Lunch on a Bike...Or Not

[TahoeDirtGirl]

You are so right about the very high number of bikers (for the size of state) and the even higher proportion of mature bikers. I don't have statistics for that but they are everywhere when I'm riding around.

I'm also noticing another non-statistically based "fact."

I say hello to every biker that I pass or meet.

kids younger than puberty always say hello back
young ladies up to about college age NEVER say hello back
.....they give you that drop dead you are so uncool look
young men up to about college age always say hello back
.....many of them will stop and inspect my bike and show me their add-ons
bikers not wearing helmets NEVER say hello back
"racers" decked out in full regalia almost NEVER say hello back
....unless they are mature bikers and then they STOP and talk and talk

Interesting.

You are a crack up. I couldn't see your video but this tidbit can spark many conversations.

Out in the high sierras, everyone is pretty friendly, except the wknd tourists (or tourons as we affectionately call them). I hardly ever got no hi back.

Here in New England tho, I noticed on the road most people wave or say hi (small town) except the road bikers decked out in kits. I noted that the brighter the kit, the less they wave. Haha..

Women over 35 are more friendly.

Mtn biking is weird here. I haven't seen many people on the trails. I spied one in Freetown and went riding up the fire road like my shorts were on fire. He sped up!!! I just stopped trying to say hi and be nice. It's kind of weird for me, because people where I ride out west are always coming up to you in the parking lot and asking about the trails or saying 'nice bike'. Here they put their ipod on and run off....oh well...I did have a guy with only a towel on (and a tribal tat..nice) come up to me in the parking lot when it was raining and told me I had a pretty bike. I couldn't stop staring at his bare chest and his goosebumps...uhhhh what were we talking about again?

[TahoeDirtGirl]

Pardes do they need seats? I have a seat from my bike that I tossed after getting the terry. Maybe they can give it a home...

[pardes]

Tahoey....I think we could be Burns and Allen. YOU are the crackupper. I'm Gracie. Speaking of which you are FAR too young to remember Gracie Allen doing a 1950's black and white TV commercial for Pet canned milk. It was a scream.

Anway, stay away from goose-bumps covering tribal tats.

I'll be posting the video on my website after I correct the typos. Perhaps you will be able to view it there.

And WHEN are you coming to Delaware so I can interview you? Promises, promises. I bet if Spielberg asked you.......