one of the joys of cycling... - Page 8

03-10-2005, 05:38 AM

Maggie wrote:
>
> garmonboezia wrote:
<snip>
>> The Blackfeet have a trickster figure called "Old Man". Whenever
>> something goes missing they say "Old man has it."
>
> When something goes missing in my house I say the same thing. Only I am
> married to the "Old Man."

In my house, it's "Old Man lost it," and I uh, am the "Old Man."

Austin
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03-10-2005, 05:33 PM

[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] (Tom Keats) wrote in
news:2vno0d.vbf.ln@bud.garden.local:

> In article <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].ca>,
> Ryan Cousineau <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> writes:
>
>> Sun-tzu said:
>>
>> "There are roads that are not followed.
>
> Wherever these roads are, they're sure not in Vancouver.
> Or Burnaby. Even if there are "Detour" or "Road Closed"
> signs up, nobody believes 'em.
>
I am living proof that it is not that hard to bunny hop the average
"new water connection" excavation. That said I can't do it on my
fixie.

03-10-2005, 08:55 PM

In article <2vno0d.vbf.ln@bud.garden.local>,
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] (Tom Keats) wrote:

> In article <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].ca>,
> Ryan Cousineau <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> writes:
>
> > Sun-tzu said:
> >
> > "There are roads that are not followed.
>
> Wherever these roads are, they're sure not in Vancouver.
> Or Burnaby. Even if there are "Detour" or "Road Closed"
> signs up, nobody believes 'em.

I think it's a translation problem. In the book, it seems like the
meaning is "there are roads that should not be followed."

I have traversed a few "closed" roads in my time, but have faced at
least one that stuck me entirely. The worst on the bike was a road that
was open to traffic in my childhood, but is now incorporated into a
municipal works yard. It took me a half hour of fighting blackberry
bushes to convince myself that there was no easy way to get around this
particular road closure.

The worst in a car was the time I was Eastbound on the #1 at Abbotsford,
and the police turned us back. Ahead, the freeway was flooded several
feet deep for maybe a mile, along with a great many square miles of
farmland.

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03-10-2005, 11:56 PM

Thu, 10 Mar 2005 21:55:00 -0800, Ryan Cousineau <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
wrote:

>(Tom Keats) wrote:
>
>> Ryan Cousineau <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> writes:
>>
>> > Sun-tzu said:
>> >
>> > "There are roads that are not followed.
>>
>> Wherever these roads are, they're sure not in Vancouver.
>> Or Burnaby. Even if there are "Detour" or "Road Closed"
>> signs up, nobody believes 'em.
>
>I think it's a translation problem. In the book, it seems like the
>meaning is "there are roads that should not be followed."
>
>I have traversed a few "closed" roads in my time, but have faced at
>least one that stuck me entirely.

I love it when you can pick up your bike, step over, under or around a
barrier and keep going.

Once a major diversion involved hoisting the bike over a fence to get
around the stabiliser pads of a working concrete pumper truck taking
most of the back lane and an officious labourer with a hard on for
bikes or something taking up the rest. I wan't going to turn around
and he wasn't going to let me through. So fukit dummy, I'm gone.
You're stuck holding that stupid sign.

One of my favourite "bike routes" is a sketchy single track through
the blackberry and scrub south of Home Depot on Terminal Av. Portage
the railway tracks, cross Great Northern Way and Broadway on Glen
Drive up to 10th. Head west, homeward.
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03-11-2005, 06:03 AM

On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 00:56:11 -0800, Zoot Katz wrote:
> Thu, 10 Mar 2005 21:55:00 -0800, Ryan Cousineau <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
> wrote:
>
>>(Tom Keats) wrote:
>>
>>> Ryan Cousineau <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> writes:
>>>
>>> > Sun-tzu said:
>>> >
>>> > "There are roads that are not followed.
>>>
>>> Wherever these roads are, they're sure not in Vancouver.
>>> Or Burnaby. Even if there are "Detour" or "Road Closed"
>>> signs up, nobody believes 'em.
>>
>>I think it's a translation problem. In the book, it seems like the
>>meaning is "there are roads that should not be followed."
>>
>>I have traversed a few "closed" roads in my time, but have faced at
>>least one that stuck me entirely.
>
> I love it when you can pick up your bike, step over, under or around a
> barrier and keep going.

On my commute to work, few years ago, they had ripped up the road dead
center of my commute. Going around it involved either using a 1950's
concrete road (which hadn't been maintained since the 1940's, kathunk-
kathunk-kathunk) with high traffic or add several miles with heavier
traffic. Since it was a 30 mile commute (each way) adding miles was
not in my best interest.

