Old Plank Trail?

[Duck on Wheels]

So I clear my throat (subtle is my middle name) no response, call out "passing on your left" ...nothin'....try it again, ah! Success, they figure out who drops back and I pass.

As I did "newer rider" starts to sprint after me and I hear Project One gal say "nah, you don't want that".

Alrighty, if you're lurking, what did that mean?

She must know about my hat collection ;-)

Maybe the gal with the advice just thought that, as a biker, you were out of the other gal's league. I mean ... you do have one very fast-lookin' bike! And you did call out "passing on your left" like a pro, and then pass them. So maybe advice gal figured you were just too good a biker for newbie gal there.

Oooooorrrrr ... maybe advice gal wanted newbie gal to stay back with her.

So next time, stay back and call out "Hi! How 'bout after the ride, wanna come home and see my hat collection?"

[Lise]

Hey Lise...

I just rode the Old Plank Trail this weekend for the first time - it was part of the 56-mile loop of the Explore Joliet Sudden Century.

Honestly? I thought it was annoying to ride on -- lots of people to dodge and we stopped every .5 mile or so for traffic. I much preferred riding on the roads with traffic. But if you don't mind dodging walkers/joggers/little kids on bikes and stopping for traffic, then it's great! It is very pretty out there.

Thanks for the 411! I do not enjoy dodging people and stopping for traffic. Especially if I drove some distance just to get to ride the trail. I feel better about missing out on it now. Maybe some weekday morning I'll get on out there anyway. I do enjoy pretty scenery.

[Trek420]

bikeless in WI "next time, stay back and call out "Hi! How 'bout after the ride, wanna come home and see my hat collection?"

...or etchings? Just kidding. This is probably why I'm single, I'd rather pass than make passes

[KnottedYet]

"rather pass than make passes"

An admirable quality!

(we need that as a bumpersticker on the Team Fredwina Athena team car)

[Trek420]

I get to pass riders so rarely that I enjoy it when I do.

I was thinking of having my name changed through the process of being accepted use and just what everyone calls me to "on your left"

[KnottedYet]

I got wolf-whistled by a UPS driver today. And she was really cute. Does that count as a "pass"?

It was a friend of mine, and her partner would strangle her if she knew what she'd done.

It was pretty funny. I thought "oh, must be someone cute behind me" and didn't even know she was whistling at me until she shouted my name.

Then she called me on my cell and berated me for assuming she was whistling at someone else! (she's good for my ego)

What would we do without our crazy biker chick friends?

[Trek420]

It does not count as a pass from your partnered friend....

But it counts as wonderful support from a friend. Nice going with whistle and a follow-up call.