Cyclaholic

Today, the best thing that happened on my ride was my ride.
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LupinIII

I was trying to figure out how to say this, but what I had was nowhere near this elegant. props


for my ride, uh, I didn't get a flat? I also left at 12:30 so it was only 85 degrees versus the 101 degrees it is now.

NoCash27

i got back home alive

the_don

You can get a coffee and a donut for 3 dollars in the States?!?!?!

Damn that is cheap.

Scrodzilla

On my way home from work, I decided to head down to the beach near my house. While waiting at a crosswalk on a pretty busy downtown street (no traffic light, just a crosswalk) for a chance to get safely across, a middle-aged dude in a beat Ford Taurus got all aggro...tossing his hands up and slamming on his brakes. I'm usually a pretty courteous rider so I motioned for him to just keep on going before he came to a complete stop. He then screamed "What the hell is wrong with you? Go!!!", so I replied "***** you very much, sir!" and went. I was barely out of his path when he floored it...his front tires peeling out...and took a hard right onto a one way side street. Right after making the turn (with his tires screeching the whole time), he proceeded to run up onto the big, sharp left-hand curb and flatten both of his driver-side tires. I rolled by him with quite a big you-know-what-eating grin on my face and I heard him yell "g*ddamn piece of sh*t!" once I was a good distance away.

I literally laughed hysterically all the way to the beach.



(I know it's not really the positive-vibe story the OP had probably intended for this thread, but it's a pretty good example of things coming around as they go around.)

mmonce

Ridin' into work at 6am on Northside Drive within the 285 perimeter I saw a fox. It was only 5 yards ahead of me and didn't spook because I was on the quiet fixed gear. It finally saw my light and scatted across the road into hiding.

Scrodzilla

So awesome.

LupinIII

the place i go is like 80 cents a donut and about a dollar for a cup of coffee.


viet donut shops ftw

synapsemusic

awesome stuff

This isn't a competition by any means, but damn RubberDucks wins so far haha

Cy Trivialities

i bought a falafel sandwich and my shorts ripped in half at the asscrack.

Aries

a hipster yelled "nice bike" at me when I was riding down South Street in Philly. I cannot believe how many fixed gear bikes I see every time I ride in that city

adriano 

i did too! its quite exciting, but im struggling to get to 45 or even 43.

RubberDucks

I intend to do this every-time I see someone hailing a cab...

does anyone else tend to get asked directions a lot solely for riding a bike in a city? it happens to me at least once a day....I don't mind giving directions but it begs the question. do people trust cyclists more than pedestrians?

oldfixguy

A pretty gal turned around to stare at my ass as I went by.

xsnakobx

I successfully skitched on a car up a slight incline on my way to get my rear wheel re-built today. It was my first real skitch (other than pulling my friends back), and while I won't do it very often (those hills are good for building strength), it was fun.
Also, I dropped 2 teeth off of my cog today and it was fun sprinting wherever I could.

Hewp

Riding home, I caught up to a roadie in full tights and a nice cervelo frame, he didn't like it very much and began sprinting(he was going at a slower pace till I caught up to him at a light), I was on his tail the whole time, less than 3 feet behind him and acted very casual, mean while he kept looking backwards sprinting full force...he turned after 2 blocks

i2oss

today was the first time i rode with my gf, quite pleasant.

NDboy

I intend to do this every-time I see someone hailing a cab...
does anyone else tend to get asked directions a lot solely for riding a bike in a city? it happens to me at least once a day....I don't mind giving directions but it begs the question. do people trust cyclists more than pedestrians?

I guess you have to have a pretty good sense of direction if you bike in the city a lot. So maybe people think we know our way around better.

j3ffr3y

I did a skid 90 degrees to cut into a parking lot, avoiding an idiot on a cell phone. I felt pretty damn cool

bluej7

the good thing about my ride today was that i didnt throw up because i am really hung over and i had to bike home :/

peitrus

Saw about a handful of hookers around 9-10pm last night (Riverside, CA)

Scrodzilla

A "handful of hookers".

HAHAHA!

robertv

My first skitch was a pretty fun moment, in the middle of my first alleycat too.

Re-Cycle

I hit a head wind and dropped down a gear

ausmk

had a good 15 kt onshore wind on my back, riding down a newly built bridge with a 30 mph sign and a speed radar at the end, and the sign read "46" while i passed. the cop at the bottom checking for speeders gave me the shaka sign. made my day.