Stuff we find on rides thread

[mimitabby]

I'll start; last week I found a dollar bill 100 feet from the bus stop on Swift. picked it up. of course.
Then on Saturday i found a multicolored dodecahedron which appears to be made of some sort of super bouncy material, and when it hits the ground, it not only bounces but it lights up. I have no idea what it is, an alien?

[Eden]

Sounds like something the kitties would like!

[alpinerabbit]

I once found a hawk or kite feather which I proceeded to carry in my back jersey pocket for 100 miles (on my only century so far). (Something I coveted for a long time for shamanic work I do).
I saw a second one on the same ride but decided one emergency stop is enuff. I saw another recently and left it too because I turned once but not far enough and decided that it belonged to someone else.


Stuff I SAW on a ride, think that's another thread but I'll post here.

Sunday I saw a guy on a moderately decked out TT bike with TT helmet and believe me, a screaming yellow, shiny, full-body condom. I mean a full body suit. But what the hey was he doing on a ROAD wearing that thing. Doesn't it belong on the track?

I thought I was going bonkers.

[mimitabby]

it's a little intimidating to them. it's 3" in diameter. Perhaps a younger cat would like it.

[Eden]

Sunday I saw a guy on a moderately decked out TT bike with TT helmet and believe me, a screaming yellow, shiny, full-body condom. I mean a full body suit. But what the hey was he doing on a ROAD wearing that thing. Doesn't it belong on the track?

I thought I was going bonkers.

We had a gal here who used to (I haven't seen her in a couple of years) race TT's in a hot pink one....

I've found all sorts of stuff over the years - tools, lots of bungies, a few blinky lights. I ran over a $10 bill once, but I was on a group ride so there was no way to stop and pick it up. I've found 2 wallets (both successfully returned to their owners) while on my bike.

[spokewench]

Sunday I saw a guy on a moderately decked out TT bike with TT helmet and believe me, a screaming yellow, shiny, full-body condom. I mean a full body suit. But what the hey was he doing on a ROAD wearing that thing. Doesn't it belong on the track?

I thought I was going bonkers.

Okay, I know this is about what you find on your ride, but alpine rabbitt started it! I was riding with my friends offroad on the mountain here in Flagstaff one day and all of a sudden this OLD GUY comes ripping down the mountain in a really brief speedo. It was almost scary!:eek:

[mimitabby]

Okay, I know this is about what you find on your ride, but alpine rabbitt started it! I was riding with my friends offroad on the mountain here in Flagstaff one day and all of a sudden this OLD GUY comes ripping down the mountain in a really brief speedo. It was almost scary!:eek:

hmm define OLD guy

[Flybye]

I'll have to look harder.

So far I have only had success at leaving things on the road - like bits of my skin when I wreck - a little DNA. And I have lost a blinky light. And a freaking expensive bike computer that I turned around for and re traced my ride slowly for 2 miles before I found it. I got off my bike and waited patiently for the Suburban full of kids to pass so that I could pick it up off of the ground but it was smushed to oblivion by the Suburban right before my eyes............

I'll look harder for sure. I saw a ziplock bag of cheese curds once, does that count?? :p

[spokewench]

Mimi: Like 70's - (not that that is really old in age), but when you are deciding to wear a speedo on a mountain bike, on a mountain bike, not on a tri bike when you are swimming too - I figure it's kind of old and odd!

I'm 48 and will not wear a bikini on a bike - it was a sort of bizarre site.

[F8th637]

I passed a quarter on the road today but didn't stop to pick it up as I had just started my ride and there were cars coming around a bend. :D

[divingbiker]

I found a Body Glove wallet type thing (empty) that I use all the time. It's falling apart now, so I need to find another one.

[sundial]

Well, I ride where farm trucks travel so here goes:

bungees
springs
beer
1/2 half of a dog
pliers
sod
a tennis shoe
pornography

I once read an article about a cyclist that found a brand new life preserve and rode with it on in 90 degree weather. :)

[withm]

In the last month I've found
* wallet/checkbook (returned to owner)
* green bandana (kept it but bleached it out just to be sure it was clean)
* screwdriver (it's now in my kitchen drawer, thank you very much)

And about a hundred 1/2" PVC elbows. Actually they were scattered all over the shoulder of the road in a minefield pattern but I left them there.

You never know what treasure you will come across.

[mimitabby]

gloves!

[SadieKate]

Roadkill in good enough shape to return to collect (mit rubber glubbies and bag). Bubba gets the honor of harvesting the feathers for flytying.

And, shhhhh, don't report to Fish & Game, m'kay? It could be a tad embarrassing . . . :rolleyes:

[mimitabby]

we mostly just have crows and squirrels on the road. oh, and rats. ick.

[Aint Doody]

A long strip of unused condoms in purple wrappers. My riding partner (female) stopped to get them. Don't know what she did with them; don't want to know!

[sundial]

Roadkill in good enough shape to return to collect (mit rubber glubbies and bag). Bubba gets the honor of harvesting the feathers for flytying.

And, shhhhh, don't report to Fish & Game, m'kay? It could be a tad embarrassing . . . :rolleyes:

LOL! :D

[divingbiker]

A long strip of unused condoms in purple wrappers. My riding partner (female) stopped to get them. Don't know what she did with them; don't want to know!

I often see used condoms...I don't stop to pick them up.:p:cool:;):eek:

And we have plenty of rats also. It's interesting, in a disturbing kind of way, to watch them go from freshly killed to a bit smushed to nearly nothing over the course of a week or two.

[redrhodie]

I found a dog once. He was just running down the street, in a very affluent 'hood, obviously not supposed to be out. He was wayyyyy cute, I think he was a Fox Terrior. When I first saw him in the distance, I thought he was a rabbit, he was so fast.

I tried to catch him, but every time I got up next to him and slowed down, he'd speed up, which made people think he was my dog, and I got scolded for not having him on a leash. I ended up riding along with him, pointing him out to passing cars so he wouldn't get hit (at least he was running in the breakdown lane, which was good). Eventually he turned down a less busy street, and I had to leave because I was going to work, and really, what could I do if I did catch him? I was on a bike, after all. I couldn't hold him and the bike, and walk. So, I left and called animal control. Leaving him was the hardest thing to do. I still wonder what happened to him.

[Zen]

beer
did you keep it?

1/2 half of a dog :eek:


pliers
sod
pornography

Three very useful items ;)
Did you keep any of them?

[OakLeaf]

The fan off a car.

Not the fan belt, the fan. No idea how it fell out. Or how far the rest of the car got without it.

[Melalvai]

I found a dog once. He was just running down the street, in a very affluent 'hood, obviously not supposed to be out. He was wayyyyy cute, I think he was a Fox Terrior. When I first saw him in the distance, I thought he was a rabbit, he was so fast.
A couple days ago my dad was biking to work (yay!) and came across a dog that had gotten loose from its owner, who was frantically trying to catch him. My dad on his bike helped, basically by chasing him away from the busier streets until he was worn out enough that he stopped running.

We were just relieved that the dog did have an owner nearby. Twenty years ago my dad was out jogging and we ended up with the ugliest, biggest, friendliest stray mutt. "She just followed me home," he claimed. We asked if he was waving a steak in front of her?

