breakfast on a bike

Quoted message said:

Yesterday I saw a fellow riding a bike with one hand dedicated to
holding a cereal bowl. The other hand was holding the spoon.
He'd ride along no-hands eating cereal, steering and braking with
the spoon hand as necessary. It wasn't a paper bowl or a plastic
spoon, either, from the looks of it.

No way am I well enough coordinated to do that, nor do I think I
ever will be.
--
Ben Pfaff

Ben: That's why you bring a small camera with you when you ride. You just
never know what you're going to see out there!

--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReactionBicycles.com

Ben Pfaff said:

Yesterday I saw a fellow riding a bike with one hand dedicated to
holding a cereal bowl. The other hand was holding the spoon.
He'd ride along no-hands eating cereal, steering and braking with
the spoon hand as necessary. It wasn't a paper bowl or a plastic
spoon, either, from the looks of it.

No way am I well enough coordinated to do that, nor do I think I
ever will be.

I hope he was using soy milk. Man, lactose and riding at the same
time...blech!
\\paul

Mike Jacoubowsky said:

Quoted message said:

Yesterday I saw a fellow riding a bike with one hand dedicated to
holding a cereal bowl. The other hand was holding the spoon.
He'd ride along no-hands eating cereal, steering and braking with
the spoon hand as necessary. It wasn't a paper bowl or a plastic
spoon, either, from the looks of it.

No way am I well enough coordinated to do that, nor do I think I
ever will be.
--
Ben Pfaff

Ben: That's why you bring a small camera with you when you ride. You just
never know what you're going to see out there!

--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReactionBicycles.com

There exists footage of a Vancouver woman eating breakfast, changing
her clothes and, IIRC, applying make-up all while riding her bike,
mostly hands-free.

I'll hunt around and see if it's anywhere online. It's about 8
minutes long and often appears as a short at some bike film nights.

--
zk

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Quoted message said:

Yesterday I saw a fellow riding a bike with one hand dedicated to
holding a cereal bowl. The other hand was holding the spoon.
He'd ride along no-hands eating cereal, steering and braking with
the spoon hand as necessary. It wasn't a paper bowl or a plastic
spoon, either, from the looks of it.

No way am I well enough coordinated to do that, nor do I think I
ever will be.
--
Ben Pfaff
email: [email hidden]
web: http://benpfaff.org

Was it a bowl of Cheerios?
-tom

Tom Nakashima said:

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Quoted message said:

Yesterday I saw a fellow riding a bike with one hand dedicated to
holding a cereal bowl. The other hand was holding the spoon.
He'd ride along no-hands eating cereal, steering and braking with
the spoon hand as necessary. It wasn't a paper bowl or a plastic
spoon, either, from the looks of it.

Was it a bowl of Cheerios?

I didn't get close enough to tell. When I approached him, he was
on the MUP that runs along Palm Drive on Stanford campus, whereas
I was in the bike lane in the street. (I did see him negotiate a
couple of intersections where he had to stop. Pretty impressive
in my opinion.)

Why?
--
Ben Pfaff
email: [email hidden]
web: http://benpfaff.org

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Quoted message said:

Tom Nakashima said:

"Ben Pfaff" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Yesterday I saw a fellow riding a bike with one hand dedicated to
holding a cereal bowl. The other hand was holding the spoon.
He'd ride along no-hands eating cereal, steering and braking with
the spoon hand as necessary. It wasn't a paper bowl or a plastic
spoon, either, from the looks of it.

Was it a bowl of Cheerios?

I didn't get close enough to tell. When I approached him, he was
on the MUP that runs along Palm Drive on Stanford campus, whereas
I was in the bike lane in the street. (I did see him negotiate a
couple of intersections where he had to stop. Pretty impressive
in my opinion.)

Why?
--
Ben Pfaff
email: [email hidden]
web: http://benpfaff.org

I was going to say, if you indeed noticed the cyclist was eating a bowl of
Cheerios with milk and fresh cut strawberries, then you have extremely keen
eyes.
-tom

An amusing thought: I wonder whether eating cereal in traffic is as
hazardous as talking on a cell phone. e.g. If the car in front of you
stops suddenly, do you give priority to braking, or not spilling?

Ben Pfaff wrote:
:: "Tom Nakashima" <[email hidden]> writes:
::
::: "Ben Pfaff" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
::: news:[email hidden]...
:::: Yesterday I saw a fellow riding a bike with one hand dedicated to
:::: holding a cereal bowl. The other hand was holding the spoon.
:::: He'd ride along no-hands eating cereal, steering and braking with
:::: the spoon hand as necessary. It wasn't a paper bowl or a plastic
:::: spoon, either, from the looks of it.
:::
::: Was it a bowl of Cheerios?
::
:: I didn't get close enough to tell. When I approached him, he was
:: on the MUP that runs along Palm Drive on Stanford campus, whereas
:: I was in the bike lane in the street. (I did see him negotiate a
:: couple of intersections where he had to stop. Pretty impressive
:: in my opinion.)

Did he stop in a track stand?

Ben Pfaff said:

Yesterday I saw a fellow riding a bike with one hand dedicated to
holding a cereal bowl. The other hand was holding the spoon.
He'd ride along no-hands eating cereal, steering and braking with
the spoon hand as necessary. It wasn't a paper bowl or a plastic
spoon, either, from the looks of it.

No way am I well enough coordinated to do that, nor do I think I
ever will be.

traditionally, it's eat a powerbar, think about milk

Quoted message said:

There exists footage of a Vancouver woman eating breakfast, changing
her clothes and, IIRC, applying make-up all while riding her bike,
mostly hands-free.

