The Indignity of Commuting By Bicycle: Friday Fun Quiz!

As bad a photographer as I am, I sometimes like to take pictures while I ride since it helps me to hone my bike handling skills. And in my ongoing battle against complacency, I figured I'd spring a test on people right before the weekend. Just study the picture carefully and click on your answer. If you're right, you'll see hematorcrit-manipulating former Tour de France champion, Team CSC owner and manager, and bon vivant Bjarne Riis savoring a glass of wine. If you're wrong, you'll see him looking heavenward for an answer. Good luck!

This is a picture of:

--A UFO

--A deep-section rim during a game of nocturnal bike polo

--The Loch Ness Monster's pupil

--An underwater criterium

This car is headed into oncoming traffic because:

--It is being driven by an undercover cop in hot pursuit

--It is trying to kill me

--There is an unwritten law that Buick owners must drive like idiots

--It's just another participant in the daily organic pile-on of stupidity in front of the Park Slope Food Co-Op

The signs they're putting on UPS trucks now are:

--Helpful to cyclists and motorists

--Earnest in their intent

--The same as slathering your brake rotors in bacon grease and going mountain biking in a t-shirt that reads "Genius"

--A great way to soothe the irritation people feel when a giant brown box is completely blocking the road

I took a picture of this van because:

--It just ran over a poodle

--It was being driven by Paul Steely White of Transportation Alternatives

--I thought some of you would be as thrilled as I was to learn that the new 40 Cal. joint has dropped

--The driver threatened to shoot me if I didn't

What's happening in this photo?

--Justice is being done

--A traffic-blocking FedEx truck is getting another pointless orange decoration

--I'm looking sharp in my tan raincoat

--The police officer is giving the driver her phone number

This sign is:

--Helpful

--Pointless

--Thought-provoking

--Another dollar spent in the city's $300 million "State The Obvious" campaign

This car costs:

--Over $100,000

--Over $200,000

--Over $300,000

--You can't put a price tag on this kind of smarm and ostentation

The sign on this cab is:

--Possibly true, since even though the driver cut me off to pick up his fare I somehow managed not to crash

--Meant to be ironic, since the "saves" is in quotes

--An integral part of the ad on the roof

--An indication that this cab is a part of the the city's new 5,000-car Christian taxi fleet

A good title for the "Untitled Project" being filmed here would be:

--“Bike Lane Blockers”
--“Attack of the Pushy PAs”
--“Trailer Trash”
--All of the above