[newfsmith]

My strangest find was on a cold (5F), windy, winter morning. Alongside the road to work was an empty cash drawer. I stopped to ponder it and decided that it looked in pretty good condition, and hadn't been there yesterday when I rode by. So I pulled out my cell phone and dialed 911. Since it was a cell phone I reached the state police, explained my find and location on the edge of 2 towns. They knew a convenience store had been robbed the night before and routed me to the appropriate police department. The only problem was that the police wanted my car license plate and make. I explained that wouldn't help them since I was on my bike not in a car. They wanted me to wait for them to arrive, so I asked that they come sooner than the 30 minutes they suggested, explaining my concern about hypothermia in the cold and wind. I did pull out the mylar blanket I always carry in the winter to break the wind more, but was pleasantly surprised when a police car pulled up within 5 minutes. The officer was quick about taking what information I could give him, looking at my ID, and taking down phone numbers. He also checked that I was ok cold wise before letting me head on to work.

[Crankin]

That's a great story, Newfsmith!
I haven't found anything, except roadkill (squirrels and chipmunks), which I quickly ride around.

[Running Mommy]

one day I was riding alongside a road with heavy residential and a big plastic soup ladle came flying out of a backyard fence.
I found that odd and amusing...

[maillotpois]

There was a big metal frying pan on Pepper Rd. the other day. It was pretty dented on one side.

I once saw a whole pizza. In the box, but the box was open enough so you could see there was a whole pizza in there.

[Running Mommy]

ahhh pepper road. I remember pepper road.
When I was younger I would run errands with my Grandma and we always traveled the back roads of sonoma/marin county(s)

[sundial]

Did you keep any of them?
Nah, the dog was too stinky. :p

[sundial]

The fan off a car. Not the fan belt, the fan.
http://www.mysmiley.net/imgs/smile/happy/happy0194.gif (http://www.mysmiley.net) Oh my gosh, that reminds me. When I was a young college student, I used to drive a real lemon. One day I was approaching an intersection and my driver's side hubcab came off and rolled through the intersection and made a perfect left turn. It jumped a curb and smashed into the side of a Pizza Hut.

[KnottedYet]

today I found a Nintendo DS along the road.

It works!

It was right in front of SKnot's old school, so I'll be calling the school to see if any of the kids have lost one.

I also "found" ("discovered" or "saw") a cruiser with pink rims and astroturf instead of paint on the frame. (the whole frame was covered in green astroturf!) It reminded me of Bill Nye's grass-covered car. (there is a brief glimpse of it in this video, but I can't find the vid of him driving it around Seattle http://youtube.com/watch?v=ymg7316fDCo )

[Flybye]

By George, I found something interesting on my ride today. I found a pair of mens undies, briefs, that were white with red stripes. I left them where they lay. How in the world do you lose a pair of underwear???? :D That's one of those questions that I really DO NOT want the answer to.

A Nintendo DS?? Wow! At first I imagined a Nintendo 64 console - they are pretty big and then I realized that it was a DS that you found.

Tomorrow I'd like to find a big ol' bag of money.

[SouthernBelle]

Yesterday I found a child's winter scarf, baby blue. It was in a school one, so I suspect somebody lost it after cleaning out a locker at the end of school. Though it's smallish, it will be useful for riding in the cold. Too small to get tangled in anything.

[short cut sally]

My riding partner and I get a chuckle at some of the things we find along side the road, and we then have to make up stories about how they got there. Last year, outside a bar was a single high heeled strappy shoe, how did she manage to loose that?:eek: Lotsa Underpants-usually all boxers. Last week a box of condoms and several wrapped condoms next to it. Thinking they only needed one and didn't want to get caught with the evidence so they chucked it out the window. A full sized computer console- that resembles a tv, old bikes, tv's thrown out, lots of tires, odds and ends of gloves and hats, and the usual amount of garbage thrown out instead of disposing of properly.

[limewave]

Along the lines of the bodysuit stories . . .

DH has told me several times that he's seen a lady hiking along the state park wearing hot pink, shiney leggings with a leotard, wearing a camel back and using trekking poles. I didn't really believe him, I thought he got a little dehydrated and was having flash backs to the 80s.

Then a couple of weeks ago I did an early morning ride out by the park when I was blinded by hot pink, shiney leggings! Then nearly fell off my bike when I realized it was NOT a lady but a 40ish year old man with a mullet! In a leotard! I saw chest hair!

[F8th637]

Along the lines of the bodysuit stories . . .

DH has told me several times that he's seen a lady hiking along the state park wearing hot pink, shiney leggings with a leotard, wearing a camel back and using trekking poles. I didn't really believe him, I thought he got a little dehydrated and was having flash backs to the 80s.

Then a couple of weeks ago I did an early morning ride out by the park when I was blinded by hot pink, shiney leggings! Then nearly fell off my bike when I realized it was NOT a lady but a 40ish year old man with a mullet! In a leotard! I saw chest hair!

LOL Oh my! :eek: To have a camera for that one would be priceless!

[mimitabby]

Along the lines of the bodysuit stories . . .
.

Then a couple of weeks ago I did an early morning ride out by the park when I was blinded by hot pink, shiney leggings! Then nearly fell off my bike when I realized it was NOT a lady but a 40ish year old man with a mullet! In a leotard! I saw chest hair!

I hope you left him there!!!

[7rider]

today I found a Nintendo DS along the road.

It works!


What's a Nintendo DS?? I will guess and say a handheld video game?? :confused: (yeah...no kids here, can ya tell?)

DH and I have found several cellphones (3 that worked and were returned to their owners and one or 2 that were smooshed beyond repair).
We found a great big honkin' bible. DH got to carry that one back to the church that was named on a sheet of paper inside it! :cool:
It's amazing what people appear to put on the roof of their car before they drive away.....
I once found the rechargeable battery for a flashlight from the local volunteer fire department.
DH found a wind-proof lighter that went to my (then) smoking neighbors.
And we have a fine collection of bungee cords, vice grips, screw drivers, and wrenches, courtesy of the side of the road.
Haven't seen any strangely dressed (or undressed) men (thank goodness!), but I have seen more than my fill of dead animals....dear, squirrels, birds, and other unidentifiable flattened fauna.

[RoadRaven]

Sunday I saw a guy on a moderately decked out TT bike with TT helmet and believe me, a screaming yellow, shiny, full-body condom. I mean a full body suit. But what the hey was he doing on a ROAD wearing that thing. Doesn't it belong on the track?

I thought I was going bonkers.

I wonder if he had just got something in his TT kit and was testing it out to see how the whole ensemble worked.
Over here its not too unusual to see TT gear on the road as we have no track and our races are all run on the road. But usually people leave their body suits for race day only! :p

[mimitabby]

a telephone book! (large!!!)

[csr1210]

Several times, I have come across the odd shoe on the side of the road. How does one shoe get there? Did the person not notice? Did they just run around with one shoe for the rest of the day?:confused:

Other than single shoes, we see bungie ties and some kind of white nylon ties that must come off of feed sacks or something (can't figure out why else there would be so many lying around the road in our area). I've almost gotten to the point where I don't automatically think, "akkk snake" when I see them -- almost;) Oh, and lots of road kill:(

Christy

[spokewench]

Once riding my bike in the Lake Chabot area near castro valley in California, I was riding and a loose horse sans rider came running full tilt at me down the trail. Since I was a horse person, I got in front of him, waved him down and grabbed his reins to stop him. Do not do this at home if you do not know how!

A little while later, two people riding double came up on a horse to get the horse. I almost let him loose again and slapped him on the butt when they acted quite surly and never even thanked me for catching their horse! What is wrong with some people?:confused:

[mimitabby]

silly horse owners. I must say i'm impressed. I don't think anyone can outdo finding a horse!

[SouthernBelle]

Actually, I found a gun once. A 9mm.

[mimitabby]

Actually, I found a gun once. A 9mm.

lol!! what did you do with it?

[uforgot]

Dead Armadillos! When the heck did they move to Missouri? For the past few years I've seen them all over the place. Never ever before!

