^^^ Good point. Neocons are the ones running around fucking everything up.
Also: I too had a clipless issue on my way home last night, definitely augmented by heavy shit in my panniers and my level of intoxication. 1.5 mai tais + 2 pints of IPA = 1 drunk Kat. I was at a standstill, so the only thing hurt was my pride. Fortunately, the incident was not witnessed by any .83ers... unfortunately, it was certainly witnessed. By someone I was trying to impress. With how cool and coordinated I am on a bike. Yeah.
I had a great shin-smack as we were leaving Volunteer Park, too... it's going to turn spectacular colors, but right now it is just swollen and tender.
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 12:39 pm
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surlykat wrote:
unfortunately, it was certainly witnessed. By someone I was trying to impress. With how cool and coordinated I am on a bike. Yeah.
Fallibility can inspire sympathy as it shows you are human; think of this as making you seem more accessible.
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 12:42 pm
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Matthew wrote:
vaticdart wrote:
A lot of conservatives are actually far more amenable to alternative forms of transportation then one would expect, they're just even more beholden to the oil industry and their big yummy lobby dollars.
Whoa there, cowboy. Don't drag "conservative" into the discussion when you really mean "neoconservative".
The problem nowadays is that conservatism, at least in this country, is so wrapped up in the religious right that a great deal of the what was good about conservatives before has been eclipsed by the neo-esque traits. My step dad was a real conservative, an old school republican; I've met others with similar views and have to say that while most of those views I either agree with or at least consider reasonable, they don't usually include strong views on modes of getting around. I'm sure there are exceptions, of course, but "conservative" also means, for a lot of people, "I like things the way they are and fear change."
The current neoconservative movement can't last too much longer, well, I probably shouldn't say that... Regardless, it will be a glorious day when the neoconservative movement implodes, unless, of course, it gets replaced by something worse.
And to avoid any further political discussion, I will say no more on this subject.
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wakingjonas
Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 4:08 pm
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Rogelio wrote:
surlykat wrote:
unfortunately, it was certainly witnessed. By someone I was trying to impress. With how cool and coordinated I am on a bike. Yeah.
Fallibility can inspire sympathy as it shows you are human; think of this as making you seem more accessible.
rogelio...bringing the hitch
J
Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 6:49 pm
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did everybody fucking fall over last night or what
Also: I too had a clipless issue on my way home last night, definitely augmented by heavy shit in my panniers and my level of intoxication. 1.5 mai tais + 2 pints of IPA = 1 drunk Kat. I was at a standstill, so the only thing hurt was my pride. Fortunately, the incident was not witnessed by any .83ers... unfortunately, it was certainly witnessed. By someone I was trying to impress. With how cool and coordinated I am on a bike. Yeah.
I had a great shin-smack as we were leaving Volunteer Park, too... it's going to turn spectacular colors, but right now it is just swollen and tender.
I'd love to say that without the alcohol, I've never had a "can't unclip slow motion dumpout", but pretty much everyone in the Sunday Morning Bike Gang can tell you that not only have I dumped it, but I dumped it on my race bike. The really expensive looking one. The one that's supposed to say "hey look at me, I know what I'm doing".
Which leads me to the Unified Theory of Clipless: your probability of not dumping it, P, can be expressed as: P=(speed)/(number of people watching^(number of people you're trying to impress)*cost of bike*number of alcoholic beverages consumed*number of days since last dump)
Basically, the only thing you can do to reduce your probability of dumping at slow speed is to ride fast. Which unfortunately emphasizes the "showing off crash function".
Oh, and Kat, totally write off the shin bruises as barrier hits. It's totally hott to the cowbell crowd.
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