.................. 'cause I fall down a lot."
I always liked, Because I am severely allergic to pavement, it gives me a BAD rash if I come in contact with it!
.................. 'cause I fall down a lot."
I was at Sears last night (where America shops) and the guy behind the register asks, "Is that a riding jacket ?" I just stared at him until he rephrased the question.
"So, what do you ride?"
A snowmobile ..... says I.
I did not know that Californians know what a snowmobile is. Did he look at you like a deer caught in headlights?
I went to Freedom Cycle in Concord NH last Bike Week. Big place must have 50+ toys in the showroom but only one new GW and ST1300, and one used GW.
Went to the service desk and asked if they carry Gerbing heated gear, and the parts guy asked me why I don't just use those little heated packs when it gets cold out in a manner that made me feel like i was some kind of wimp looking for heated cloths in June.
After failing to educate him that even though it was 48 that night, a 70MPH wind chill made it feel like it was in the 20's, I fell back on "Because I ride well past October" and bailed to find it myself.
Later another employee stated they stopped carrying Gerbing because it was not selling. Well no Sh** Sherlock, if your guys behind the counter are recommending 50 cent heat packs!
I was leaving work the other day, wearing mesh riding jacket and mesh pants, and our young admin got in the elevator with me. "Nice pants," she says. I explain they keep my skin intact should I have an accident and go sliding down the road.
She looks at me, pauses, and says "Oh, do you ride a motorcycle?"
I can't imagine what she thought those pants were for.....
A fried of mine a few years back wore leather before textile was around... even in Canada he said there were days that you lost a few pounds sweating... someone asked why he wore all that ...and if it was hot
His reply was YES but I'm allergic to asphalt.... If I fall I break out in a bad rash!
Love the Canadian humor (EH?)
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Art laughs and tells me I just need to ride carefully. Two weeks later he was riding home after classes when a lady in a cage turned left in front of him and he couldn't be careful fast enough.
We pass through Kings Canyon cleanly then approach Yosemite and heavy traffic heading into the south entrance, all of it traveling well under the posted speed limit. No one is using the turnouts. Never exceeding the speed limit and passing only on dotted yellow lines we pass probably 2 dozen cars in 30 miles, only to get stuck at a dead stop waiting to get into the Yosemite itself. As we creep forward in line, a park ranger approaches us from behind. Apparently someone behind us had complained about our riding.
"Gentlemen," the park ranger says to us, "while I'm sure you are very safe and experienced riders [all of us wearing full ATGATT], I need you to stop intimidating the other park guests. They should all be paying attention to the road but some of them are looking at our beautiful scenery. You could scare them and they could drive right off a cliff. We don't want to have to recover them."
I did not know that Californians know what a snowmobile is. ?