I also found a crisp five dollar bill along with some empty McDonalds containers along the side of the road a couple of days ago when I stopped to take a break. No buildings or other people around.

[SouthernBelle]

lol!! what did you do with it?

I was so freaked I just left it!

[indigoiis]

On my century ride Sunday, I rode by an itty bitty kitten on the side of the state road! One of our team called ASPCA (I didn't know that at the time and called my DH to go get him!) Poor thing.

[mimitabby]

On my century ride Sunday, I rode by an itty bitty kitten on the side of the state road! One of our team called ASPCA (I didn't know that at the time and called my DH to go get him!) Poor thing.

not sure i could have passed that kitten without taking it with me! :eek: :(

[Aggie_Ama]

This afternoon's commute: one lone women's running shoe and what appeared to be the contents of a large bag of jumbo cotton balls. Seriously, cotton balls all in the grass on the side of the road.

[Melalvai]

This afternoon's commute: one lone women's running shoe
You might ask Geonz about that shoe...

[Biciclista]

Today I found a 20 dollar bill!!
I was riding the bike you see in my avatar with a coworker, coming back from a meeting, and he passed right by it, and I yelled WAIT! sure enough a folded up 20 dollar bill WAHOOO!

[Biciclista]

yesterday, just as we passed one of my favorite stores in Seattle, Ye Olde Curiosity Shoppe, I noticed a tiny doll in the street. I told Raleighdon about it, and game as he always is; he went back to get it.
While he was circling, I saw a large american car with two happily gabbing women run RIGHT OVER this poor little doll.
Donald followed behind, snatched it and said "It's in great shape!" I found that hard to believe after watching a 1 ton car run over it.

When we got home, he finally handed it over to me, it was a lonely little scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz. It's hat is what suffered the most, but, hey scarecrows are not known for their great garb, not usually. The second photo shows him searching for his friends.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

What a cutey!! I'd say it's a lucky sign.

Maybe he can be penpals with Ruby and her little gang of ruffians! :)

Keep us posted if he ever finds his friends..... :o

[Natasha]

DH and I found a tablet of blank police tickets by the side of the road.
On another trip we found a bunch of empty boxes of Levitra (ED supplements).

[SouthernBelle]

Last month I found a honking big Dewalt cordless drill. If anybody has a charger, I could use it. :p

[derailed]

I have found in the last year;
a cordless drill ( turned in to the constabulary )
2 bikes ( also turned in )
a handful of bungees ( kept )
a pair of tinsnips ( returned to owner )
a ballcap ( kept, washed, and appreciated )
a truck wrench ( given to a friend )

[Biciclista]

thanks for rejuvenating this thread. Recently I found SAND!!
EVERYWHERE SAND! and pieces of car tire chains. :eek::eek::eek:

[Eden]

I wasn't on a bike at the time (I was walking) when I came across bags and bags of Chinese finger puzzles.... I still have a few of them kicking around the house.

[derailed]

I'm new, so they are all new to me. Expect lots of bumps!

Sand? I hope it wasn't too awful.

[Zen]

DH and I found a tablet of blank police tickets by the side of the road.


Oh, the fun I would have with those :D

[OakLeaf]

two cordless drills, a case of Levitra and a pack of police tickets :eek::eek:

[withm]

Damn - I could use a cordless drill!

I did find a nice screwdriver though

And a bandana

[ClockworkOrange]

.........................When we got home, he finally handed it over to me, it was a lonely little scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz. It's hat is what suffered the most, but, hey scarecrows are not known for their great garb, not usually. The second photo shows him searching for his friends.

That was so good to read, bet she will be happy in your garden.

Immediately next to where I live, the heathland starts and when riding along there last week, noticed a pair of men's jeans............the mind boggles as to why, how and what was he wearing when he left! :eek:

Not sure if this counts, about 5 years ago, one Sunday morning I looked out of my kitchen window, to discover somebody had dumped an old skanky mattress on the TOP of my little car, the poor old aerial was all squished underneath! :mad:

One phone call and the local Council removed it, almost immediately.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3388/3186733791_4cdc1f6796_m.jpg

Clock

[Tri Girl]

Not sure if this counts, about 5 years ago, one Sunday morning I looked out of my kitchen window, to discover somebody had dumped an old skanky mattress on the TOP of my little car, the poor old aerial was all squished underneath! :mad:

One phone call and the local Council removed it, almost immediately.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3388/3186733791_4cdc1f6796_m.jpg

Clock


Now THAT'S bizarre... who does things like that?:confused:

[Tokie]

This morning as the sun was coming up, a big wave crashed sending a beautiful seaspray in the air about 3 feet above my head (riding on the 101 freeway along the pacific ocean, in semi darkness) In my gazing at it in awe, I found something sharp that gave me a flat. When I walked to the off ramp to fix it, I found a commercial type cooks apron. DH uses those to work on the bike. It came home under my jacket after I fixed the flat! Tokie

[ClockworkOrange]

Now you guys have got a lot to answer for, especially Biciclista's story of the small doll. ;)

I seem to be scouring the road for what might be laying about.

Well, yesterday when I went out for my 12 mile ride in the pouring rain and wind, I noticed little NoBody.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3308/3194024700_d7c0b33569.jpg

Not sure why but I thought it was quite sad, once a cute doll with an owner that loved her but now, nobody. :rolleyes:

Clock

[lph]

that looks like the cover of a really creepy crime story to me :eek:

but then, i'm easily scared by dolls :rolleyes:

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Now THAT'S a scary doll! :eek:

[Aggie_Ama]

I keep seeing a bag of shop rags on the side of the road. The thin white towel type. I pedal on by, I don't need someone's possibly used shop towels. I wonder when the juvenile probation crew will be by? They usually keep this road nice and tidy.

[beccaB]

I found a litter of kittens playing beside the road. When I stopped to investigate, some of them chased me. I could have stuffed 3 of them in my bike jersey, but the husband nixed that idea.

[Crankin]

You found a pack of Levitra? :eek::eek:

[Aggie_Ama]

You found a pack of Levitra? :eek::eek:

I bet that fetches a lot of money on the black market. Of course that is illegal. :p

[OakLeaf]

I think Natasha said the boxes of Levitra were empty. More's the pity. :p

[Crankin]

I never see anything good. Occasional wrappers from candy, road debris left over from winter, and dead animals. I guess people around here are too conservation minded and don't throw stuff out of the window.
The only time we found something was when we had to pull over on the sidewalk for my husband to adjust something on his bike. It might have even been on a walk, I can't remember. Anyway, we found a wallet. So we got home and searched the woman on Google. She had moved from the address on her license, but she still lived in Boston. When Steve called her, she was so happy; she was leaving the next day on a business trip to Europe and had no ID, so she drove out here to get the wallet. I think when she saw my husband, she thought she might get a date, but then I came to the door...
She had stopped to fix a flat and her wallet dropped out of her jersey. She rewarded our honesty by giving us a gift card to Starbucks.

[Jolt]

This wasn't on a ride, it was on a hike, but it was a weird thing to find. My friend and I found a busted-up printer or copier (don't remember for sure which it was) along the Midstate Trail in Rutland this summer. It wasn't that close to a road either (that we knew of anyway). Pretty random.

[lph]

This wasn't on a ride, it was on a hike, but it was a weird thing to find. My friend and I found a busted-up printer or copier (don't remember for sure which it was) along the Midstate Trail in Rutland this summer. It wasn't that close to a road either (that we knew of anyway). Pretty random.

what, you don't take your printer/copier with you when you go hiking?? good thing you found one, then :p

i found a wallet once, forget where. managed to track down the owner, a woman from the middle east, recent immigrant, who barely spoke norwegian and no english. arranged to meet at a central spot, was met by her husband, heavily bearded and in traditional i.e. non-western clothing.

he spoke flawless queens english and presented me with an excellent, very old french cheese, brought back from their latest trip to paris. that had me chuckling the whole day.

