The temperature was within the 20s (that’s on the American Freedom Levels™ scale, don’t @ me along with your socialist Celsius claptrap), so figuring the paths could be frozen I headed out for somewhat off-roading:
Sadly, everybody else has been using whereas it’s heat and muddy, so the paths have been rutted to the purpose the place it was disconcerting to trip them:
There’s no proper or flawed approach to trip a bicycle, and no bicycle owner can declare to reside on larger floor than one other.
That mentioned, mountain bikers are absolutely the worst.
I imply come on:
We’re on the level the place individuals cowl extra floor on their lawnmowers than they do on their mountain bikes:
What, no helmet?
Then, on the best way dwelling, I got here throughout this little bit of whimsical suburban street furnishings:
Cute, nevertheless it didn’t work, since a driver utterly didn’t yield to me on the crosswalk the place it was stationed:
So I took out my frustration on this deer, which I chased down and killed with my naked fingers:
Simply kidding!
It’s bodily inconceivable to chase down something quicker than a field turtle on a singlespeed mountain bike.
In the meantime, in city information, the NYPD is giving Brooklyn cyclists a stern talking-to:
Right here’s a Fred on a disc-braked Colnago receiving a pamphlet:
Presumably it’s the NYPD’s notorious “Sartorial Information For Roadies,” and the officer little doubt stopped the rider for his egregious socks-over-tights violation:
It was for his personal good.
Sure, individuals provide you with all types of fine stuff once you trip a motorcycle: street security pamphlets, summonses, intercourse toys…
After profitable the opening time trial of the 2022 Bloeizone Fryslân Tour, Ellen van Dijk (Trek-Segafredo Ladies) stood atop the highest step of the rostrum, and amongst different prizes, was offered with a field containing a blindfold, Kama Sutra taking part in playing cards, and intercourse toys from EasyToys, one of many occasion sponsors.
Scoff if you’ll, however when was the final time professional bicycle owner sponsorship really labored? I nonetheless do not know what the hell Cofidis is, however you’ll be able to wager I went proper to the EasyToys web site, the place I discovered they’re having a sale on masturbators:
Do you know you can too use it to mount a tubeless tire? It’s true! There’s at all times been a number of crossover between intercourse toys and bike instruments. For instance, with out clicking the hyperlink, are you able to inform me if this can be a chain cleaner or a vibrator?
When you answered “Sure!” then you definitely’re right.
Lastly, in information that may thrill the kinds of people that learn Streetsblog, somebody on Reddit made a motorcycle map primarily based o the regional prepare map:
It’s intelligent, however there are various evident omissions:
No Kissena Velodrome? No Cunningham Park??? No Excessive Bridge?!?
Outrageous.
