matt wisconsin

Convince me not to try it. Tell me your worst stories/post your bloodiest photos.

thanks.

kjohnnytarr

Do it, *****.

deathhare

Someone post the video of the guy going down skitching during monstertrack.

NewYorkMantle

my worst experience hitching was hitting a near invisible depression in the road and basically bouncing over my bars. as long as you keep your eyes open, hold on with a loose grip and float a good distance away from the car, it's not that serious. as the guy above said, in the monstertrack video, austin tries to hitch onto a car going faster than him and gets pulled off his bike ON THE BRIDGE.

beeftech

I might try it in Denver this week during the DNC. Hopefully it's pretty busy and cars aren't going to fast.

hockdub

lol, i saw that on the news the DNC, everyone that lives there is leaving to get away from it. haha

beeftech

Nah people are just leaving, so they can rent out their pads for nice sums of money.
An acquaintance of mine is making a couple thousand on their loft for the week.

kiesterstash

Can't be nearly as bad as the rnc here in minneapolis

solbrothers

yall are a bunch of lazy ****s! whats next? fixed mopeds?

deathhare

No, they just like saying the word skitch.

matt wisconsin

I was just in Denver this past weekend for the College Democrat Conference. Watch out for the cops, I'm sure they're dying for an excuse to use some riot control **** that they carry around. Very creepy city right now.

beeftech

I'm sure all those cops will end up at the free Rage Against the Machine concert.
****s gonna hit the fan so hard again.
I'm going down tomorrow, and Wednesday.

matt wisconsin

I don't know if you heard, but they blew up a mysterious box and I was down there, it sounded like a war zone. Turned out to be an empty box or something.. heh. I wish I could've stayed.

peabodypride

the only bad part about skitching is that when you grab onto a wheel well, especially the rubber bus ones, your hands go insta-black and your grips get dirty as ****.

regardless, it's a fun party trick and if the moment is right and a septa bus is next to me, i'll do it for a couple blocks. your feet spin up to the vehicle's speed surprisingly easy.

the best was when one day i skitched around city hall in philadelphia on a septa bus and i looked up into the window, two black kids were looking at me in amazement.

DISCLAMER: this is a dumb idea. don't do it.

lisafilter

Hitching rides is a terrible habit of mine. If I'm pedaling hard in downtown traffic and I see a truck bed floating next to me, I can't help but hold on.

The only time I've gotten into trouble was with a UPS truck. I'd just gotten out of class (along with 400 other people) and tried to hitch a ride on the back of the truck off of campus. The driver saw me reaching over, and as soon as I got a good grip he floored it, ripping me off my bike. Wiping out in front of all those people was quite a treat.

beeftech

That's the only thing that scares me about it :/

matt wisconsin

Yeah those are the stories I was looking for.. the crazy suburbanite-visiting-the-city-for-a-country-concert who stops his truck and puts a gun in your face [not that this intimidates me].

91MF

thanks for clarifying.

peabodypride

I guess I'm a closet-racist.

deathhare

you racist white hog!!

91MF

sorry i want implying that you were a racist i didnt mean to come off so socially sensitive. im open minded but im not a knee jerk leftist either. its just a pet peeve of mine. like when people say 'o thats ghetto' i hate that.

helloamerican

I've done this. I really think its asking for it in america though. Make sure you've got an exit plan if you're gonna try it, i.e. don't try skitching your first time with another car close behind you, and match speeds with what you're grabbing, grabbing something faster is gonna yank you.

probably should wear a helmet.

bitterspeak

A full-face helmet.

anthony691

And a neck brace if you can find one.

jodypolk

lol. cool, dude.