***UPDATE***
Here it is, my new Outside column!
Braise the lard and holy luau!
My latest Outside column (or "Oootside" if you're Canadian) should materialize on the world wide whatever-it-is imminently, at which point you can be sure I'll pop back in here let you know. In the meantime however I'm pleased to present you with a quiz. As always, study the item, think, and click on your answer. If you're right then go buy yourself something nice, and if you're wrong you'll see bicycling safety.
Thanks very much for reading, ride safe, and always remember to wear a flotation device while cycling.
--Wildcat Rock Machine
1) What did this woman say to the bell-ringing horn-blower?
2) What is this protuberance?
3) These people are assholes.
--True
--False
4) Which band will not be on the bill for the Velorama Music Festival?
--Wilco
--Tennis
5) Rapha has been bought by the heirs to which fortune?
6) I'm on Strava now.
--True
--False
7) Recon Jet smart sunglasses have been:
--Recalled
***Special "They Don't Make 'Em Like That Anymore"-Themed Bonus Video!***
Ahahaha, the strava pic.
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Apparently we're Locked & Loaded.
I'm just working on the loaded part.
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ReplyDeleteAir travel with my dog again. Lost coin toss again. I'm in pet carrier again.
ReplyDeleteBeginning to think I shouldn't let him use his coin.
Will tell him when he comes back from cockpit.
He has a license, but I don't recall him getting checked out on this equipment.
Message to Leroy's dog: you need to get your own coin.
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And Henry Brown went on to become the worlds first Triathlete!
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ReplyDeleteJust say "no".
Huh? What?
ReplyDeleteI don't know why but that video was disturbing
ReplyDeleteIf you aced the quiz - make a sentence out of the correct answers for extra credit.
Now, back to the Filthy Marin groupo fiddling marriage proposal soap opera please
What were the troubadours up to in Bombay?
ReplyDeleteFilthy Marin groupo fiddling marriage proposal soap opera is why I could never work in a shop. It's not that complicated, really.
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ReplyDeleteWhat about the whistle!?! effective, yet i don't feel like a dick when i use it.
mikebike,
ReplyDeleteIf you're talking about blowing an actual whistle, maybe you should.
--Wildcat Etc.
*winks*
ReplyDeleteGood article on the Outdoor thing, Wildcat.
ReplyDeleteI don't think there's any winning on methods of alerting people that you're going to pass them. somebody's going to fuss no matter what you say or do. Hell, even talking about it with other bikey people is a contentious thing. There's probably a thread on the dorkforums about it.
Most of my alerts are just me clacking my brake levers, which is usually enough noise to alert those in front of me. If they're wearing headphones, I will usually try for the silent pass. Only in situations that call for 100% recognition that I'm coming through (i.e. the idiot groups that walk 5 abreast, utterly blocking the path from traffic going either direction) I quit saying "on your left" (because identifying your left from your right is apparently a dying artform) and simply say "passing".
I just yell "get the fuck out of my way you filthy peasant" seems to work.
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Why did I think of Trump and Kim Junk One when I saw the monkeys picture?
Whenever I'm passing walkers who have headphones on, I yell "Ramming Speed" and make drum noises with my voice. If that doesn't work, I'll yell Banzai and run them down like dogs.
ReplyDeleteI usually just whistle my Jerome call when I want to pass.
ReplyDeleteOnly old people seem to recognize the tune though. Sad
Bama: I thought of Putin and Trump when I saw the monkeys.
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24th on the podi, "weed" indeed.
I think we should all start to say “OK, I’m going to check your prostate now” when we're about to pass someone while bike riding. It just might catch on.
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ReplyDeleteMy great-aunt had the loudest whistle I've ever heard, but she needed both hands to do it. I can do a pretty loud one no-handed, but it's rare that I need to--the bell and sometimes "heads up!" usually work. And when it's so crowded I wish I had a car horn like that guy in the video the other day, I try to just slow down and not be an asshole. I don't always succeed (my wife would be the first to say I often see an opening and zip through). Patience is a work in progress
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I plan to do a metric century tomorrow in town. not a race,just a country loper.thunderstorms in the forecast for all the day through.nice knowing all of you.see ya on the flip-flop.
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ReplyDeleteThat is some good advice with the passing column. Often I find whistling effective. Also agree that speaking to who ever your overtaking for example "good morning" is highly effective.
ReplyDeleteI was cycling on a pretty busy shared pathway a few years ago and this old guy, probably at least 75 (I still see him too) was a few lengths ahead, we were jra very slow with lots of peds. So there was this lady who was kind of walking erratically in front of us. The old guy said something like “excuse me” and she looked over at him and said “ring your bell!” in a really snotty way. Straight back at her he said “MY VOICE IS MY BELL.”
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ReplyDeleteNice article, WRM. For me, when riding around populated areas (or illegally riding on the footpath punishable by death in Australia) I tend to whistle a spritely tune, peppered with occasional "passing on your ma'am/sir".
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