Lambkin55

Yeah!!!--- One of my frequent routes takes me on an old rails-to-trails path that passes through woods that seem like virgin wilderness to the "urbanites" that live nearby. There is a bench right in the middle of these woods, that is often, the place where gay couples like to express their emotions in nature.

rydabent

Give him credit for trying!!!

Erzulis Boat 

I saw a homeless guy riding super fast with no tires, straight up rim to pavement. I was so shocked, I slowed to double check, as I doubted my very own eyes. And here we are worrying about not being able to fit 32's into a frame and the like.

_ForceD_

Although we never did, I have to say that this ‘tire-less’ thing is the kind of thing we’d have done in the neighborhood as a kids way back in the 70s. Not just general riding around, but at nighttime just to see the rooster tail of sparks when we’d skid. A regular practice we did do was to slam our coaster brakes on, right on top of a flattened tin can (not aluminum), to see the sparks.

Dan

indyfabz

I saw a guy doing that in traffic. Couldn’t believe I was seeing it either.

veganbikes

That is the problem, we don't distinguish an electric bicycle which like every bicycle requires pedaling to move forward, and the e-mopeds which can use pedals but also have a throttle. If we remove all throttled vehicles and enforce things we will be in good shape.

JanMM

Was it a loud rattler?

PDKL45

I saw a duck just fall out of the sky dead a few weeks ago, when things were getting really cold in December. It was flying I guess, and then all of a sudden it wasn't. Fell down on a small rural road, like many here in Korea, a one lane concrete ribbon road, mainly for farm vehicles, with a bike path next to it. Poor bugger made a real heavy slap sound and lay there bleeding and dead, although it was really, really cold. Maybe it froze to death? They swim around in the creeks in winter here just fine, though. Who knows.

The other one recently was a couple of Asian Raccoon Dogs. It's winter, and this was in late November, so they looked like awesome little 1980s animal rock stars with bushy fur coats for the coming winter. It was actually near where I saw the duck, slightly to the north of the main urban area on a creek side bike path that runs for miles and miles to the north, paved all the way with a walking footpath beside it. The Raccoon Dogs were there on the pedestrian part of the path, looking oddly guilty for some reason. I stopped and looked at them for quite a while, until I started to fumble about with my phone, wanting a picture to show my child, and they ran away, startled. They're 100% awesome, it felt like a good luck omen to see them.

skidder

I see them on the SART on the weekends, but rarely on the weekdays. Lots of utility and public works maintenance crews out on the SART during the week, so easy to radio in if something unusual. I'd guess there are more gas-powered bikes & minibikes on MUPs on the weekends since the riders are in school during the week.

Random11

I saw a shirtless cyclist stop his bike by a dumpster, go dumpster diving, and pull out a bottle of vodka. Nah, that seems far-fetched. Maybe I didn't really see it and just imagined it.

rsbob 

Suicidal squirrels and Canadian geese camping on and around the trail.

seypat

I see trees of green. Red roses too.

alex marques

ohh really

alex marques

road tress and mountains this is glorious

alex marques

indyfabz

It didn't make a sound. In fact, I rode right by it without noticing it. The GF asked if I had seen that snake back there.

Forgot about this guy I saw on the same trail back in the fall. It was funny because I was pointing it out to people so they wouldn't run over it. After a few minutes, two women rode up. One was Australian. She found a stick and shooed it away. She had this attitude like "That's no big deal." There are things in Australia like snakes that can kill you if you look at them the wrong way.

wheelreason

The trick to not making squirrel sausage is to keep your line, accelerate and make a lot of loud sttacatto noise as you approach them, don't buy the fakes, they will stop and go, and change direction several times, works most of the time. Caterpillar slalom is my favorite, and roadkill bunnyhop goes without saying...

terrymorse 

The ground squirrels are the most problematic. They will make a beeline for their hole, even if you happen to be in between. I've had them dash across an entire road towards my front wheel.

tkamd73 

Two out of three had flashlights, what’s the big deal, they could have got away with one!
Tim

indyfabz

You have obviously never been in that tunnel before. It's over a mile long with no lights, and has not been maintained since the 60s. In fact, it was abandoned, in part, because of water leakage issues. And there is a crown, so you literally cannot see the light at the end of the tunnel when you enter. Locals make fires and leave debris near the portals.

Fun fact: One of the two tunnel portals (there are two tunnels on the rideable stretch) was a filming location for "The Road", starring Viggo Mortensen.

If you look closely, you can see the two flashlights in the photo. I thought they were other riders, so I hung out waiting for them to come to avoid the risk of a collision. They were moving so slowly that I finally got impatient and started riding. Notice that you cannot see the light at the end of the tunnel.

indyfabz

And while we are on the subject of rail-trail tunnels....

The west portal of the Saint Paul Pass tunnel on the Hiawatha Trail leading from ID into MT. 1.66 miles of darkness as you cross the Bitterroot range of the Rockies. Don't stray too far to one side or you will slip into those drainage ditches on either side fo the raised riding surface. I had 750 lumens and wished I had 1,000.

Incomparable trail. Hoping to ride it again late summer.

boomer58 

Indyfabz - The Trail of the Hiawatha is one of the most amazing rail trails I have ever been on. I did it a few years back when I was visiting my sister in Coeur d'Alene Idaho. The scenery is breathtaking when you exit the other side. We had some pretty bright lights but could have used brighter ones. If I remember correctly, the tunnel has a curve so at one point you do not see the light at the end either way. Can't wait to get back there, thanks for posting.

jadmt

funny story or not I guess. My buddy was riding thru without a light (he had a light but it stopped working for some reason) and hit a deer that had wandered in the tunnel..he crashed. I have another friend whose wife crashed in the tunnel because she veered over and she broke her arm. he said it was a brutal walk back to the parking lot as it was a bad break.

Chuck M 

I saw a homeless woman stripping down on the MUP to don some of the new clothes she received from the outreach in town. I also saw an unrolled condom on the same MUP at a different time. These were unrelated incidents and I did not examine the condom close enough to see if it had been used or simply unfurled by a curious youth.

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