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People are dicks. My thankfully limited experiences with close calls have all been the result of old-rear end people not paying attention. This is why I have to pay enough attention for everyone in the road at once. This round's on me, fellas.
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It IS actually safer to merge onto the highway at actual highway speeds. But I think that the only things most old people know about safety is to have a huge car and just mulishly pudsey about way under the speed limit.
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Feb 3, 2014 16:44
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I don't think that's limited to old people.
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Feb 4, 2014 17:08
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Hey, that's not a bad idea; I should try that. Except that I'll end up with the one Craigslist guy who'll say "Oh, all right then; that sounds like fun! I'll take the parrot!" And then I'll have to go out and get a loving parrot.
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Mar 2, 2014 17:57
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Motorcyclegear is a great site. I love that they try products on and give (what I assume are relatively) unbiased opinions with photos of themselves wearing the stuff. I've skipped on buying a couple pairs of gloves and "riding" boots because they mentioned the small amount of protection that the things provided. Also, their prices are great. It's one of the only marketing emails that I click on every time.
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Mar 6, 2014 01:59
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Chicago needs to have (possibly electric) rental scooters attached to the Divvy stations. I would use the hell out of that rear end. E: I just realized, I don't mean like those mobility scooters or some like razor scooter with a battery. I meant like a 49cc Honda Metro or something, which you can rent and ride without an M endorsement, and possibly if they make an electric equivalent. captainOrbital fucked around with this message at 18:53 on Mar 7, 2014 |
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Mar 7, 2014 18:50
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It's a tree root.
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Apr 4, 2014 02:29
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I started riding after I already had 4 kids. My wife never strongly objected, but my mom was a different story. She wanted me to teach her how to ride, and she did pretty well on her first lesson, actually.
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May 1, 2014 17:20
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Chichevache posted:Your mom owns. Yeah, she's pretty fun in her dotage.  My brother, who will officially graduate from medical school in a week or so, told me, "That is crazy! You're crazy." And then he went on to say, "That is so cool; you've wanted to do that since we were kids!" Foreigners.
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May 1, 2014 18:11
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M42 posted:I wave at everyone, even scooters. That's right, dominos guy. I'm waving at you I love waving at little kids, especially if they point at me or wave first. Scooters, I will usually give a big enthusiastic wave over my head like hiiiiiiiiiiii. I'm sure they love that. Yesterday I pulled up next to a cyclist (who was) in full lycra. I revved a bit and he looked over, and I nodded so he nodded back. Then I revved it a bit more, like "let's go!" He started laughing. But I smoked the poo poo out of him. WHO'S LAUGHING NOW
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May 19, 2014 23:33
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Safety Dance posted:Son of a bitch I think I got popped by a speed camera tonight. Pulled away from an intersection, built some speed to get around a taxi, and then two brilliant world-ending flashes. If Chicago's going to start putting up speed cameras near me, driving a 100hp bike is going to get really old really fast. There's one on my way home from work. I may or may not ride as quickly as possible past it every single day to see the two flashes. I have no license plate on the front of my bike, you see. On the way to work, I drive 25 past the thing.
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May 20, 2014 17:12
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Man, my wife is 4'10.5" and she won't even get on the back.
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Jun 1, 2014 04:48
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Akion posted:"You blended right in". PUT YOUR GODDAMN PHONE AWAY
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Jun 4, 2014 21:25
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ShaneB posted:I got hit from behind at a stop sign. By someone going at least 20 miles per hour. So it could be worse, all things considered. All they had to do was look forward. I was stopped at a light over by O'Hare and I heard yelling to my right, and this lady in an ML-class was having the loudest cell phone argument. Lately whenever I ride I have the phrases "rubbing her eyes/rubbing her phone" stuck in my head.
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Jun 4, 2014 22:59
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ReelBigLizard posted:All shops are bad, by the time you've heard of a good one, it's now poo poo. ReformedNiceGuy posted:Eh, my local is shop's pretty good It's now poo poo.
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Jun 5, 2014 16:28
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"Manigale"
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Jun 5, 2014 19:03
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M42 posted:Sheeeeeeit, I forget, where do you live? Cause if it's not in constant-summer-cali, how the fuuuuck did you manage that Winter may be coming, but the riding season around King's Landing lasts forever.
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Jun 6, 2014 16:52
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Yeah but if your backup breaks down while you're wrenching on the original bike, then you've got a problem. I think at least 3 bikes. Sumo, Long-Distance and Fast/Urban.
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Jun 6, 2014 17:57
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KLR KLR KLR
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Jun 6, 2014 22:09
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Yeah I don't understand the whole "bare face on the interstate" thing. I rode around the Road America grounds with just a t-shirt and jeans, and then did the "sunset cruise" thing on the track that way because I didn't have time to go get my poo poo from my tent, but drat son. My face was all crusted with horizontal salt deposits from the tears streaming across my face after riding on the track at 30 mph plus with nothing on my face. First time in my life I've ridden without a helmet, even in my alley and in parking lots. Even if you're not worried about your brain (I'm not from Wisconsin so IDK if that's a thing), bug guts. SO MANY GUTS
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Jun 9, 2014 00:16
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Safety Dance posted:Eh. It'd been about three years since my last eye exam and my prescription changed a little bit anyway. This pair is showing their age. I don't know if you have a guy you like, but if you have your prescription in hand, you can get tons of glasses from zennioptical.com. I love that place. They do take a couple of weeks, but the most expensive pair I've gotten from them has been under $20. I think I have 5 pairs of glasses now, and this has turned into glasseschat! Yay! How was your ride around the lake? IDK if you posted a writeup in another thread, but I did see that you passed out in a seedy motel for a while.
