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 2006-06-28 5:49 PM |
Elite  3020   Bay Area, CA |  Subject: Weird Ride SightingsAnd, no, roadkill does NOT count. We've all seen way too much of that I'm sure. On my way home I see a U-Haul trailer with a picture of weird psychedelic mushrooms, they are cartoonish and pink and purple. They are 3 or 4 of them and the whole graphic is about 3 feet by 4 feet. The slogan reads "Why don't you take a trip?" The question is: A trip to where exactly? |
| 2006-06-28 5:52 PM in reply to: #469086 |
Champion 6285   Beautiful Sonoma County | Subject: RE: Weird Ride Sightings I saw a guy on a bicycle, no helmet, riding the wrong way on the sidewalk, smoking a cigarette, and holding a pair of crutches under his arm. I'm just glad he wasn't in the bike lane with me. Course, if I had been running, I would have been ticked off. |
| 2006-06-28 5:55 PM in reply to: #469086 |
Pro 4578 Vancouver, BC | Subject: RE: Weird Ride Sightings Okay, true story. I won't mention names. A friend of mine is riding and sees this guy in the full Disco kit. The white stuff. Anyway you can see through his white shorts and his butt is really harry. So my friend passes the guy, turns around to check him out and it is a funny comedian who is known to frequent Vancouver. In this story, the harry butt is the weird ride sighting not the comedian.  Jen Edited to remove words that were censored out. I guess we can't say that other word again. Edited by jeng 2006-06-28 5:56 PM |
| 2006-06-28 6:10 PM in reply to: #469086 |
| Champion 8903 | Subject: RE: Weird Ride Sightings Around Middlebury Vermont there is a car dealership with a giant 40-foot statue of a gorilla, arm up in the air (statue of liberty pose) and on top of his hand is a full size Volkswagon Beetle.
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| 2006-06-28 6:14 PM in reply to: #469086 |
Veteran 494 Tampa, FL | Subject: RE: Weird Ride Sightings There is a dog sled team that trains in the park where I ride. Nothing like passing 9 huskies and a sled on wheels (In Florida!!!!!) Edited by Stitch26.2 2006-06-28 6:15 PM |
| 2006-06-28 6:35 PM in reply to: #469086 |
Master 2314 Gulf Shores, AL | Subject: RE: Weird Ride Sightings Once saw a guy on top of the levy in New Orleans with a 6 foot alligator. The guy had pulled it out of river and had it in the middle of the path. We were 10 feet from it when we stopped to see what it was. We walked down the levy and around the commotion. The guy was dragging it by the tail and the gator would occasionally whip around and try to get away. There were 3 guys up there discussing what they were gonna do with it. I never found out????? |
| 2006-06-28 6:48 PM in reply to: #469105 |
Pro 4612 MA | Subject: RE: Weird Ride Sightings Stitch26.2 - 2006-06-28 7:14 PM There is a dog sled team that trains in the park where I ride. Nothing like passing 9 huskies and a sled on wheels (In Florida!!!!!) Huskies in training? In Florida? Would that be considered animal abuse? Anyway, this morning just after sunrise, I went to a local town beach for OWS. Pulled up at the beach parking lot to wait for OnTheRun. There is a car already there. Wasn't OnTheRun. A guy was sitting in the driver's seat, apparently waiting for someone. I thought I was weird enough dring in my swim suit going to the beach at 5:30am. So I didn't pay attention to him. Also thought he might be a new member of my local Tri Club - we do crazy early morning OWS. OnTheRun arrived, didn't know him either. We went in the water, did our swim, came back out. That guy was still in his car. When we are getting ready to leave, that guy sped away. |
| 2006-06-28 7:08 PM in reply to: #469086 |
| Master 1534 | Subject: RE: Weird Ride Sightings I frequently pass by a mailbox that says "Arrowsmith". I would only be "weird" or at the very least "interesting" if it were spelled different. |
| 2006-06-28 7:14 PM in reply to: #469148 |
Cycling Guru 15134 Fulton, MD | Subject: RE: Weird Ride Sightings 24 hours of Canaan (old mountain bike race). I was mechanicing for a team so I'd meet the relayers at the start/finish and take their bikes so I could clean and tune them for the next round a few hours later. I saw a team ....... riding a monkey-barred fixed geared bike (single speed, no freewheeling) wearing beat up tuxedo tops (with tails) and, ugh ..... they would transfer their SHORTS along with the relay baton each time. Same pair of shorts worn for the entire race by all the members of the team. Strangest thing I've ever seen cycling, bar none ....... |
| 2006-06-28 7:45 PM in reply to: #469086 |
Extreme Veteran 402 Ogden, Utah | Subject: RE: Weird Ride Sightings Okay I kid you not, when I was at the High Cliff Triathlon there was this guy who had a blow-up shark fin on during the bike, with a wierd clown wig. Then he gets on the Run, changes wigs to a "80's rock star hair style." Oh, and he was drinking Corona's the ENTIRE race. is that legal? And you know what the worse part it? He came in faster than me... Hence, part of the reason I am doing the 700 club this month. |
| 2006-06-28 9:15 PM in reply to: #469086 |
Regular 89 San Jose, California | Subject: RE: Weird Ride Sightings Riding on the campus of the University of California at Santa Cruz, at the end of the school year, there was an attractive young woman also riding and doing an impersonation of Lady Godiva. |
| 2006-06-29 10:05 AM in reply to: #469086 |
Master 2629 brummie land | Subject: RE: Weird Ride Sightings some mates of mine did a naked bike ride a few weeks ago on the busiest roads in manchester - kinda cool actually. |
| 2006-06-29 10:28 AM in reply to: #469086 |