How does one change clothes on a bike? Difficult enough to put on a
windbreaker without stopping.

--Mike Jacoubowsky
Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReaction.com
Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA

"Zoot Katz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Mike Jacoubowsky said:

Quoted message said:

Yesterday I saw a fellow riding a bike with one hand dedicated to
holding a cereal bowl. The other hand was holding the spoon.
He'd ride along no-hands eating cereal, steering and braking with
the spoon hand as necessary. It wasn't a paper bowl or a plastic
spoon, either, from the looks of it.

No way am I well enough coordinated to do that, nor do I think I
ever will be.
--
Ben Pfaff

Ben: That's why you bring a small camera with you when you ride. You just
never know what you're going to see out there!

--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReactionBicycles.com

There exists footage of a Vancouver woman eating breakfast, changing
her clothes and, IIRC, applying make-up all while riding her bike,
mostly hands-free.

I'll hunt around and see if it's anywhere online. It's about 8
minutes long and often appears as a short at some bike film nights.

--
zk

"Mike Jacoubowsky" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

There exists footage of a Vancouver woman eating breakfast, changing
her clothes and, IIRC, applying make-up all while riding her bike,
mostly hands-free.

How does one change clothes on a bike? Difficult enough to put on a
windbreaker without stopping.

..
Hell, I'm trying to picture the pantyhose going on. Now that would
definitely cause a few more accidents then just her own.

--
-Don
Ever had one of those days where you just felt like:
http://cosmoslair.com/BadDay.html ?

"Mike Jacoubowsky" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:tKgUf.58484$Jd.53613
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Quoted message said:

Ben: That's why you bring a small camera with you when you ride. You just
never know what you're going to see out there!

I remember seeing a photo of Jon Boyer eating a plate of spaghetti with a
fork during the RAAM race. He won that year.

Mike Jacoubowsky said:

Quoted message said:

There exists footage of a Vancouver woman eating breakfast, changing
her clothes and, IIRC, applying make-up all while riding her bike,
mostly hands-free.

How does one change clothes on a bike? Difficult enough to put on a
windbreaker without stopping.

I remember the skirt going on over her head so she was, for a few
moments, riding blind. The whole thing was filmed by bike too.
Judging by the lack of traffic along the bike path it looks like it
was shot on a dreary Sunday morning.
--
zk

Tom Nakashima said:

"Ben Pfaff" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Yesterday I saw a fellow riding a bike with one hand dedicated to
holding a cereal bowl. The other hand was holding the spoon.
He'd ride along no-hands eating cereal, steering and braking with
the spoon hand as necessary. It wasn't a paper bowl or a plastic
spoon, either, from the looks of it.

No way am I well enough coordinated to do that, nor do I think I
ever will be.
--
Ben Pfaff
email: [email hidden]
web: http://benpfaff.org

Was it a bowl of Cheerios?
-tom

as long as it wasn't one of those "Meat-normous" breakfast sandwiches
from Burger king. EWWWWWWWWWW.

Ben Pfaff said:

Yesterday I saw a fellow riding a bike with one hand dedicated to
holding a cereal bowl. The other hand was holding the spoon.
He'd ride along no-hands eating cereal, steering and braking with
the spoon hand as necessary. It wasn't a paper bowl or a plastic
spoon, either, from the looks of it.

No way am I well enough coordinated to do that, nor do I think I
ever will be.
--

Dangerous, crazy, and thumbs up. :-D

If you're gonna be nutso on a bike, be original.

Ben Pfaff wrote:
:: Yesterday I saw a fellow riding a bike with one hand dedicated to
:: holding a cereal bowl. The other hand was holding the spoon.
:: He'd ride along no-hands eating cereal, steering and braking with
:: the spoon hand as necessary. It wasn't a paper bowl or a plastic
:: spoon, either, from the looks of it.

Where do you suppose he put the bowl when he was done? I can't imagine
stuff a stoneware bowl in my rear jersey pocket for the duration of a long
ride.

::
:: No way am I well enough coordinated to do that, nor do I think I
:: ever will be.
:: --
:: Ben Pfaff
:: email: [email hidden]
:: web: http://benpfaff.org

Zoot Katz said:

Mike Jacoubowsky said:

Quoted message said:

There exists footage of a Vancouver woman eating breakfast, changing
her clothes and, IIRC, applying make-up all while riding her bike,
mostly hands-free.

How does one change clothes on a bike? Difficult enough to put on a
windbreaker without stopping.

I remember the skirt going on over her head so she was, for a few
moments, riding blind. The whole thing was filmed by bike too.
Judging by the lack of traffic along the bike path it looks like it
was shot on a dreary Sunday morning.

Dreary, maybe, but it sounds like the moon was out to brighten things up a
bit.

I ride for long periods of time freehanded. Mostly to loosen up the
shoulders and arms. But this isn't in heavy traffic. And usually if a
car is coming, I start steering, just so they don't worry about me
getting out of control.
Jim Gagnepain
http://home.comcast.net/~oil_free_and_happy/

Ken said:

"Mike Jacoubowsky" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:tKgUf.58484$Jd.53613
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Quoted message said:

Ben: That's why you bring a small camera with you when you ride. You just
never know what you're going to see out there!

I remember seeing a photo of Jon Boyer eating a plate of spaghetti with a
fork during the RAAM race. He won that year.

I remember that. He made it a point to sit up and dine while passing a
competitor's rest break.

Ron