Odd things you eventually figure out...

[crazycanuck]

One afternoon a few weeks ago I noticed some strange marks on my hands & thought.."those are odd bruises". Thought nothing of them & hoped they'd go away.

Umm..the other day I realized what these "odd bruises" actually were/are

A tan from my cycling gloves- What's even more amazing is that it wasn't even that sunny over the cooler season..

Do tell me your "I figured it out eventually" cycling story

[Trekhawk]

Snort!
I had those little shapes on the back of my hands last summer. LOL I thought mine were hard to remove dirt from gardening and spent ages scrubbing them in the shower before the penny dropped.

[WindingRoad]

Get this! I STILL have little triangles along the edges of my feet from my Keen cycling sandals from LAST YEAR! What the deuce!

[Geonz]

Yesterday I figured out why our school entrance gives the right of way to the left turners coming into the school. Left turn more important than straight? At the noon class change traffic backs up on the main road... so this reduces the cars getting out onto it and increases the flow off those roads into campus. I'd figured there was a reason but watching the snarls made it clear. (Made me glad to be on my bike, too, so I could cut through campus.)

[papaver]

A friend of mine just recently moved to a new apartment. After a few days she called me in the middle of the night, telling me she had a poltergeist.

The day after she heard again banging noises against the wall... those noises came back every night. She finally called someone ... how do you call it... a psychic/clairvoyant??????.... to chase away the poltergeist.

The man came to her home and after 15 mins or so the banging noise started. The man almost immediately started laughing. And he just said: your 'poltergeist' has a very healthy sexlife it seems.

Not very on topic, but still a funny story.

[Biciclista]

Don't let the cute little cherry tree grow that is on your fence line. It will become a huge tree with a giant trunk and an immense canopy that covers your neighbor's garden and costs a fortune to remove.

(sigh)


Papaver, that was funny.

CC, DH has funny callouses on his hands from RIDING!

[Zen]

Get this! I STILL have little triangles along the edges of my feet from my Keen cycling sandals from LAST YEAR! What the deuce!

I have those too.
I call them 'tiger stripes'

[GLC1968]

I tend to wear a lot of white t-shirts to work either under jackets, vests, etc, so I have quite a few. All of a sudden, about mid-summer, I started noticing that all of my white t's were getting these weird stains down the front or the back of them. The patterns were the same, but it wasn't always in the same place. I didn't notice it until they came out of the wash, so I was ready to blame the wash (and I started wearing colored t's).

Just last night as I was lying in bed trying to fall asleep, I was going over all the things in my bag for my ride after work today. We go for sushi (or some other food) right after riding, so I always want to make sure I have something somewhat suitable to wear. Baseball hat? Check. Non-cycling shoes? Check. Towel to wipe off my face? Nah...I'll just use my t-shirt again.... LIGHTBULB !!

Holy cow...I have been ruining my white t-shirts by using them to wipe the sweat off my face after riding. I wear a light mineral makeup to work and apparently when you mix it with sweat, it stains cotton. Duh! Mystery solved!!

[redrhodie]

I've had this ongoing neck pain for a couple of years that I kind of thought (but wouldn't admit) was from cycling. It's pretty much a constant part of my life, and I have learned to live with it until I can't bear it, then I see my chiropractor.

Well, I realized yesterday that I haven't had the pain at all for more than a week. The only thing that's changed is my local grocery store, that I walk to almost daily, has been closed for renovations for the past 10 days. Ah hah! Not cycling pain, but carrying groceries!