Treasures found while biking

I found that I can breathe without great effort, have much greater
stamina, have increased strength and generally feel better. That's
treasure enough for me.

"Rusty Bucket Bent Triker" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I found that I can breathe without great effort, have much greater
stamina, have increased strength and generally feel better. That's
treasure enough for me.

That is so true. I have to remind myself not to lose sight of that. 🙂

OMG! You talking about a thirty+ year span, much of it commuting on city
roads!

Well, let's see. Here's the Reader's Digest condensed list: I've found
calculators, cell phones, an uncountable number of tools (even some bike
tools), a lineman's pouch, with everything in it (my dad got that one!).
Money (from pennies to a twenty dollar bill). bike tubes, which I
repair.

And one very friendly and forlorn looking lost dog.

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"May you have the winds at your back,
And a really low gear for the hills!"

Chris Zacho ~ "Your Friendly Neighborhood Wheelman"

Chris'Z Corner
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LOL! Did you take the dog with you? 😉

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OMG! You talking about a thirty+ year span, much of it commuting on city
roads!

Well, let's see. Here's the Reader's Digest condensed list: I've found
calculators, cell phones, an uncountable number of tools (even some bike
tools), a lineman's pouch, with everything in it (my dad got that one!).
Money (from pennies to a twenty dollar bill). bike tubes, which I
repair.

And one very friendly and forlorn looking lost dog.

- -

"May you have the winds at your back,
And a really low gear for the hills!"

Chris Zacho ~ "Your Friendly Neighborhood Wheelman"

Chris'Z Corner
http://www.geocities.com/czcorner

C.J.Patten said:

"what kind of
treasures have you found while biking?"

Recently:

a nice 25' tape measure
a huge (58cm) woman's single speed copper colored bike with 46cm wide
handlebar from "West Germany".

I found half a 40oz of OE last fall, but that was only after it slashed my
tire in the rain.

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maxo said:

C.J.Patten said:

"what kind of
treasures have you found while biking?"

Recently:

a nice 25' tape measure
a huge (58cm) woman's single speed copper colored bike with 46cm wide
handlebar from "West Germany".

I found half a 40oz of OE last fall, but that was only after it slashed my
tire in the rain.

half ounce of expensive dope.
used pr()n.
pair of Oakley's.
bra.
steak knife
carp.
$20
fishing pole (ok, i was unicycling)
angry flabby running fisherman (also found unicycling)
Donna Summer cd.

..max

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Well, I did my regular 6km route today (slowly getting my cycling legs
back)

While about halfway out, I saw something smashed up all over the
pavement - looked like bits of one of those solar charged garden lights.

So, I double back through a school yard to get a second look - lo and
behold, on a grass berm between the road and the school parking lot I'm
in, there's another solar light - this one NOT smashed up!

Stop and pick it up... look around. The school doesn't use these. Seemed
like either some kids ripped a couple of these off, destroying one and
just dropping the other - or someone had lost something on the way home
from Home Depot. Who knows?

http://www.ncf.ca/~af895/LJ/found_biking.jpg

I've asked before who carried a camera - now I'm asking "what kind of
treasures have you found while biking?" (and were you able to bring them
home or hide them and pick them up later)

I found my soul.

I found a really sweet dalmation who followed me back to my house. I
found out the name of the owner and called her. She was so overjoyed
at getting her dog back that she brought me a grocery sack full of the
best homemade chocolate chip cookies the next day.

I found a set of keys that had the owner's ID on them. When I rode to
his house to return them to him he accused me of making copies of them
so I could rob him later. He could seem to understand that, if I had
wanted to rob him, I wouldn't have returned them to him.

The dalmation story is cute.

The fact that someone would be so paranoid about the keys is just creepy...
I found keys once while biking - an ENTIRE set of a "security" keys for some
business.

I called the number on the ring and dropped them off. I think they'd have
been royally screwed without them.

In lieu of your story though, I think next time I find keys, I'll just
destroy them and be done with it... no sense in having someone go ape on me
for trying to do the right thing. 8o

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I found a really sweet dalmation who followed me back to my house. I
found out the name of the owner and called her. She was so overjoyed
at getting her dog back that she brought me a grocery sack full of the
best homemade chocolate chip cookies the next day.

I found a set of keys that had the owner's ID on them. When I rode to
his house to return them to him he accused me of making copies of them
so I could rob him later. He could seem to understand that, if I had
wanted to rob him, I wouldn't have returned them to him.

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I've asked before who carried a camera - now I'm asking "what kind
of treasures have you found while biking?" (and were you able to
bring them home or hide them and pick them up later)

The view

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http://members.shaw.ca/mikelat/My%20Web%20Page/pages/scan-2-of-mile-to-go.html

Holy cow. No kidding. *awestruck* Great view.

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I've asked before who carried a camera - now I'm asking "what kind
of treasures have you found while biking?" (and were you able to
bring them home or hide them and pick them up later)

The view

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http://members.shaw.ca/mikelat/My%20Web%20Page/pages/scan-2-of-mile-to-go.html

max said:

fishing pole (ok, i was unicycling)
angry flabby running fisherman (also found unicycling)

Were these on the same ride?

Austin
--
I'm pedaling as fast as I durn well please!
There are no X characters in my address

C.J.Patten said:

Well, I did my regular 6km route today (slowly getting my cycling legs back)

While about halfway out, I saw something smashed up all over the pavement -
looked like bits of one of those solar charged garden lights.

So, I double back through a school yard to get a second look - lo and
behold, on a grass berm between the road and the school parking lot I'm in,
there's another solar light - this one NOT smashed up!