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Jun 9, 2014 16:36
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I am interested in this Facebook thing as well. As an old man, I like to pretend I don't know what "Facebook" or "Vine" is, but I know. I know.
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Jun 19, 2014 21:39
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Last time I went out to run an errand on my bike, my crew got stuck in traffic on the way to the bank, and I lost almost 8 seconds! I'm going to fire Enzo.
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Jun 20, 2014 21:23
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I've had 2 cyclists pass me on the right (kerb side) at an intersection, like RIGHT when I was about to make a right turn. I would have turned right into them if the timing had been bad, and if I managed to stay upright, I would have kept on riding because gently caress those guys. "gently caress those guys, your honor."
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Jun 22, 2014 00:37
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Three things (which may or may not be criticisms of your riding because I can see scenarios where these might not have helped) No, both of the times of which I was thinking, I was already stopped at the intersection and they came from behind me. Part of the problem is that I don't look in my curb-side mirror before I turn and also I don't stop my bike right next to the curb, which is a good suggestion and I think I'm going to start doing that.
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Jun 26, 2014 02:22
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I always wear a helmet when mountain biking, because there's a much greater chance of falling. But after having kids, I started wearing a helmet when I wear my bicycle in the street as well. It protects me from head injuries when I'm riding, and from harassment by my wife.
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Jun 26, 2014 17:57
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goddamnedtwisto posted:The guy who wrote it out told me it was for "health and safety" reasons but that's bollocks, it's a naked money grab (£90! but it will be discounted to £50 if you pay up NOW NOW NOW!) that has no actual legal basis, it's actually an invoice for breaching the contract under which you park. I wonder what the legal basis for that would be? Maybe that you partook of their services without the adequate payment? Although there is no way that they would charge you 90 quid to park. I know London is expensive, but that is exorbitant. The whole "breaking a contract" think is testicles unless you had prior business with them and signed something that had hilarious fine print.
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I like my jackets metric because I don't want to have to go out and buy a bunch of new zippers and hoods and all that stuff.
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Jul 7, 2014 20:51
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I've been married for over 14 years and I honestly could not tell you if my wife's coat/hoodie zippers were attached any differently than mine. Read into that what you will.
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Jul 7, 2014 21:34
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Voltage posted:told me not to fight it OMG Jack Bauer?!
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Aug 2, 2014 01:07
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Or maybe they don't want to be seen riding motorcycles lest they become even more hated than they already are.
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Aug 14, 2014 21:06
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See, you guys don't understand how good it feels to be morally right. You can have your walking and your legs and your sex with the ladies.
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Aug 19, 2014 19:57
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Radbot posted:I'd prefer to not eat catfood when I'm old, which is pretty much what's going to happen to you if you don't take advantage of investing when you're young. I feel like we're living in one of Aesop's fables.
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Aug 25, 2014 17:00
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I love the helmet on the helmet lock attached to the bike. Just leave it in the garage, then. I don't understand why you'd bring it with you but not wear it. Sometimes when I was picking my son up from a sleepover or dropping my daughter off at school, I'd bungee their helmet to the seat when they weren't on the bike. But I'd be wearing my own drat helmet I tell you what.
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Aug 29, 2014 21:07
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Ah. It comes from people always saying, "Don't you have a helmet?" Now they can point to it and say, "Doy! It's right there, ya moron!"
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Aug 29, 2014 21:10
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El Jebus posted:http://fieldnotesbrand.com/shop/ Hipster notebooks?
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Oct 28, 2014 20:30
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I use a burnt piece of wood to scratch tally-marks onto my garage floor. Elitists.
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There's a hipster-rear end store in my neighborhood run by some tatted-up thirtysomethings that sells all kinds of recycled poo poo made from other poo poo (well duh). It's actually a nice place. They have these notebooks made from old Beverly Cleary and Hardy Boys paperbacks. I'd get one of those just because I like to support my neighborhood and they seem pretty nice.
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Your bike has great synergy, FYI. Let's circle back and roundtable. Assets and whatnot. Yeah, mostly dudes like my bike. My wife is happy that it makes me happy, and as long as I don't hurt myself KOW she doesn't really care that much.
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Bugdrvr posted:The only women that have cared about my bike have also been riders so it wasn't going to gain any points or whatever. Chicks that ride get points from me; why wouldn't dudes that ride get points from chicks that ride? The only points that matter to dudes that ride should be chick points from chicks that ride pointing at dudes riding dudes. Chicks and dudes: what are you gonna do?
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