So I investigated the construction site and figured out how to ride
though it. One day while on the return cummute I started down the
closed road. Shortly after getting on the road I heard a commotion and
in my mirror I was a car turn onto the same road. Turned out to be
some kids that wanted to have some fun at my expense. Thing was I knew
the road (and the recent 'repairs') and they didn't. The paved section
quickly disappeared and they had a rough slow ride which seemed to
aggrevate the hell out of them. But they kept coming, bottoming out,
hitting large holes, etc. I was in fear for my life because these boys
didn't seem to much in the way of IQ. They chased me for a mile and a
half. At this point the road had a pit which what about 8 feet deep
(they were flatting out an intersection). I knew the path through it
and dropped in (there was no way of avoiding it) and rode through.
They came to an emergency stop just short of the pit. I just kept
going. While I wasn't happy about the chase I was pleased with my
performace and the outcome. :-)

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03-11-2005, 06:46 AM

Neil Cherry wrote:
> On my commute to work, few years ago, they had ripped up the road dead
> center of my commute. Going around it involved either using a 1950's
> concrete road (which hadn't been maintained since the 1940's, kathunk-
> kathunk-kathunk) with high traffic or add several miles with heavier
> traffic. Since it was a 30 mile commute (each way) adding miles was
> not in my best interest.
>
> So I investigated the construction site and figured out how to ride
> though it. One day while on the return cummute I started down the
> closed road. Shortly after getting on the road I heard a commotion and
> in my mirror I was a car turn onto the same road. Turned out to be
> some kids that wanted to have some fun at my expense. Thing was I knew
> the road (and the recent 'repairs') and they didn't. The paved section
> quickly disappeared and they had a rough slow ride which seemed to
> aggrevate the hell out of them. But they kept coming, bottoming out,
> hitting large holes, etc. I was in fear for my life because these boys
> didn't seem to much in the way of IQ. They chased me for a mile and a
> half. At this point the road had a pit which what about 8 feet deep
> (they were flatting out an intersection). I knew the path through it
> and dropped in (there was no way of avoiding it) and rode through.
> They came to an emergency stop just short of the pit. I just kept
> going. While I wasn't happy about the chase I was pleased with my
> performace and the outcome. :-)

Much better than a Bill Baka story! Thanks.

(I forgot -- all the area kids LOVE Uncle Bill :-D )

Ride On, Bill *S*.

03-11-2005, 11:39 AM

On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 15:46:08 GMT, S o r n i wrote:
> Neil Cherry wrote:
>> On my commute to work, few years ago, they had ripped up the road dead
>> center of my commute. Going around it involved either using a 1950's
>> concrete road (which hadn't been maintained since the 1940's, kathunk-
>> kathunk-kathunk) with high traffic or add several miles with heavier
>> traffic. Since it was a 30 mile commute (each way) adding miles was
>> not in my best interest.
>>
>> So I investigated the construction site and figured out how to ride
>> though it. One day while on the return cummute I started down the
>> closed road. Shortly after getting on the road I heard a commotion and
>> in my mirror I was a car turn onto the same road. Turned out to be
>> some kids that wanted to have some fun at my expense. Thing was I knew
>> the road (and the recent 'repairs') and they didn't. The paved section
>> quickly disappeared and they had a rough slow ride which seemed to
>> aggrevate the hell out of them. But they kept coming, bottoming out,
>> hitting large holes, etc. I was in fear for my life because these boys
>> didn't seem to much in the way of IQ. They chased me for a mile and a
>> half. At this point the road had a pit which what about 8 feet deep
>> (they were flatting out an intersection). I knew the path through it
>> and dropped in (there was no way of avoiding it) and rode through.
>> They came to an emergency stop just short of the pit. I just kept
>> going. While I wasn't happy about the chase I was pleased with my
>> performace and the outcome. :-)
>
> Much better than a Bill Baka story! Thanks.
>
> (I forgot -- all the area kids LOVE Uncle Bill :-D )

I kill filed him a long time ago! That boy's not quite right in the
head! ;-)

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03-11-2005, 04:49 PM

Neil Cherry wrote:

> ...
> I kill filed him a long time ago! That boy's not quite right in the
> head! ;-)

Isn't that true of all Usenet regulars?

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03-11-2005, 07:42 PM

In article <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>,
Tom Sherman <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> writes:
> Neil Cherry wrote:
>
>> ...
>> I kill filed him a long time ago! That boy's not quite right in the
>> head! ;-)
>
> Isn't that true of all Usenet regulars?

Yes. I mean, errmmm, no.
I dunno. People are people, I guess.

People are mostly nice, despite our
propensities toward guns, cars,
viscious dogs, politics & religion.

Without those things, we'd probably
do okay.

cheers,
Tom

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