Stop and pick it up... look around. The school doesn't use these. Seemed
like either some kids ripped a couple of these off, destroying one and just
dropping the other - or someone had lost something on the way home from Home
Depot. Who knows?

http://www.ncf.ca/~af895/LJ/found_biking.jpg

I've asked before who carried a camera - now I'm asking "what kind of
treasures have you found while biking?" (and were you able to bring them
home or hide them and pick them up later)

🙂

Chris

I find an amazing number of coins. Largest number at one time was 30-some
pennies in a parking lot, scattered over about half a parking space. Largest
denomination was a silver dollar. I also found three US$1.00 bills folded
together, perched on a storm drain grate.

I've found dozens of great tools, accessories, etc. on the road,
but the very best find was a woman who was also riding and she turned
out to be a real treasure.

Steve McDonald

Olebiker wrote: I found a set of keys that had the owner's ID on them.
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One thing that's worse than losing your house keys, is losing them
when your address is attached. If you do lose your keys, you should
hope that no one who finds them will have a clue who you are or where
you live. There's nothing more useless than a key, if you don't know
which lock it fits. If I ever lost my keys and someone figured out they
were mine, I'd change my locks before I ever left my home unguarded
again. If you parked and locked your bike, would you attach a tag to
the key, saying it was for the bike with the custom red Steve Gordon
frame, that was in a bikerack at 3rd & Main? Just so if you lost the
key, the finder would be able to steal the bike without the
inconvenience of searching for it?

The jackass to whom you returned the keys was accusing you of doing
what he would likely have done in your situation. Thieves and cheats
always expect that others will behave as they do. It's sort of a
reverse take on the Golden Rule. Probably the best thing to do with
keys, credit cards, etc. that you find, for both you and the loser, is
to just dispose of them in a manner so that they couldn't be found or
used by anyone else.

Steve McDonald

Steve McDonald said:

Olebiker wrote: I found a set of keys that had the owner's ID on them.
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One thing that's worse than losing your house keys, is losing them
when your address is attached. If you do lose your keys, you should
hope that no one who finds them will have a clue who you are or where
you live. There's nothing more useless than a key, if you don't know
which lock it fits. If I ever lost my keys and someone figured out they
were mine, I'd change my locks before I ever left my home unguarded
again. If you parked and locked your bike, would you attach a tag to
the key, saying it was for the bike with the custom red Steve Gordon
frame, that was in a bikerack at 3rd & Main? Just so if you lost the
key, the finder would be able to steal the bike without the
inconvenience of searching for it?

The jackass to whom you returned the keys was accusing you of doing
what he would likely have done in your situation. Thieves and cheats
always expect that others will behave as they do. It's sort of a
reverse take on the Golden Rule. Probably the best thing to do with
keys, credit cards, etc. that you find, for both you and the loser, is
to just dispose of them in a manner so that they couldn't be found or
used by anyone else.

Steve McDonald

Put your phone number on instead (or maybe a friends address so they'll
get returned to your friend and no-one has to change locks.)

Marty

Steve McDonald said:

Probably the best thing to do with
keys, credit cards, etc. that you find, for both you and the loser, is
to just dispose of them in a manner so that they couldn't be found or
used by anyone else.

Most credit cards have an "if found" address on the back. You can drop it
in an envelope anonymously.

Austin
--
I'm pedaling as fast as I durn well please!
There are no X characters in my address

Steve McDonald said:

Olebiker wrote: I found a set of keys that had the owner's ID on them.
---------------------------------------------------

One thing that's worse than losing your house keys, is losing them
when your address is attached. If you do lose your keys, you should
hope that no one who finds them will have a clue who you are or where
you live. There's nothing more useless than a key, if you don't know
which lock it fits. If I ever lost my keys and someone figured out they
were mine, I'd change my locks before I ever left my home unguarded
again. If you parked and locked your bike, would you attach a tag to
the key, saying it was for the bike with the custom red Steve Gordon
frame, that was in a bikerack at 3rd & Main? Just so if you lost the
key, the finder would be able to steal the bike without the
inconvenience of searching for it?

Never leave identifying information on keys, unless you use key return
services, in which case they issue a number tag for the keys, and return
them to you if found.

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The jackass to whom you returned the keys was accusing you of doing
what he would likely have done in your situation. Thieves and cheats
always expect that others will behave as they do. It's sort of a
reverse take on the Golden Rule. Probably the best thing to do with
keys, credit cards, etc. that you find, for both you and the loser, is
to just dispose of them in a manner so that they couldn't be found or
used by anyone else.

Probably the best solution is to contact the local police, without
actually touching keys, the police can then recover them, and take a
report. Keys could have been stolen, and used in a crime, and your
fingerprints are now all over them. For a bank card, better to contact
the issuing institution, they will most likely tell you to destroy it.
However they can contact the rightful owner, and issue a new card.

W

C.J.Patten said:

I've asked before who carried a camera - now I'm asking "what kind of
treasures have you found while biking?" (and were you able to bring them
home or hide them and pick them up later)

🙂

Chris

I remember finding:

3 wallets

2 twenty dollar bills

Credit cards

3 Cell phones.

1 Cordless house phone

Rio MP3 player

a set of MA2 mavic wheels in garbage heap in good shape.

Park tools Bike tool kit

Cateye light

Many pounds of small hand tools

American Padlock with a key in (one of the good kinds for locking up
Your Harley)

Change purse full of coins

One Intersections after a car wreck My buddy and If found at least
25 dollars in coins laying in the street.

Work gloves

Yesterday found a small hand crowbar nail puller tool that I
brought home.

I could go on and on...