

Hey, you mean they were down there today?
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Originally Posted by Drew12
Are you sure the didn't yell "woo, Go Lance, just do me"..
Just sayin' it would make a better story.

they might have said that but at my blistering 15mph, i couldn't be sure.
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Originally Posted by BigSean
Hey, you mean they were down there today?
Oh jeeeez; don't tell me, . . . . . . . they're touring the state. Stand by for more sightings.
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