What's the weirdest thing you've encountered on a bike trip?
- MZ33
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An older gentlemen, appearing to be in his seventies, sitting on a large red scooter in the grass, wearing a white sleeveless undershirt and boxers, with his hair askew, as if he had just rolled out of bed. I waved, he waved, and only after I had ridden past did it dawn on me, "How odd . . . "
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Well I must admit, the christmas tree in my lane of the dual carriageway, took me by surprise, but I have to say "other bikers" wins hands down.
90% of bikers you just pull over at a cafe and chat to, are fine, but there are some right basket cases out there
Personally though I think the person who'd added spikes to their gear (which appeared to be made out of gaffer tape), and had blatently stuck that shiny plastic which is supposed to look like metal in kids toys, onto his bike, is the clear winner so far.
90% of bikers you just pull over at a cafe and chat to, are fine, but there are some right basket cases out there
Personally though I think the person who'd added spikes to their gear (which appeared to be made out of gaffer tape), and had blatently stuck that shiny plastic which is supposed to look like metal in kids toys, onto his bike, is the clear winner so far.
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My SO and I have come across quite a few things. ..the regular squirrels, and rabbits. . .deer crossing the road (which I'm sure alot of you have seen) but the most surprising was the bird that hit us in the middle of Arizona on the freeway!! Took us both by surprise, as well as a couple of cages near us! You should have seen their faces!
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My initial thought was "the dead javalina outside of Bagdad, AZ". Which isn't really that odd, because Bagdad is fairly rural...
And then I remembered the dead horse... just outside of Phoenix. Anyone who has headed out to Yarnell from the west side of Phoenix knows that you can take 99th Ave (Lake Pleasant Rd) out to the Carefree Highway and that it is a relatively well-traveled, populous route. We're not talking dense population, or anything, but... you can see houses all around the whole way out.
Which is why it was so very odd to be riding out, maybe a mile past the last stop light, and see a... what the...? was that a... ? No, I think it... what the heck is a dead horse doing hooves-up on the side of the road?!
And then I remembered the dead horse... just outside of Phoenix. Anyone who has headed out to Yarnell from the west side of Phoenix knows that you can take 99th Ave (Lake Pleasant Rd) out to the Carefree Highway and that it is a relatively well-traveled, populous route. We're not talking dense population, or anything, but... you can see houses all around the whole way out.
Which is why it was so very odd to be riding out, maybe a mile past the last stop light, and see a... what the...? was that a... ? No, I think it... what the heck is a dead horse doing hooves-up on the side of the road?!
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A dead cow lying on a deserted mountain road near Kalka, in northern India. The animal's eyes were open and the look of sheer disbelief on its face was extraordinary. As I came round the bend it was staring straight at me.
Because there is almost no other horizontal land up there in the Himalayas cows spend their entire lives wandering along the roads. My guess is that it had fallen from the edge of another road higher up the mountain. Three vultures were hopping about when I arrived and beginning experimentally to tear it apart.
The road was narrow and cut into the side of a near vertical rock wall. That meant, to get past it, I had to ride along the very edge of the cliff. I don't want to have to do that too often.
A local later told me that the number of cows that fall to their deaths annually in India is the same as number of people who die annually from coconuts falling on their heads - Hmmmm! You think he was pulling my leg?
Because there is almost no other horizontal land up there in the Himalayas cows spend their entire lives wandering along the roads. My guess is that it had fallen from the edge of another road higher up the mountain. Three vultures were hopping about when I arrived and beginning experimentally to tear it apart.
The road was narrow and cut into the side of a near vertical rock wall. That meant, to get past it, I had to ride along the very edge of the cliff. I don't want to have to do that too often.
A local later told me that the number of cows that fall to their deaths annually in India is the same as number of people who die annually from coconuts falling on their heads - Hmmmm! You think he was pulling my leg?
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6 guys on sport bikes
I was traveling down the I-5 between the border check point and oceanside, I was doing about 65-70 (due to the cold) and low and behold there where 6 guys ridin differant sport bikes in the center lane on one wheel. The first one that past was not unussual I see guys pulling wheelies on the freeway all the time. But this was wild, they where in staggard formation about ten feet apart. #1 goes by, gives a wave then 2,3,4,5,6 all doing wheelies. I almost swerved on to the shoulder, Then continued on for a good 1/2 mile until they started putting them down. It looked like a dance routine. The guy at the front placed it down and changed lane then they all followed suit. It was the strangest thing I had seen in my short time on a bike. I tried to pull up to them, but M50 verses sport bikes, uh no, they sped up to over 100 and were gone over the hill.
Speaking of wheelies, I hate it when guys pull them right next to me. That sudden burst of rev...whhheenn then I see a wheel up at the coner of my eye...Freaks me out...Don't be the wheelie guy in my bubble...
Speaking of wheelies, I hate it when guys pull them right next to me. That sudden burst of rev...whhheenn then I see a wheel up at the coner of my eye...Freaks me out...Don't be the wheelie guy in my bubble...
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