[Brandi]

A great bike light and a small velcro pig that hangs out on my handle bars now!

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

i found a wallet once, forget where. managed to track down the owner, a woman from the middle east, recent immigrant, who barely spoke norwegian and no english. arranged to meet at a central spot, was met by her husband, heavily bearded and in traditional i.e. non-western clothing.

he spoke flawless queens english and presented me with an excellent, very old french cheese, brought back from their latest trip to paris. that had me chuckling the whole day.

Wow, I love that story!

Some town dumps (like ours) require you to pay a small disposal/recycling fee when you bring them computer components to dispose of. That's why I saw a big computer monitor thrown over the steep side of a dirt road way out in the country last year, on one of my favorite rural rides. :( I bet that's why that printer got dumped.

[Eden]

I have a similar experience to LPH's . Actually I've found 3 wallets while cycling... all three I managed to track down and return to the owners. One had been left on a car roof after the owner bought gas, and two had been stolen.

The story of one of the stolen ones was quite similar to LPH's. It obviously belonged to an older man - there were medicare cards and other things in there, but most of the the things inside indicated that the person was either from out of town or had moved here recently. I called some of the numbers I found in the wallet and managed to get the boyfriend of the man's daughter, who called him. The couple was still in the store where the wallet had been taken and I probably found it before they even realized it was missing. The person who took it probably just removed the cash then tossed it out of their car window a few blocks from the store. The couple was very sweet - only a little English, but they wished me a merry christmas and I think the woman gave me a hug, even though I was still in my wet cycling clothes.

[cylegoddess]

Its pretty clean here in Canberra, but occasionally stuff pops up;

roadkill( three in last month, :mad: poor skippy.)
a torn up phonebook. It was really windy so it had made it over about 10 km. I wondered the whole ride. who has time to tear up a whole phone book?( or strength.)
a mans rain jacket covered in white paint stains. I took this home and washed it,and it did me well until I bought a proper cycling jacket. then it went to salvos.
4 dead cockatoos( the power lines. cant they do something about those things? terrible)
One nice cardigan( which I hung over a fence, someones school jumper)

And I do have a possible explanation for pants.
My husband and I, went to a party where we ate some mysterious cake, that had a sign on it - one piece at a time.Being greedy, we ate two( he had three). Severak hours later( I been hiding in back room, afraid of monsters) he came in from cold, with no pants on , just pajamas he had under pants to keep warm. So I said, where are your pants. He smiled and said, Ive been walking around the suburb and I woke up on a park bench, surrounded by kangaroos, in the misty morning light!! So I said, but WHERE ARE YOUR PANTS?!! He said, Ive no idea!! I vaguely recall thinking,oh drat these pants, I dont need them!! and chucking them( with wallet, credit card and three hundred in cash, no less). We got the pants and wallet back( sans cash and credit card) and Im still wishing that I had as much fun as he did( I thought a interdimensional creature had kidnapped me ,and vampires were in the nect room! what a party pooper!)!!! No more mysterious cakes, for me ever again( but gives those garments a mysterious and decadent sort of gloss for me now);)

[Zen]

Oh my!
I haven't eaten any of that type of baked good since 1979 :D

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

If my husband came home after a party with no pants, he'd have some 'splainin' to do! :cool:

[redrhodie]

Now I want mystery cake. Pants are so overrated anyway. :D

[ZenSojourner]

Clearly, Aussies know how to party.

;)

[cylegoddess]

I really hope that I never eat ANY of that cake again! ( well cant anyhow, it had grain and im allergic.)
I could hardly chide him over the pants when I spent three hours in back room, hiding from monsters!!

[Biciclista]

not to change the subject, but last week, Raleighdon found a unicorn!
a little purple one.
Yesterday i found earrings still on the card but they were cheap and crushed.

[Eden]

It was a while ago, but I found a nifty necklace. I think it's pretty cheap, blue stones that are probably not turquoise and silver metal. It has little open work balls and flur de lis type hanging bits with the blue stones spaced between.

[yellow]

What a find I had yesterday! It was my birthday and the street goddess gave me a beautiful, perfect little plastic T-Rex. I was stopped at a light during my morning commute, kind of spacey because I had just finished my Crossfit workout and was generally feeling llike Jell-O. I looked down, and there it was, looking back up at me. I picked it up and it is now affixed to the Bob Jackson. Now the next time that school bus pulls up with its mirror 2 inches from my head, I can RRRRAAAAAAWWWWRRRR!!! at it with my T-Rex.

Life is good.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c1/tasdan/Just%20for%20Fun/Bikes/IMG_0002.jpg

[spindizzy]

Inner tube on ride on Tuesday evening. I hope the person that lost it did not get a flat. I only picked it up on my ride home..it was still there.

Have found 2 - $5 bills in the last 2 weeks. But not on my bike.

[sundial]

Squished toads, baby turtles, a wrench, and travel size K-Y Jelly.

[Aint Doody]

This wasn't on a ride either. Today my lunch walking partner and I were on our river trail that goes through town. A drunk was staggering towards us. He sat down on the ledge and proceeded to topple over backwards onto the rocks. It happened in slow motion, but he never dropped his cigarette. He ended with his behind in the air with his pants mostly down! Not a pretty sight--to see a big, hairy, bare booty staring at us. We asked him if he needed help. He was so drunk he couldn't even answer us. We walked on to the police dept. and told them he needed help.

[Biciclista]

This wasn't on a ride either. Today my lunch walking partner and I were on our river trail that goes through town. A drunk was staggering towards us. He sat down on the ledge and proceeded to topple over backwards onto the rocks. It happened in slow motion, but he never dropped his cigarette. He ended with his behind in the air with his pants mostly down! Not a pretty sight--to see a big, hairy, bare booty staring at us. We asked him if he needed help. He was so drunk he couldn't even answer us. We walked on to the police dept. and told them he needed help.

he couldn't answer you, then he would have dropped his cigarette!!
:p:p:p

[sundial]

It happened in slow motion, but he never dropped his cigarette.

Ok, that made me laugh!! :D :D :D

[Flybye]

What a find I had yesterday! It was my birthday and the street goddess gave me a beautiful, perfect little plastic T-Rex. I was stopped at a light during my morning commute, kind of spacey because I had just finished my Crossfit workout and was generally feeling llike Jell-O. I looked down, and there it was, looking back up at me. I picked it up and it is now affixed to the Bob Jackson. Now the next time that school bus pulls up with its mirror 2 inches from my head, I can RRRRAAAAAAWWWWRRRR!!! at it with my T-Rex.

Life is good.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c1/tasdan/Just%20for%20Fun/Bikes/IMG_0002.jpg

This dinosaurs twin brother is in the office of my faculty supervisor...grrr baby!!

[7rider]

This morning, I found an ID cluster (about 4 IDs on a strap! :eek:) for a guy who works at Walter Reed. I recognized the picture on the ID - he's a bike commuter and I had ridden with him before when our paths crossed. I stuffed the IDs in my jersey pocket and continued my ride. About 10 minutes later, I saw him riding back on the opposite side of the street. He was riding like he was obviously looking for something on the ground. I called for him to stop, waited for traffic to clear, and he came back around to me.
"Did you lose your ID?" I asked.
"Yeah. It fell out of my bag. I didn't realize my bag was open."
Fortunately, the ID was the only thing he lost out of the bag.
I gave him back his ID and off we rode. It certainly made my morning easier, b/c now I don't have to figure out how to track him down!

