Things found along the road/mup
02-26-07, 01:00 PM
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Things found along the road/mup
Hello All
Well since the snow is melting in some parts of the
country. What have you found along the road/bikeway
like tools, bike parts. I have found a 10mm wrench,
and a blinkie, that still works, after new batteries,
and two screwdrivers. Looks like I won't have to buy
too many tools this year. What have you found?
Well since the snow is melting in some parts of the
country. What have you found along the road/bikeway
like tools, bike parts. I have found a 10mm wrench,
and a blinkie, that still works, after new batteries,
and two screwdrivers. Looks like I won't have to buy
too many tools this year. What have you found?
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02-26-07, 01:08 PM
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Two innertubes
A spoke
A pair of Performance house-brand glasses w/ clear lenses
$5.00
A glove (found the other one 1/2 mile away a week later)
A vagrant's encampment: sleeping bag, camp stove, backpack, etc. (behind a bridge pylon)
An entire BMX bike (abandoned 1/2 way down the river bank; probably there for years in the underbrush based on the amount of rust.)
A spoke
A pair of Performance house-brand glasses w/ clear lenses
$5.00
A glove (found the other one 1/2 mile away a week later)
A vagrant's encampment: sleeping bag, camp stove, backpack, etc. (behind a bridge pylon)
An entire BMX bike (abandoned 1/2 way down the river bank; probably there for years in the underbrush based on the amount of rust.)
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02-26-07, 01:27 PM
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Kid's car seat, 2 ton jack (love it 
), gloves, knives, hats, 3 wet suits and assorted surfing attire, lots of money, perfectly good tire tubes that someone replaced a tube with then littered the road side with. (can't fix a flat or find a trashcan, *******). What else, oh wrenches, sunglasses, life jackets, kayak paddle and a surf board to name a few.
), gloves, knives, hats, 3 wet suits and assorted surfing attire, lots of money, perfectly good tire tubes that someone replaced a tube with then littered the road side with. (can't fix a flat or find a trashcan, *******). What else, oh wrenches, sunglasses, life jackets, kayak paddle and a surf board to name a few.
02-26-07, 01:47 PM
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Lots and lots of geese poo. I think I am getting ripped off. 
02-26-07, 01:48 PM
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Originally Posted by tk4790
a dead bobcat about 30 lbs
I don't know if I'd want to ride an MUP with bobcats present. I don't want to be another meals on wheels tragedy.
02-26-07, 01:50 PM
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My rear blinky (lost the previous day), a helmet, a patch kit, and a sweet neon green and purple fanny pack (Hello 90s).
Seriously, who wears neon fanny packs now?
Seriously, who wears neon fanny packs now?
02-26-07, 02:29 PM
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Originally Posted by tk4790
a bikini top
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I found a small Pioneer remote control unit. I thought it was for a TV until a neighbor said that it's for a car stereo system. Oh great! It's bad enough with cell phones, but now we have to deal with cagers trying to find the remote control that slipped between the seat cushions. I mean, how far is it from the dashboard knobs anyway?
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$20 about 10 miles outside of Kremling, C0
$27 and an ATM card along a highway in Oregon
A kitten
A fly rod case with 2 brand new fly rods, reels and line (Still have the 2 wt Loomis rod)
A ball peen hammer on the side of Green Mountain here in Denver. It was way up the side of the hill where there used to be 4 wheeling about 15 years before.
A guy and girl doing the wild thing against a tree.
A brand new mountain bike leaning against a tree along Clear Creek. Found the owner through the bikeshop on the sticker. He'd crashed and was dazed and walked away from his bike and couldn't remember where he'd left it
A blowup doll
4 naked teenagers in a rather compromising position
A guy and girl doing the wild thing in a pickup truck. He was outside, she was inside. He had his pants around his ankles. It was about 35 F outside. That's determination
$27 and an ATM card along a highway in Oregon
A kitten
A fly rod case with 2 brand new fly rods, reels and line (Still have the 2 wt Loomis rod)
A ball peen hammer on the side of Green Mountain here in Denver. It was way up the side of the hill where there used to be 4 wheeling about 15 years before.
A guy and girl doing the wild thing against a tree.
