Quote of the day (from non-riders)

[Munivision]

So we're doing a night Muni with HID headlamps when we come across some surprised mountain bikers with their lights. The one guys says: "oh yeah, we did that last week!" Thought it was funny.

[Obtusellama]

"Do a bunny hop!"

After i did that and was riding off one of the guys yells, "Now wheel walk"...I didn't quite know how to react. I was just going behind a bunch of cars and almost fell off due to my looking back in bewilderment. Another rider perhaps?

[Mikefule]

Riding carefully on muddy trails cloaked with autumn leaves that concealed the many pitfalls beneath, I came to a junction where a whole family was waiting while their child peed against a tree. Half a dozen bikes were scattered on the ground, blocking the entire junction, and I had to take a big detour through the rough to get past.

"That's nuts!" said the mother of the family. I did well: I didn't react.

Two hundred metres later, on a very narrow slimy track laced with tree roots and bounded by bracken and briars, I found another bike discarded on its side, blocking my way, leaving only a wheel's width for me to get past.

As I squeezed through the gap, thinking evil thoughts, the owner of the bike appeared from behind a tree and said, "That's nuts!"

"What? leaving a bike blocking the path? I suppose it is a bit," I wittily replied.

To be fair, he did apologise.

[Gadge]

Originally Posted by Mikefule

Riding carefully on muddy trails cloaked with autumn leaves that concealed the many pitfalls beneath, I came to a junction where a whole family was waiting while their child peed against a tree. Half a dozen bikes were scattered on the ground, blocking the entire junction, and I had to take a big detour through the rough to get past.

"That's nuts!" said the mother of the family. I did well: I didn't react.

Two hundred metres later, on a very narrow slimy track laced with tree roots and bounded by bracken and briars, I found another bike discarded on its side, blocking my way, leaving only a wheel's width for me to get past.

As I squeezed through the gap, thinking evil thoughts, the owner of the bike appeared from behind a tree and said, "That's nuts!"

"What? leaving a bike blocking the path? I suppose it is a bit," I wittily replied.

To be fair, he did apologise.

The tolerating fools (fules?) course must be working

Had a similar expereince a couple of weeks ago in Sutton park. Waited for two families to walk/cycle down a short bit of fairly narrow uphill path. The first family got the bottom and then stood around. The second got to the bottom and sat down to picnic almost completely blocking the path. Apparently completely oblivious to the fact we were stood waiting to cycle past them.

My tolerance level at this rudeness was a little low so I just rode through a small gap in the middle. They just looked vacant.

People are weird...

[Mikefule]

This evening, from a bunch of kids who surrounded me as I was kitting up, and who asked all the usual questions, plus "could I ride it along the top of that 10' wall?" (on the Bacon Slicer!) one asked, "Don't you have a son who rides a unicycle as well?"

Hmmm.

[MuniAddict]

"Whichever one of you that is, you look very very young for 50+ !"

Posted comment (cut & pasted) from an mtber after watching my recent "Quickie stair jump clip", wondering which rider was me, lol! I told him the other rider was only 14! That comment made my day!

[TheWheelThing]

I got a bunch of "Where's your other wheel?" and "You lost a wheel!" comments today, so I thought of a few new replies and used a couple of them:

1. It's still there, it just looks like I have one due to Lorentz contraction. (It helps to be blazing by the people, and you might mimic some Doppler shift in your voice.)

2. Actually, all I have left is a wheel; I lost the rest of my bike.

3. I know; I'm going back to get it now.

4. Actually, I'm just chasing down the guy who lost this one. You didn't happen to see another guy go by on one wheel, did you?

5. (To the "lost" one only) What?! [look down] Oh, no, it's still there. You had me for a second there.