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Date: 10 Mar 2005 12:58:02
From: Ken Bradley
Subject: Any more questions?
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I know we all have been ask funny questions on laided back rides, but
this gets the prize.
Nearly, every day, same time, I use to commute pasted the same guy on San
Pablo Ave,
he was leaving his workplace and getting, all alone, into his pickup truck
for his
commute. He always looked very curiously at my SWB but never spoke. Finally
one day he asked, "are you handicapped"??
After I stopped laughing I replied, "no if I were handicapped I would have
to drive a truck to work!"
Too funny, and a perfect example of the mentality of most drivers out there!
"A bicycle is a toy that you should get over whene you're twelve! ??
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Date: 15 Mar 2005 10:33:19
From: Torben Scheel
Subject: Re: Any more questions?
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Ken Bradley wrote:
> I know we all have been ask funny questions on laided back rides, but
> this gets the prize.
>
> Nearly, every day, same time, I use to commute pasted the same guy on San
> Pablo Ave,
> he was leaving his workplace and getting, all alone, into his pickup truck
> for his
> commute. He always looked very curiously at my SWB but never spoke. Finally
> one day he asked, "are you handicapped"??
>
> After I stopped laughing I replied, "no if I were handicapped I would have
> to drive a truck to work!"
My best reply to that is "Yes, I can hardly move my legs". Most don't
get it at first ;-)
> Too funny, and a perfect example of the mentality of most drivers out there!
> "A bicycle is a toy that you should get over whene you're twelve! ??
Not so bad around here, but a lot of cardrivers have no respect for
cyclists rights on the street.
Cheers,
Torben
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Date: 19 Mar 2005 21:14:17
From: Slugger
Subject: Re: Any more questions?
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In article <4236b2f4$1@news.carlbro.dk >, Torben Scheel
<torben_scheel@hotmail.com > wrote:
> Ken Bradley wrote:
> > I know we all have been ask funny questions on laided back rides, but
> > this gets the prize.
> >
> > Nearly, every day, same time, I use to commute pasted the same guy on San
> > Pablo Ave,
> > he was leaving his workplace and getting, all alone, into his pickup truck
> > for his
> > commute. He always looked very curiously at my SWB but never spoke. Finally
> > one day he asked, "are you handicapped"??
> >
> > After I stopped laughing I replied, "no if I were handicapped I would have
> > to drive a truck to work!"
>
> My best reply to that is "Yes, I can hardly move my legs". Most don't
> get it at first ;-)
>
> > Too funny, and a perfect example of the mentality of most drivers out there!
> > "A bicycle is a toy that you should get over whene you're twelve! ??
>
> Not so bad around here, but a lot of cardrivers have no respect for
> cyclists rights on the street.
>
> Cheers,
> Torben
Its unfortunate that some bents look like wheelchairs, they would be
more widely accepted if they looked less like a wheelchair and had more
cool factor.
*ponders Bigha's cool seat*
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Date: 12 Mar 2005 23:11:27
From: Freewheeling
Subject: Re: Any more questions?
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Ken:
Actually I suspect that the question was prompted by the fact that a
recumbent looks vaguely like a wheelchair. I ride in the MS-150 fairly
often, and a few years ago there was a conflict with a local recumbent
event, so I was the only recumbent on the ride. When we passed through one
of the local towns the townspeople all came out, and they cheered me when I
went through... apparently having concluded that I must be handicapped to be
on a bike that looked like a lounge chair. They didn't give the other
riders the same response, so I guess the upright posture probably came
across as more "robust." Heh.
"Ken Bradley" <kengee@comcast.net > wrote in message
news:3e-dnQei1YtAKa3fRVn-oQ@comcast.com...
>I know we all have been ask funny questions on laided back rides, but
> this gets the prize.
>
> Nearly, every day, same time, I use to commute pasted the same guy on San
> Pablo Ave,
> he was leaving his workplace and getting, all alone, into his pickup truck
> for his
> commute. He always looked very curiously at my SWB but never spoke.
> Finally
> one day he asked, "are you handicapped"??
>
> After I stopped laughing I replied, "no if I were handicapped I would have
> to drive a truck to work!"
>
> Too funny, and a perfect example of the mentality of most drivers out
> there!
> "A bicycle is a toy that you should get over whene you're twelve! ??
>
>
>
>
>
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