I was doing my normal commute to work this morning (Peter the new mudguards made a big difference!) as I was cycling along I heard a noise behind me that sounded as if something had fell out of my rucksack (wouldn't of happened if I had panniers, I know :-)!), when I went back I saw a small childs toy on the road and assumed I must have scuffed it, so I pushed it to the side and went on my way. Just a short while ago I get a call from a colleague at work (I know them well enough to say hi). 'Hi Dave, I found your wallet on the street, I'll pop it down in five minutes'.....
I didn't even know I had dropped my wallet, it was about 2 miles from work, and yet it was someone else who cycles to my very building who happened across it! A big stroke of luck!
How many times have I stopped to investigate a liitle 'plink' ? Sometimes I find a light that jumped off, or a nut, but a wallet could have been really inconvenient.
I once had a light get out of a zipped up saddle bag.It had to get the zip open first, then rise to the opening, then leap for it when I hit the extremely rough tarmac at the bottom of the cat and fiddle to macclesfield road.I wondered what the car behind was peeping his horn for.
Yesterday I found a crank nut on the cycle track.That was the sixth I have found in the last 10 years. I know because the others I picked up.If anyone wants an old crank bolt I'm your man.
[email hidden] wrote: | Yesterday I found a crank nut on the cycle track.That was the sixth I | have found in the last 10 years. | I know because the others I picked up.If anyone wants an old crank bolt | I'm your man.
My box of useless bicycle parts, from which the most useful bits for repairing things around the house come, is only about half-supplied from my own bikes. The rest comes from the cycle track into town, and the footpath behind the house. It does help that these are somewhat rural and so less than smooth. You'd be surprised what people are cycling around Oxford without; or perhaps you wouldn't.
Some time ago I was cycling to the station and hurrying to catch a train, heard a bit of a plunk like I'd run over a stone and ignored it. When I got to the station I discovered I'd lost a light. As it was going to be dark when I came back I popped out at lunchtime and bought a new one. On the way home I spotted the bits of my light lying in the road. The batteries were flat - literally they had been run over and squashed but I collected the other parts and reassembled. Worked as good as new!
I've always wondered where all those odd shoes in the road come from. How can you lose a shoe without noticing?
"Dave B" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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I was doing my normal commute to work this morning (Peter the new mudguards made a big difference!) as I was cycling along I heard a noise behind me that sounded as if something had fell out of my rucksack (wouldn't of happened if I had panniers, I know :-)!), when I went back I saw a small childs toy on the road and assumed I must have scuffed it, so I pushed it to the side and went on my way. Just a short while ago I get a call from a colleague at work (I know them well enough to say hi). 'Hi Dave, I found your wallet on the street, I'll pop it down in five minutes'.....
I didn't even know I had dropped my wallet, it was about 2 miles from work, and yet it was someone else who cycles to my very building who happened across it! A big stroke of luck!
Some time ago I was cycling to the station and hurrying to catch a train, heard a bit of a plunk like I'd run over a stone and ignored it. When I got to the station I discovered I'd lost a light. As it was going to be dark when I came back I popped out at lunchtime and bought a new one. On the way home I spotted the bits of my light lying in the road. The batteries were flat - literally they had been run over and squashed but I collected the other parts and reassembled. Worked as good as new!
How odd. I lost a light on the A40, and didn't have time to stop to retrieve it. On the way back, about 4 hours later, all I could find were the batteries. The rest had been pulverised.
"POHB" <[email hidden]> wrote: | I've always wondered where all those odd shoes in the road come from. How | can you lose a shoe without noticing?
You fail to tie the laces of the two shoes together when stringing them to the rear rack to dry, after having changed into the other pair, after being caught in the downpour on the way to Chalgrove.
If you tie them together adequately you can only lose whole pairs; much more satisfactory.
On Thu, 22 Sep 2005 08:54:30 +0100, Dave B <[email hidden]>
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I was doing my normal commute to work this morning (Peter the new mudguards made a big difference!) as I was cycling along I heard a noise behind me that sounded as if something had fell out of my rucksack (wouldn't of happened if I had panniers, I know :-)!), when I went back I saw a small childs toy on the road and assumed I must have scuffed it, so I pushed it to the side and went on my way. Just a short while ago I get a call from a colleague at work (I know them well enough to say hi). 'Hi Dave, I found your wallet on the street, I'll pop it down in five minutes'.....
I didn't even know I had dropped my wallet, it was about 2 miles from work, and yet it was someone else who cycles to my very building who happened across it! A big stroke of luck!
Someone was smiling on me this morning!
Cheers
Dave
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