[ivorygorgon]

On a hike up to a cinder cone, DH and I found the inner shell of a pond. We figure it must have just blown up there. I can't imagine anyone hiking that around!

[Melalvai]

After I told a friend how I'd gotten into the habit of using the roadside on this Omaha trip, he sent the following to me:

The unexpected benefits . . . when are YOU going to find something this neat? Should be soon, at the rate you're using the bushes . . .

For an elderly Australian tourist on a trip to the northwest of Queensland, nipping into the bushes to relive himself, a sort of unscheduled toilet stop has surprising consequences as he stumbled over the exposed remains of a 100 million year old marine reptile.

[nic840]

On todays ride our club was crossing through an intersection. I was rolling through and spotted at least 20 pennies on the road. I made it through the intersection and had to turn back. Lucky pennies in the road...can't leave them behind. So I went back and gathered them up and made it back to the pack.
I handed out one to each of the women on the ride to put in their seat bag...have to share the luck. I still had about 5 when I got home for my girls piggybank!

[laura*]

On nearly every ride in the urban/tourist part of town: Coins. Sometimes just a penny. Once about 40 pennies. Nickles, dimes, quarters - at least once for each.

A few years ago in suburbia: A nearly full box of unopened packages of contractor type orange foam ear plugs. I spent about 10 minutes picking them all up. I wasn't sure how I'd get them home - until I found the box they came from.

A few years ago in a rural area: A lovely bright red wide brimmed woman's hat - in middle of the road, not yet run over. I stopped and wondered what to do with the hat for a while. In the end, I tied it to a nearby fence post. When I rode by a day or two later, the hat was gone.

A week ago in the tourist zone: A Leatherman multi-tool. The saw and knife blades showed heavy use. Because I had no cargo capacity at all, I'd have had to a) leave it, but I figured I deserved this prize as much as any other passerby; b) hold it in my hand for the rest of my ride, which wasn't practical; or c) put it in the coin pocket of my biking skort, which may have resulted in a torn skort. In the end I decided to d) anonymously gift it to a friend who lived nearby.

[Jones]

I don't know if this is really a find but I recently saw "Elvis" driving a red convertible Cadillac.:cool:

[Biciclista]

On a hike up to a cinder cone, DH and I found the inner shell of a pond. We figure it must have just blown up there. I can't imagine anyone hiking that around!

what is a pond? A body of water? an inner shell? can you explain?

[Tuckervill]

I think she means one of those small ready-made ponds that people put in the back of their suburban landscapes.

Karen

[Aggie_Ama]

Last night I found a perfectly fine ponytail holder while mountain biking. So I took it home and washed it with dish soap. I am always losing mine, so why pass up a good one? :cool:

I also pick up bike tubes on trail. Someone else was too lazy to carry it after a flat but I can patch it. :D

[denda]

We found a digital camera one time.

[sarahspins]

Along one of the routes I ride regularly, there is an abandoned vacuum cleaner about 6 feet off the road in a ditch.. it's been there forever - I can only think it must have fallen off someone's truck or something.

[shootingstar]

A toilet cover.
Often, find a sock or 2. Why??? Or maybe people dry wet socks on the back of bike rack somehow?
A burnt out van in the middle of ravine bush. Now that was creepy. It was early morning. It did look like arson. (I knew a guy, an ex-cop, who committed suicide by setting himself and car on fire. So upon seeing this several years later, it turned me cold...on a hot day. I was cycling by myself.)

[OakLeaf]

Lately I've been seeing banana peels on the road EVERYWHERE. What is up with that? Nobody in my club throws banana peels off while riding. The other clubs around here ride very, very hard and wouldn't be able to peel a banana while riding. This area isn't that densely populated. Yeah, I see solitary roadies or people I don't know in groups of two or three, but not enough to account for all these freakin' banana peels. This week, I even found a banana peel on the road I live on. I've lived here for 12 years and I have never seen another cyclist on my road, except the time I led two of my club-mates on a short cut. Is it raining bananas when I'm not looking? What's going on? :confused:

[Biciclista]

wild monkeys?

[shootingstar]

a child's rear bike seat carrier..by a construction site. Given the context, it truly looked strange today.

[sundial]

Part of a couch and an old style cabinet t.v.

[AnnieBikes]

I saw an old computer monitor...almond colored, like the first computer monitor we ever had from Gateway Computers back in the late '80s. It was HUGE compared to what we have now. Why don't people use the recycle bins provided for electronics at the city dump? It gripes me so much to see stuff like that just pitched onto the side of the road!! I guess they think that a magical sinkhole will suck it away to never-never land! :rolleyes:

[HappyTexasMom]

My son found a pair of cheapie sunglasses on our very first ride out (I took him on sort of a test ride a couple of days ago to see if I thought he was ready to go out on the bike lanes). I took these pictures a couple of days later when we went on his first "long" ride; he's sporting his find. :)

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[crazycanuck]

One high heel. I did wonder how it arrived there...:confused:

First off, for the person to lose it they would either have:
a-walked a lonnnng way to the Roe Hwy & it's not near pubs etc..
b-ran up the embankment & jumped over the fwy fence

odd..

[KKern]

A friend and I were out early on a Sat morning and both happened to look over to the side of the road where there was the largest dildo both of us have ever seen. It was at least 14" long and had balls too. We almost fell off our bikes we were laughing so hard.
Weird thing was, it was gone when we rode back by later. :eek:

[Zen]

I have so many questions about this one but I don't think I can ask them here. i may just have to PM you later :D

[Biciclista]

oh, how funny. Found a pocketknife yesterday; it was one of those ones with the cool wood inlays on the sides. one side was missing..:(

[salsabike]

Weird thing was, it was gone when we rode back by later. :eek:

Now THAT'S the scary part...

[sundial]

A steering wheel cover.

[Trek420]

Now THAT'S the scary part...

Where are you? I think I saw it for sale on Craigs :p ;):rolleyes: :eek::eek:

[Selkie]

A steering wheel cover.

Was it a furry animal print? I've actually thought about ordering "cow" fur seat covers for my car (it has light tan upholstery). The steering wheel cover is leather, but I still would consider getting the furry cow cover for it (I wonder, do they make stick shift knob covers in that material?). I think it would look great, as I have a "lightning red" Impreza!!!

[KKern]

OK, we were only going to take a pic of it. :D:p

[limewave]

So, I didn't find this on a ride, but I didn't know where to post this so it's going here. This was scrounging in our yard yesterday morning. It looked very wild. It was about the size of a large lab, except it was very lean and muscular. Long white face. Ringed tail and large black paws.

Labradoodle experiment gone wrong???? Definitely not a red fox (I've had a lot of people say that). It was about twice the size of a fox and, as I mentioned earlier, it has a ringed tail.

[Eden]

hmmmm that definitely looks like a cat of some sort - its the wrong shape for a mt lion cub though.....

[OakLeaf]

Very strange - have you contacted your local wildlife authorities? It might be an escaped exotic.

[limewave]

I haven't contacted anyone yet. I thought about emailing the DNR. Maybe I'll do that.

[Biciclista]

looks like a fox with ringworm (no tail hair)

poor thing!

[Biciclista]

here's a fox with a full feathered tail.

[limewave]

Hmmmm, could be. But it didn't have big pointy ears. They were smaller and rounder than that.

[Biciclista]

its ears certainly don't look right. Maybe the poor creature was in a fire and its eartips were damaged too?
and instead of ringworm, that's scarred tail?

