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September 15, 2015 at 10:57 pm #1037811
KWLParticipant@GovernorSilver 124266 wrote:
…It kind of sounded like she preferred me to call my pass with “On your left” or something like that instead of using the bell, but again, I wasn’t sure.
Oh then she would really be unhappy with me, as I call my pass of other cyclists as just “Passing”. If it isn’t on their left, they are doing something wrong.
September 16, 2015 at 9:03 pm #1037884GovernorSilver
ParticipantYou: The owner of the Jamis Ventura who left it leaning on the sidewalk sign in front of Roti’s in NOMA.
Don’t do that. Unless you desperately want it to be stolen – assuming you didn’t steal it yourself.
It was starting to fall when my coworker and I got in line. Didn’t want to touch it in case it got stolen (fingerprints), but since it was falling next to me with people staring, I felt compelled to pick it up and lean it on the sign.
September 16, 2015 at 9:21 pm #1037886dasgeh
Participant@GovernorSilver 124382 wrote:
You: The owner of the Jamis Ventura who left it leaning on the sidewalk sign in front of Roti’s in NOMA.
Don’t do that. Unless you desperately want it to be stolen – assuming you didn’t steal it yourself.
I’m really not sure why this kind of thing bothers people so much. In Breckenridge, everyone left really nice (mostly MTB) bikes everywhere, usually without a lock, sometimes with a cable. It was wonderful. I know in DC there is a high likelihood of theft if you leave your bike unlocked or poorly locked, but why would that bother bystanders?
September 16, 2015 at 11:35 pm #1037893TwoWheelsDC
Participant@dasgeh 124384 wrote:
I’m really not sure why this kind of thing bothers people so much. In Breckenridge, everyone left really nice (mostly MTB) bikes everywhere, usually without a lock, sometimes with a cable. It was wonderful. I know in DC there is a high likelihood of theft if you leave your bike unlocked or poorly locked, but why would that bother bystanders?
For real…if there are unlocked bikes around, I don’t have to worry about thieves going after mine.
September 17, 2015 at 12:18 am #1037895Participant@dasgeh 124384 wrote:
I’m really not sure why this kind of thing bothers people so much. In Breckenridge, everyone left really nice (mostly MTB) bikes everywhere, usually without a lock, sometimes with a cable. It was wonderful. I know in DC there is a high likelihood of theft if you leave your bike unlocked or poorly locked, but why would that bother bystanders?
It didn’t bother me in the sense of making me angry or whatever. But when it feel right at my feet as I was waiting in line, I couldn’t just leave lying there on the ground. I felt sorry for the person about to lose that bike.
Seems like my post bothered you more than the incident bothered me?
There was a purse snatching from one of the food trucks on that very street (First St. NE, near intersection with M St) yesterday. NOMA BID has worked hard to clean up NOMA but there are still people who can and will walk away with anything you leave lying around, and have no compunction about doing it in broad daylight in front of witnesses.
September 17, 2015 at 12:21 am #1037896Participant@TwoWheelsDC 124392 wrote:
For real…if there are unlocked bikes around, I don’t have to worry about thieves going after mine.
That must have been it. The bike owner left the bike lying there out of consideration for the owners of other bikes locked up on that street.
September 17, 2015 at 12:37 am #1037897baiskeli
Participant@GovernorSilver 124382 wrote:
You: The owner of the Jamis Ventura who left it leaning on the sidewalk sign in front of Roti’s in NOMA.
Don’t do that. Unless you desperately want it to be stolen – assuming you didn’t steal it yourself.
It was starting to fall when my coworker and I got in line. Didn’t want to touch it in case it got stolen (fingerprints), but since it was falling next to me with people staring, I felt compelled to pick it up and lean it on the sign.
Maybe it was a bait bike! The police are doing a sting to stop bike thieves!
What am I thinking.
September 17, 2015 at 12:46 am #1037898Participant@GovernorSilver 124394 wrote:
It didn’t bother me in the sense of making me angry or whatever. But when it feel right at my feet as I was waiting in line, I couldn’t just leave lying there on the ground. I felt sorry for the person about to lose that bike.
Seems like my post bothered you more than the incident bothered me?
There was a purse snatching from one of the food trucks on that very street (First St. NE, near intersection with M St) yesterday. NOMA BID has worked hard to clean up NOMA but there are still people who can and will walk away with anything you leave lying around, and have no compunction about doing it in broad daylight in front of witnesses.
It’s not just you. Here and on the Women & Bicycles group people have posted a lot of “here’s this bike, don’t leave it unlocked! ” and my thought is “why are you bothering to tell people. The potential for theft when a bike is unlocked is so, so obvious.”
Besides, I always hope a missed connection post will be a good story. I had gotten my hopes up
September 17, 2015 at 1:08 am #1037903Participant@baiskeli 124396 wrote:
Maybe it was a bait bike! The police are doing a sting to stop bike thieves!
What am I thinking.
Heh. Too bad I beat ya to that same joke
September 17, 2015 at 1:11 am #1037904Participant@dasgeh 124397 wrote:
It’s not just you. Here and on the Women & Bicycles group people have posted a lot of “here’s this bike, don’t leave it unlocked! ” and my thought is “why are you bothering to tell people. The potential for theft when a bike is unlocked is so, so obvious.”
Besides, I always hope a missed connection post will be a good story. I had gotten my hopes up
That’s why I don’t enter storytelling competitions. I know where my talent is lacking.
Like I said, I’d just witnessed a snatch-and-grab yesterday on that very same street – just a few yards away from the spot of today’s story in fact – that was fresh on my mind when we encountered this “bait bike”.
September 17, 2015 at 12:34 pm #1037921Participant@GovernorSilver 124402 wrote:
Heh. Too bad I beat ya to that same joke
You did? I missed it. I still want 10% of the royalties.
September 17, 2015 at 1:22 pm #1037932mstone
ParticipantYou: riding toward me on a big wheel unicycle
Me: going up the hill on W&OD toward the VA Ln crossing of 66.
How the heck did you get that thing up the hill?
September 17, 2015 at 2:58 pm #1037952Participant@baiskeli 124420 wrote:
You did? I missed it. I still want 10% of the royalties.
Yes, you missed that somebody beat you. So, no royalties.
September 17, 2015 at 6:44 pm #1037986Participant@GovernorSilver 124451 wrote:
Yes, you missed that somebody beat you. So, no royalties.
Wrong – I’ll sue you until your legal bills are closing in on the 10% and then you’ll settle!
September 18, 2015 at 12:56 pm #1038033PotomacCyclist
ParticipantMe
You: Forum spammer
(Posting this just to bump the latest spam thread off the top of the forum index.)
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