| Regular 84 | Subject: RE: Weird Ride Sightings I went past a farm place once and there were 2 billy goats bucking heads on top of a mini van. |
| 2006-06-29 10:38 AM in reply to: #469086 |
Pro 3673 MAC-opolis | Subject: RE: Weird Ride Sightings I saw a car once....is that weird or what?! |
| 2006-06-29 10:55 AM in reply to: #469086 |
Expert 929 Hawaii | Subject: RE: Weird Ride Sightings A flasher…quite proud of himself…I did a double take…and then burst out laughing. |
| 2006-06-29 11:02 AM in reply to: #469086 |
Expert 913 St. Louis | Subject: RE: Weird Ride Sightings On one run last week I saw two odd things. 1) A mouse. Not a real mouse, mind you. A computer mouse which appeared to be comfortably curled up in the exact middle of an intersection. It looked PLACED there, not DROPPED there. 2) Then, just a couple miles down the road, I saw carnage. Devastating to say the least. There were Barbie appendages strewn about. 4 of them, to be exact. No torso or head was recovered. Suspect is still at large and presumed to be a male between the ages of 8 and 12. May have sisters. ~B |
| 2006-06-29 11:06 AM in reply to: #469086 |
Veteran 325 | Subject: RE: Weird Ride Sightings I was riding out in NE Tennessee hill country and as I round a curve I see a herd of goats (10-15) on the right, but didn't think much of it. Then, they see me and decide that they need to cross the street right then and there. If I hadn't slowed down I would have crashed right into the middle of the herd, which I'm guessing would have turned out worse for me than for them. |
| 2006-06-29 11:21 AM in reply to: #469171 |
Master 1732 Delafield, Wisconsin | Subject: RE: Weird Ride Sightings TwoRiversTri - 2006-06-28 7:45 PM Okay I kid you not, when I was at the High Cliff Triathlon there was this guy who had a blow-up shark fin on during the bike, with a wierd clown wig. Then he gets on the Run, changes wigs to a "80's rock star hair style." I saw that guy cross the finish line with wig and shark fin, I thought I was having a vision. I wondered if he had that fin in the swim? |
| 2006-06-29 11:57 AM in reply to: #469707 |
Expert 957 St. Louis, MO | Subject: RE: Weird Ride Sightings getsome - 2006-06-29 11:02 AM On one run last week I saw two odd things. 1) A mouse. Not a real mouse, mind you. A computer mouse which appeared to be comfortably curled up in the exact middle of an intersection. It looked PLACED there, not DROPPED there. 2) Then, just a couple miles down the road, I saw carnage. Devastating to say the least. There were Barbie appendages strewn about. 4 of them, to be exact. No torso or head was recovered. Suspect is still at large and presumed to be a male between the ages of 8 and 12. May have sisters. ~B He's not still at large...he's grounded! |
| 2006-06-29 12:04 PM in reply to: #469700 |
Pro 3673 MAC-opolis | Subject: RE: Weird Ride Sightings naisqu - 2006-06-29 11:55 AM A flasher…quite proud of himself…I did a double take…and then burst out laughing. OMG...that was YOU? |
| 2006-06-29 12:07 PM in reply to: #469086 |
Pro 4189 Pittsburgh, my heart is in Glasgow | Subject: RE: Weird Ride Sightings Hahaha, I did the Highmark Sprint in Lake Erie last year, and it was right at the beginning of Steeler's season. This guy carried a football with him the entire race. I passed him at the finish, and he was wearing a jersey, he came across the line and spiked the ball, and was yellin/screamin having a great time. Pat enjoyed that one. As far as me...I always end up attracting wildlife. I almost killed/got killed by a deer riding out by the Alum Creek Reservoir, hit a squirrel in downtown Westerville, and just this last weekend, almost ate it by coming within 3 inches of a groundhog going downhill at about 40 mph. Yeah, not fun. |
| 2006-06-29 12:10 PM in reply to: #469086 |
The Original 7834 Raleigh/Durham | Subject: RE: Weird Ride Sightings I saw a lady one time running with her dog. She had the leash in one hand, and was carrying her mt. bike above her head with her right hand. I thought she was having bike problems and chose to carry it. Later I saw her riding it with her dog running next to her. Apparently she just wanted a hard core workout. I felt like a wimp. |
| 2006-06-29 12:25 PM in reply to: #469086 |
Master 1732 Delafield, Wisconsin | Subject: RE: Weird Ride Sightings I see a ton of wildlife. On tuesday, I say this furry creature cross my path that I thought was a beaver. It has been so long since I've seen one though I'm not sure. It may have been a ground hog with a real big tail. Great I guess that means six more weeks of winter! |
| 2006-06-29 12:58 PM in reply to: #469153 |
Expert 1169 Charlottesville, VA | Subject: RE: Weird Ride Sightings Daremo - 2006-06-28 8:14 PM 24 hours of Canaan (old mountain bike race). I was mechanicing for a team so I'd meet the relayers at the start/finish and take their bikes so I could clean and tune them for the next round a few hours later. I saw a team ....... riding a monkey-barred fixed geared bike (single speed, no freewheeling) wearing beat up tuxedo tops (with tails) and, ugh ..... they would transfer their SHORTS along with the relay baton each time. Same pair of shorts worn for the entire race by all the members of the team. Strangest thing I've ever seen cycling, bar none ....... That was Team Hugh Jass (no kidding) from Harrisonburg, VA -- something of a legend in their time... |
| 2006-06-29 1:02 PM in reply to: #469819 |
Expert 929 Hawaii | Subject: RE: Weird Ride Sightings The Mac - 2006-06-29 12:04 PM naisqu - 2006-06-29 11:55 AM A flasher…quite proud of himself…I did a double take…and then burst out laughing. OMG...that was YOU? I’m cruel, I know. My sincere apologies. |
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