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

That is one weird looking animal- I can't tell what it is!
Foxes are nowhere near as big as large labs. Doesn't look coyote, or cat, or even dog. :eek:

We have a whole family of poor mangy red foxes in our neighborhood lately- apparently the mother was injured and her adolescent cubs all scattered about into people's yards, including ours. Mostly they're being left alone to wander off and find homes somewhere. Today my neighbor told me she saw a 3 legged fox go up our driveway. :( It's been guessed that they don't have rabies, but are mangy. Poor things.

[limewave]

The MI Wildlife Conservancy said they think it is a fox with a severe case of mange. :( Poor guy.

[talespinner]

:D On a tour along the Lewis and Clark trail a friend collected state license plates she found along the road. After 6 weeks she had 5 plates from different states.

[sundial]

A Coozie with a zipper.

[BikingNurse]

Two weeks ago I found cans, cans, and cans. Not to mention an obscene ammt of trash. I went back the same way and we collected enough cans to fill two 13 gallon bags and I also took a yard waste trash bag and filled it as much as we could. (I took my 7 yo. son with me to help.)

It kinda worked out for me because I am using all the cans to recycle to put towards my MS ride next month.

[7rider]

Yesterday, I found a credit card reader on the road. :confused:
I picked it up and brought it home - definitely the heaviest thing I've carried in a jersey pocket.
The merchant was not identified on it, but there was a toll free number for a help desk. So I called. The woman was shocked that I found it and was making an effort to return it. DH said the unit probably has credit card numbers stored in it somewhere. I figured someone was pretty freaked out about not having it. She couldn't give me the name of the merchant but could connnect me directly. So she did, and I left a voice mail.
But, it was Saturday a.m. I wonder if this guy won't get this message until Monday a.m.?
Well...I can only do what I can do.

[Selkie]

My headlight picked up something sparkly on the pavement this morning, so I pulled over and checked it out. Turns out that it's a little gem--almost certainly a cubic zirconia because the setting is sterling silver. The setting was pretty beat up, probably got run over several times. Looks like it was once an earring.

[sundial]

Some bling for Margot? ;)

[7rider]

Yesterday, I found a credit card reader on the road. :confused:



Well...
Turns out our card reader belongs to a mobile windshield repair service. They did a repair, the guy put the card reader on a bumper or roof of the truck or some such, and drove away. Card reader fell off...and viola....I picked it up.
They were very happy to have it found....and we have a free windshield replacement if we should ever need one! :D

[Zen]

What does a credit card reader look like? I'm guessing it's a scanning device?
I'm thinking of you with one of those old machines that produces carbon copies stuffed in your jersey pocket:p
But I know that's not right.

[OakLeaf]

The mobile card readers I've seen don't look much different from the fixed-in-place ones at store checkouts. Just a little bigger to accommodate a battery and the wireless "stuff," and maybe tending more to rectangular than square so they fit better in someone's hand.

Like most things, they're getting smaller all the time. Waiters have them in their apron pockets at a lot of restaurants, now. A windshield repair place has probably been using it for a long time and so probably has a larger one, more the size of the things you sign on when you get a UPS or FedEx parcel.

So 7rider, you did your good deed for the day! :D

[7rider]

Yeah, at first, I thought it was a calculator/adding machine. It was about 8" long x 5" wide by 3" thick (~20 cm x 13cm x 8 cm), with a roll of paper at the top (the plastic cover was off, but I could snap it back on), but the paper roll was smooshed. It had a slot at the bottom to stick the card in and an biggish LCD screen.
My SIL has one for running charges at crafts fairs where she sells her jewelry.

[cylegoddess]

WELL,
I was riding along thinking, why dont I ever see anything interesting on my rides, for this thread?( yes , Its sad but I have no life!)
Just then, I looked over and saw a bag , laying in the greenbelt ditch, between the road and myself. So I thought, hmm that looks promising. I opened the bag and found a fresh bouquet of daffodils! So, I decided hmm, I want that so I put into backpack and decided to visit my husbands nanna in hopsital.
Well, it was a epic ride - freezing cold and gale force winds, large hill- but I made it to the hopsital, only to find she had left!
So I took the flowers home, and washed the bag. It looks like it will be good fit for my freemasonry swords( hard to carry those around, unless you have a hockey bag or) something.
I took a photo but will have to post it later,as I am so tired from ride that I havent uploaded pics.
Oh and stopped on way home, 1 km from house and fell asleep resting my head on my arms on the stem standing up!:rolleyes:
Cute guy woke me up, and said are you ok?Which was embarrassing, so I mumbled, yeah, rode farther than I have before , so he took off.

[PamNY]

Tonight I saw 8-10 condoms (unused) spilled on the bike path. I didn't pick them up.

Pam

[Trek420]

could be the same guy who lost the bag of daffodils "oh &^%, I dropped the flowers. Now I have no chance. Whado I need these for?" ;) :p :rolleyes:

[7rider]

I found a large white envelop with a person's name on it in the middle of the road. It said "George (last name) #77". It was ripped partially open, exposing a metal clip holding a bunch of papers together. I left it propped up on the side of the road against a sign. I didn't want to go opening up someone's package, but there was no way to i.d. who this person was or where he was from what was on the package. I just did a quick search on Universal White Pages for his name, but came up with no one local.

[kmehrzad]

Tonight I saw 8-10 condoms (unused) spilled on the bike path. I didn't pick them up.

Pam

LOL ... someone's party was ruined.

[Aggie_Ama]

A daschund. The little gal was chasing DH and I on the mountain bike trail while her owners frantically tried to catch her (off leash trail). I figured out she was going to keep following us so I scooped her up. She repaid me with kisses and gave her back to the sobbing little boys. The were probably 3-7 and of course the youngest thought she was gone for good when she ran away. She was only a puppy, maybe a leash would be a good idea? Or training?

I also found a ponytail holder. Grosses DH out that I pluck them from the dirt but I soak them in rubbing alcohol for a couple hours to kill the gross germies. :rolleyes:

[kmehrzad]

I found $20 once on the W&OD Bike Path. Someone must have reached into their back pocket, pulled out a snack and the $20 fell to the ground.
The cutest find, though, was a snapping turtle the size of a dime. I saw something very small and round moving as fast as it could along the bike trail pavement. I pulled over and it was the tiniest snapping turtle ever. He/She was working so hard to cross. I had to help him/her before someone ran it over.

[PamNY]

I found a wallet, with cash, credit cards and driver's license. I couldn't get a phone listing, so I went to her building and left a note with the doorman. Luckily the park where my hawks live was nearby and I was still there watching birds when she called.

Returning the wallet in person was fun. We were both on bikes. She's a grandmother who's planning to do a century. My kind of woman.

Pam

[Zen]

I found $20 once on the W&OD Bike Path. Someone must have reached into their back pocket, pulled out a snack and the $20 fell to the ground.


Yes! That's exactly what happened! Thank you :D

[kmehrzad]

Yes! That's exactly what happened! Thank you :D

haha ... sorry Zen, money is spent and way gone on some bicycle or kayak accessory.

[ClockworkOrange]

I rode past a ladies bike today, that was just laid against a bush, just seemed an odd place for a bike to be.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2555/3978364410_24ef3f2133.jpg

One hour later I came past it again and not sure why but I just felt uneasy about it. The bike was not in very good condition but all the cables where fine, plus tyres and there was a padlock but it was not being used.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2441/3978364430_82a0693f73.jpg

I am such a http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y272/Missbe/c8ba8b1490988a48.jpg

I now realise how deserted the place was and that if somebody had pinched it, they would have probably just left it on the ground. If the owner had left it there, they would perhaps have locked it up, although there is nowhere to really go along there.

