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    Stuff we find on rides thread

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    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?
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    Sounds like something the kitties would like!
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    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.
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    it's a little intimidating to them. it's 3" in diameter. Perhaps a younger cat would like it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by alpinerabbit View Post
    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by alpinerabbit View Post
    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!

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    Quote Originally Posted by spokewench View Post
    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!
    hmm define OLD guy
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    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??

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    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.

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    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.
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    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.

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    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

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    lost and found

    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.

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    gloves!
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    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 . . .
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