BSNYC Friday Unnecessary Oil Change You Were Duped Into By Your Car Dealership!

See this?

It's a box of hats.

Now I'm going to bring those hats, as well as any others I already have (new ones I mean, not ones I've worn and sweated into) to the Philadelphia Bike Expo with me, where I'll give them away during my "semi-GNAR" this Sunday:

I hope to see some of you there, and while I can't promise everyone will leave with a hat, I can pretty much guarantee to send you off with a swag bag full of weltschmerz--which is a "mental depression or apathy caused by comparison of the actual state of the world with an ideal state," and not a fancy new crème du chamois:

(Weltschmerz Chamois Cream: for when you suck.)

And now, let's get right to the quiz, since I have to be in Philadelphia in two days and it takes like a whole hour and a half to get there.  As always, study the item, think, and click on your answer.  If you're right a five dollar bill (or its equivalent in Vietnamese Dong) will materialize in your underpants, and if you're wrong you'll see some advice that is exactly one week too late.

Thanks very much for reading, ride safe, and hope to see you in Philly(delphia) this Sunday!



--Wildcat Rock Machine

(Congratulatory sign obscures police car in bike lane.)

1) The latest enforcement fad in "America's Best Bike City" is ticketing cyclists for:

--Using clipless pedals
--Running a right/front left/rear brake lever setup
--Riding on the left side of a one-way street
--Unicycling

2) Mikael Colville-Andersen invented urban cycling advocacy like Christopher Columbus discovered America.

--True
--False

(The middle part helps him line up his shots.)

3) This is Eddy Merckx.

--True
--False

4) Hee Haw the Barista is serving a customer who is:

--Wearing the world's fastest-drying dress shirt
--Wearing the world's finest cycling underpants
--Buying the cheapest thing in the entire café as a pretense to use the outhouse
--Furtively playing pocket pool while placing his order

(An Austin motorist.)

5) Some cyclist in Austin thinks everybody needs to:

--Yield
--Wave
--Wear lights on their heads
--Get naked and play the bongos

6) Chris Boardman was recently criticized for:

--Not wearing a foam hat while filming a bicycle safety video
--Not offering a gravel bike in his eponymous product line
--His views on doping
--His beard

(But was he wearing a newsboy hat?)

7) Citi Bike's lawyer says the rider who is suing them due to a crash should have been wearing:

--A helment
--High visibility outerwear
--His prescription glasses
--Pants

***Special Good-Advice-Is-Meaningless-If-You're-Not-Wearing-A-Foam-Hat-Themed Bonus Video!***