Then my mind goes into overdrive, has some poor girl been dragged off her bike and, and goodness knows what might have happened to her. I look around at all the bushes and a short distance away there appeared to be a white sheet. :confused:

I decided to take some photos instead of touching the bike.

Had been home a short while and decided it was no good, I thought it better to phone the Police.

Very soon after that they returned my call, to tell me that the front wheel of the bike was not working and also that they had checked the area out and everything was OK.

Clock :rolleyes:

[lph]

This doesn't really count as being seen "on a ride", but anyway: when I got to work one morning and parked my bike in our underground parking area, I passed this:

Yup, one of my colleagues taking his or her rock for a ride :rolleyes:

[PamNY]

Yup, one of my colleagues taking his or her rock for a ride

That's hilarious. I hope the rock had a lovely time.

Pam

[OakLeaf]

On my ride last weekend, sitting on top of a guardrail piling at the top of a hill in the middle of freakin' nowhere (not a building in sight, and I could see a long way from the top of that hill), a pair of swim goggles. :confused::p


So lph, since it's a colleague, you must have found out the story behind that rock? Just ballast for training? ;)

[Biciclista]

speaking of worrisome
On a trail near our house my DH found a little kid's backpack. It was surrounded by a cell phone and little girl's clothing, including underwear. He really freaked out. He picked up the cellphone to see if there was someone he could call. As he picked it up, it rang. It was the kid's mom.
15 minutes later, a very angry mommy and contrite little girl met him to get the pack and cellphone. Mother said "WHAT WERE YOU DOING THIS FAR FROM SCHOOL?" the girl was about 9 years old.

[lph]

Lord, that would've freaked me out properly too.

From the bike it seems that the rock belongs to one of the "non-cyclist" cyclists, so it could any one of about a hundred amiable nature-loving nerdy colleagues that I don't know that well...
I'll have to keep a eye on that bike.

[7rider]

Yipes for the backpack and kid tale. I don't know if I'd WANT to know the full story on that one.

I'll have to remember this rock, each time I lament the weight of my commuter bike vs. my road bike. My DH feels that riding a heavy commuter is a fine thing, as it makes rides on my lightweight road bike seem more like flying. If you can slog it up that hill on a heavy bike, think how fast you'll go on a light one! :D

So...no doubt, THAT'S what your co-worker is doing. Training. Yeah. That's it. Training...

[Mad Kate]

Roadkill in good enough shape to return to collect (mit rubber glubbies and bag). Bubba gets the honor of harvesting the feathers for flytying.

And, shhhhh, don't report to Fish & Game, m'kay? It could be a tad embarrassing . . . :rolleyes:

I’ve a wildlife salvage (road kill) permit, which I never used. There are always a few road killed opossums around here. There was one right on a sharp corner along the way to my office. Many of my colleagues ran over it earlier. They asked me to remove it, so they won’t have to drive over it again. I took a look at it and rode off.

[moderncyclista]

There is a guy that rides around my town in the spring/summer in just a speedo on his bicycle. He has long hair and a moustache.

He is locally known as "Speedo Jesus."

He's like the "White Whale" (I did put the proper name of this classic book, but the TE forum blanked it out) of cycling in my town. He's elusive and mysterious. I have seen him, but haven't had the nerve to ask what is going on with the speedo. Truly, a strange person to find on a ride.

[MommyBird]

This is not quite on topic...

While running I found a Bible. It had a name imprinted on it and I called a member of the church in our little town an asked if they new the person. They did so I gave it to them to get it to the owner.

When I say little town, I mean little. Not even one street light.
On our main street we have a gas station, post office, the bank closed but just opened as a car lot, a lawyers office, several small county government offices, a couple of monuments, two churches, less than 10 homes and our claim to fame is the oldest functioning court house in Georgia. They use it once per month to maintain this status, otherwise it is more of a museum.

My other running find was a leather gun holster. Creepy.

[Eden]

There is a guy that rides around my town in the spring/summer in just a speedo on his bicycle. He has long hair and a moustache.

He is locally known as "Speedo Jesus."

He's like the "White Whale" (I did put the proper name of this classic book, but the TE forum blanked it out) of cycling in my town. He's elusive and mysterious. I have seen him, but haven't had the nerve to ask what is going on with the speedo. Truly, a strange person to find on a ride.


If that's the fellow I'm thinking of, I've heard his story.

Many years ago he was in an accident and had a bad head injury. As with many who've damaged their brains, his inhibitions are not quite all there and he was apt to do things that other people would think twice about.

He said he just got too hot one day and that's how he started riding around in nothing but a thong. He seemed to enjoy the attention that it was getting him a bit, but he also seemed a bit overwhelmed by it as well. I just read recently that he passed away and it seems likely that it was suicide.

[Trek420]

Not quite found on a ride .... found walking my mutt this morning a Huffy frame (just the frame, no fork, wheels ....) in good condition at the spot where my neighbors all dump stuff they are not supposed to dump :mad:

Not quite the Motobecane mixte I once found but good enough to go to the Trips for Kids thrift store. I'm sure someone will build it up. :cool:

[Zen]

... (I did put the proper name of this classic book, but the TE forum blanked it out)...

You mean Moby Duck?

[Trek420]

Very soon after that they returned my call, to tell me that the front wheel of the bike was not working and also that they had checked the area out and everything was OK.

Clock :rolleyes:

Or maybe the rider was just behind a tree picking apples :)

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=27213

[sundial]

He is locally known as "Speedo Jesus."


I almost choked on my coffee when I read this. :D :D

I found a ceramic toilet on the side of the road.

[moderncyclista]

I just read recently that he passed away and it seems likely that it was suicide.

Oh no, Trust me... "Speedo Jesus" is alive and well. At least in my town. He's some of the "local flavor" (that doesn't sound right) around here. If there is more than one...what lucky ladies we are am I right? :p *said sarcastically* As long as there is no "Thong Jesus" we can all breathe a little easier.

And yeah, Zen : Moby "Duck"
I didn't think about that being censored for some reason. Makes sense. :)

[Eden]

Oh no, Trust me... "Speedo Jesus" is alive and well. At least in my town. He's some of the "local flavor" (that doesn't sound right) around here. If there is more than one...what lucky ladies we are am I right? :p *said sarcastically* As long as there is no "Thong Jesus" we can all breathe a little easier.


Oh but there is..... this is the guy I was originally thinking about - http://www.tampabay.com/features/humaninterest/tallahassees-bikini-bicyclist-loves-to-ride-with-little-to-hide/1019825

I believe this fellow is alive and well. My search the other day actually lead me to a different and infamous thong cyclist..... (who had committed suicide). Yours may be an entirely different one yet - as he appears to be a speedo wearer and the other two were thong men.

[moderncyclista]

Ha! There is more than one.

"Speedo Jesus" resides in the Midwest is very skinny, 40ish, with long curly hair and a moustache, usually seen in a dark colored speedo.

It's sort of a matter of pride around here, if you've seen him or not. If not, you are regaled with tales of his spottings. Like he's "Nessie" or something. :D

As for the "Thong Jesus" (or plural of that) - :eek:
I'm sure there are people of all types who enjoy the bicycle. :o

[Melalvai]

Saw this a couple days ago, it was just above freezing but I stopped and dug out my camera for a photo.

http://www.kemenel.org/melalvai/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/fish-cropped-300x230.jpg
A rescue attempt gone horribly wrong?

[Zen]

My guess is that fish was swiped from a backyard pond by a bird who couldn't hold on to it.

[Melalvai]

My guess is that fish was swiped from a backyard pond by a bird who couldn't hold on to it.
No wonder the fish tried to escape. The backyard ponds were all frozen over last week! :D

[sundial]

Melalvai, lol.