A brand new mountain bike leaning against a tree along Clear Creek. Found the owner through the bikeshop on the sticker. He'd crashed and was dazed and walked away from his bike and couldn't remember where he'd left it
A blowup doll
4 naked teenagers in a rather compromising position
A guy and girl doing the wild thing in a pickup truck. He was outside, she was inside. He had his pants around his ankles. It was about 35 F outside. That's determination
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An "alien" tool
3 inner tubes for a bicycle
20 dollars
A Yanni CD in the case still
and a blockbuster gift card with $2.50 left on it
3 inner tubes for a bicycle
20 dollars
A Yanni CD in the case still
and a blockbuster gift card with $2.50 left on it
02-26-07, 03:10 PM
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You can't post something like that and then not post pics!
Note the murderous reddened eyes.
I'm lucky. In the northern latitudes moose can be massively large and aggressive. Here in the south, although they are more statuesque, moose are far rarer, smaller, and more plastic.
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Originally Posted by cyccommute
$20 about 10 miles outside of Kremling, C0
$27 and an ATM card along a highway in Oregon
A kitten
A fly rod case with 2 brand new fly rods, reels and line (Still have the 2 wt Loomis rod)
A ball peen hammer on the side of Green Mountain here in Denver. It was way up the side of the hill where there used to be 4 wheeling about 15 years before.
A guy and girl doing the wild thing against a tree.
A brand new mountain bike leaning against a tree along Clear Creek. Found the owner through the bikeshop on the sticker. He'd crashed and was dazed and walked away from his bike and couldn't remember where he'd left it
A blowup doll
4 naked teenagers in a rather compromising position
A guy and girl doing the wild thing in a pickup truck. He was outside, she was inside. He had his pants around his ankles. It was about 35 F outside. That's determination
$27 and an ATM card along a highway in Oregon
A kitten
A fly rod case with 2 brand new fly rods, reels and line (Still have the 2 wt Loomis rod)
A ball peen hammer on the side of Green Mountain here in Denver. It was way up the side of the hill where there used to be 4 wheeling about 15 years before.
A guy and girl doing the wild thing against a tree.
A brand new mountain bike leaning against a tree along Clear Creek. Found the owner through the bikeshop on the sticker. He'd crashed and was dazed and walked away from his bike and couldn't remember where he'd left it
A blowup doll
4 naked teenagers in a rather compromising position
A guy and girl doing the wild thing in a pickup truck. He was outside, she was inside. He had his pants around his ankles. It was about 35 F outside. That's determination
Of the Loomis 2wt
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Originally Posted by cyccommute
A guy and girl doing the wild thing against a tree.
A blowup doll
4 naked teenagers in a rather compromising position
A guy and girl doing the wild thing in a pickup truck. He was outside, she was inside. He had his pants around his ankles. It was about 35 F outside. That's determination
A blowup doll
4 naked teenagers in a rather compromising position
A guy and girl doing the wild thing in a pickup truck. He was outside, she was inside. He had his pants around his ankles. It was about 35 F outside. That's determination
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02-26-07, 04:39 PM
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An abandoned upside down VW Beetle with the lights on and engine still running...in the bar ditch along one of the lake roads that I ride.
I understand the police found the driver sleeping it off in a Waffle House three miles down the road.
02-26-07, 05:32 PM
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A $20 bill.
Lots of used condoms (causing some violent swerves on my part, guess I'm squeamish).
A severed doll's head complete with empty, burnt-out eye sockets.
A ravine with about ten or fifteen (newer) cars and trucks dumped into it.
Enough burrito wrappers to fill a stadium.
Lots of used condoms (causing some violent swerves on my part, guess I'm squeamish).
A severed doll's head complete with empty, burnt-out eye sockets.
A ravine with about ten or fifteen (newer) cars and trucks dumped into it.
Enough burrito wrappers to fill a stadium.
02-26-07, 05:45 PM
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First, I'm trying to get my head around the fundamental assumption in this thread about the so-called "melting snow." Looking forward to that.
Cyccommute, I haven't found much. Sounds like Denver -- or at least the parts you ride around -- are a lot more interesting than Boston.
Cyccommute, I haven't found much. Sounds like Denver -- or at least the parts you ride around -- are a lot more interesting than Boston.