I found 3 rolls of toilet paper that was chucked from a car. But it's not near the toilet that met the same fate.

Also-- a console t.v. and couch.

[Biciclista]

I saw an onion. But i didn't pick it up. Figured it was bruised.

[PamNY]

I don't know why, but that fish is making me giggle. Even though he did lose his life...

Pam

[7rider]

I don't know why, but that fish is making me giggle. Even though he did lose his life...



I used to live in coastal town with a large commercial fishing port. One day (while not on my bike), walking back to my apartment in a house nestled among the processing plants (lovely neighborhood :rolleyes:), a herring (http://www.gma.org/herring/default.asp) fell out of the sky and landed with a <<SPLAT!>> not far from me. :eek: I suspect some poor gull lost his dinner, but it was pretty funny.

Happily or not, I haven't found anything interesting on rides lately. I did find a $5 in the pocket of my pants I packed in my pannier this morning, tho'. That was pretty cool.

And Pfunk12, I am beginning to realize, finds trouble on lots of her rides! ;)

[PamNY]

I saw a group of men with guns. They were in a slightly isolated location under a highway overpass. Few people other than bikers would see them.

I'm sure they were plainclothes cops. Still, after I got home I worried about seeing news of an audacious group of criminals who got suited up to commit their crime as bikers whizzed merrily past them

[Biciclista]

raindrops. lots of them. They were wet.

[Biciclista]

two days ago, my DH found 26 dollars (a 20, a 5 and a 1) on his way to work.
So last night when he passed up a 5 dollar bill, I quickly snatched it up "STOPPING!" i yelled. He thought it was fake money. :D

[malkin]

A bunch of broccoli and later the same day a lone potato.

[Zen]

I never find anything. I probably would have even stopped for the potato

[Selkie]

A toad, taking a stroll after some rainy weather. Luckily, I saw him in time that I could take evasive measures and not run him over.

[PamNY]

I never find anything. I probably would have even stopped for the potato

Aw, Zen. That's poignant. If I lived near you I would strew vegetables in your path.

[Catrin]

All I found today on the road were animals that had not been able to escape the wheels of a car :eek: A gopher, squirrel and a chipmunk in different parts of my route... Vegetables would have been much more preferable!

[Owlie]

Yep, roadkill squirrel is the sum of it.

[pumpkinpony]

I found a socket set on the side of the road in Denver... Gave it to my brother as I already had two.

Hacksaw.

Random socket wrenches.

Multi-function screwdriver, one that you can pull out the end and flip it around, or pull the whole piece of metal and flip it around.

(can you tell I'm attracted to shiny things on the side of the road :p )

Starbucks gift card. The gals I was riding with got excited over that one, but called the number on the back and the balance was zero. :rolleyes:

[Shaula]

Golf balls, a penny, a smashed snake, keys....

[Owlie]

All I found today was a squashed robin. :(

[Melalvai]

Dead skunk, dead fox, and a broom. A witches' duel?

[Catrin]

Dead skunk, dead fox, and a broom. A witches' duel?

Thankfully I had just swallowed my coffee when I read this, thanks for the laugh!

Yesterday I only saw one road kill, a poor frog.

[7rider]

I think the pile of something I saw yesterday used to be a turtle. But I couldn't be sure......:(

[Aggie_Ama]

Last week I was descending a hill at the mountain bike trail and saw a Camelbak podium bottle on the ground in the middle of the trail. It was actually in a precarious spot so I stuck it in my bottle cage and watched for a cyclist without a bottle but I saw none. I brought it home, disinfected it, ran it again through the dishwasher and added it to the collection. These are $9-10 bottles, I am sure someone was disappointed to lose it as it appears fairly new. :o

I also find tons of ponytail holders. These are my cat Tortilla's favorite toy so I bring them home, wash them with dish soap and give them to her. I also collect tubes which mountain bikers have an affinity for just discarding on the trail. One day I will patch or recycle them.:rolleyes:

[crazycanuck]

Was out yesterday on a trail that's going to be part of the event i'm doing in mid sept and found this section boooooooooring. It was like watching paint dry :rolleyes: Halfway into my ride there was a very nice looking blue couch on the side of the trail which looked inviting!

[marni]

I also find tons of ponytail holders. These are my cat Tortilla's favorite toy so I bring them home, wash them with dish soap and give them to her. I also collect tubes which mountain bikers have an affinity for just discarding on the trail. One day I will patch or recycle them.:rolleyes:[/QUOTE]

keep a couple of the pony tails things in you underseat bag. They are handy for fastening kerchiefs around wounds, fasten things to your frame,etc,

Take one of the tubes, cut it into small sections of 1-3 inches and carry a couple for boots on future flats, slit them into strips, use them as tie ups on miscellaneous bundles of stuff for storage or recycling, tie up your plants with them. Take three cut apart to make three long tubes, fasten the top together with a pony tail, braid them the entire length, fasten the ends together with another pony tail thing and you have a portable, strechable clothes line for hanging things up on without clothes pins, just tuck them in between the braids. Cut another on into a length and use it for passive resistance in stretching and for ball exercises.

have fun and play tug of war with another. Recycle the rest. Mama Gaia will thank you.

[Catrin]

Lots of wooly/furry caterpillars crossing the road. I lost count of how many I saw in 5 hours. Isn't it a little early for them to show up?

[PamNY]

I found a $5 bill today. What shall I buy with it?

[emily_in_nc]

I found a $5 bill today. What shall I buy with it?

V-Day candy? :D

[sah]

I was riding in Fort Ord and looked to hear a red tail Hawk screeching.:)

Along with the great views of Monterey Bay.12639

[csr1210]

A big screen tv. Seriously. I suppose it's better than roadkill (but there was lots of that too).

[Trek420]

On our walks over the last few months about 400 lotto scratchers. I entered them into the "2nd chance" drawing online.

[PamNY]

V-Day candy? :D

Excellent idea! All my Christmas candy is gone. I will wait until it goes on sale, though.

[PamNY]

Reviving this old thread because I found something fun on a Memorial Day ride: a grand piano under the Brooklyn Bridge. I sent my photos (https://www.flickr.com/photos/8867349@N08/sets/72157644812388666/) and video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juA_YOcoIcI) to Gothamist, (http://gothamist.com/2014/05/29/photos_have_you_played_the_east_riv.php#photo-1) and it went on to become a fairly big story.

This link (http://vimeo.com/97237931) appeared today in my Youtube comments -- now I know what they were shooting!

The origins of the piano remain a mystery.

[azfiddle]

Pam- wow- that's very intriguing!

[withm]

They staged 88 pianos around NYC last year as a sort of performance art exhibit. They were all outside but not in such good condition. My guess is that this one might be one of them.

Piano project in NY - 88 pianos scattered around the city for anyone to play, now until 6/16/13

More here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/07/arts/music/the-sing-for-hope-pianos-project.html

see also the links for video and slide show.

Pretty cool but I can't help but wonder about the rain?

[PamNY]

I found info about the 88 pianos when I was searching the origins of this piano (but not the NYT story -- thanks!). I didn't know about that project, but I'm fairly sure this one did not come from that source. It's on a little beach where people aren't supposed to go, and it's not painted as the 88 pianos were. Well, it wasn't painted initially -- by now it has graffiti, and someone brought the piano flowers (https://flic.kr/p/nBSJ3s).

There have been news stories speculating that the piano was placed under the bridge for the video shoot -- which I assume would be illegal. The person who made the video put the Vimeo link in the comments on my Youtube video -- but then the link disappeared. Maybe he feared legal action?