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Mike Euritt said:

A group of six bents, including me on my GTT in the lead were cruising the Napa Valley Sunday
11-16. A small group of DF's going the opposite direction was encountered. One of the guys in the
group shouted at us "Greetings, we're from earth!"

Good one 🙂

My fovorite so far was when I did the Golden Apple Century with my bodysocked GRR, and one rider
said: "Dude! That looks like the Oscar Meyers Weiner bikes!"

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A group of six bents, including me on my GTT in the lead were cruising the Napa Valley Sunday
11-16. A small group of DF's going the opposite direction was encountered. One of the guys in the
group shouted at us "Greetings, we're from earth!"

I nominate that as the best, most amusing comment I've heard while riding bents....

MikeE

Hi Mike

Kind of related to those ribbings from the DF's...

Our bent group up here in NE has been known to throw out an occasional "Take us to your leader!"
when seeing any open mouthed "What the hell are those?" looks on pedestrians faces.

Another one of my favorites when passing any upright packs (who first toss out any good natured
(?) ribbing) is "Your weapons are useless against us!!"

Rich

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A group of six bents, including me on my GTT in the lead were

cruising the Napa

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Valley Sunday 11-16. A small group of DF's going the opposite

direction was

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encountered. One of the guys in the group shouted at us "Greetings,

we're from

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earth!"

I nominate that as the best, most amusing comment I've heard while

riding

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bents....

MikeE

While riding on a trail, passed a family going the other way. Adult said to kid, "See, I told you it
wasn't a midget!"

I'm a FOG with a beard. I was wearing my long sleeve red cycling shirt and rode past the local
skateboard park and one of the kids taking a ciggy break on the bleachers said, "santa?" "Michael
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A group of six bents, including me on my GTT in the lead were

cruising the Napa

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Valley Sunday 11-16. A small group of DF's going the opposite

direction was

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encountered. One of the guys in the group shouted at us "Greetings,

we're from

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earth!"

I nominate that as the best, most amusing comment I've heard while

riding

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bents....

MikeE

While riding on a trail, passed a family going the other way. Adult said to kid, "See, I told you
it wasn't a midget!"

I said:

My fovorite so far was when I did the Golden Apple Century with my bodysocked GRR, and one rider
said: "Dude! That looks like the Oscar Meyers Weiner bikes!"

Ouch! Did I actually say "fovorite"?

Anyway, just remember another couple of good ones.

On my Haluzak. I believe it was the first few days after I first bought
it. I stopped at a local park where they were setting up some big event, and asked this old man what
were they setting up for. The old man stopped what he was doing, looked at me for a few seconds,
then said slowly with a strong southern accent: "Son? Your bike's upside down".

Again on my bodysocked GRR. I recently thorn my old bodysock, and while I waited for the delivery of
a new one, I borrowed one from a friend. The sock I borrowed has several ads for his bike messenger
business (Chick-Chack). The two of us went riding together, like two big rolling billboards (see
allgoodnamesrtaken.com2 GRRs.jpgOpen ↗). When we passed this family walking by, the
little girl asked: "What's that!", to which the dad responded "Those are chick-chacks"!

🙂

why didn't your reply with something like " if you want to "fly" try out machines some time"?

Mike Euritt said:

A group of six bents, including me on my GTT in the lead were cruising the Napa Valley Sunday
11-16. A small group of DF's going the opposite direction was encountered. One of the guys in the
group shouted at us "Greetings, we're from earth!"

I nominate that as the best, most amusing comment I've heard while riding bents....

MikeE

. A small group of DF's going the opposite direction was

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encountered. One of the guys in the group shouted at us "Greetings, we're from ear MikeE>

Uh, I got news for them. To most( non-cycling) people those multicolored Lycra clad bikers look
like complete dorks.

I rolled my P38 (with a small fairing) into a LBS and I was bundled up for cold weather riding..
There was this little boy there, probably 4-5 years old, and very sincerely he asked "are you an
astronaut'?

Bob Krzewinski

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Uh, I got news for them. To most( non-cycling) people those multicolored Lycra clad bikers look
like complete dorks.

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Hi Pat,

I'm a multicolored Lycra clad cyclist who rides a recumbent. Guess that just makes me a dork on a
recumbent. I can live with that: I'm a very comfortable and complete dork.

About the "we're from earth comment" just thought o f a "come back". To the "we're from earth" he
should merely have spread his fingers in the Spock greeting and replied: "Ride long and prosper".

Slow Joe Recumbo

bentbiker said:

why didn't your reply with something like " if you want to "fly" try out machines some time"?

It all happened too fast for a response. If we weren't on the trike we might have fallen from
laughing too hard...

MikeE

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encountered. One of the guys in the group shouted at us "Greetings, we're from ear MikeE>

Uh, I got news for them. To most( non-cycling) people those multicolored Lycra clad bikers look
like complete dorks.

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Alas, most of us in this group are 'recovering roadies, and lycra abounded on us too... Use the
stuff you bought, before buying new is my motto, though one of the guys takes out the padding and
wears the shorts inside out as a statement.

MikeE

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About the "we're from earth comment" just thought of a "come back". To the "we're from earth" he
should merely have spread his fingers in the Spock greeting and replied: "Ride long and prosper".

Slow Joe Recumbo

Or perhaps, "Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated"

We are BORG. Bicyclists on Recumbents Grinning!

The best "time-delayed back-handed" insult from an upright cyclist was the guy who said "There's a
future recumbent rider up ahead" to my friend and me as we met him on the local rail trail. Thinking
he was referring to my friend's 10-year-old son several hundred feet ahead of us, I smiled and waved
in response.

We came around a curve and met another upright cyclist. 350 lbs plus. I wanted to turn around and
chase down the first guy and tell him we was right, that other guy might well be more comfortable on
a recumbent,-- but so might he.

Jon Meinecke

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About the "we're from earth comment" just thought o f a "come back". To the "we're from earth" he
should merely have spread his fingers in the Spock greeting and replied: "Ride long and prosper".

Slow Joe Recumbo

How about "ride long and pain free"

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Uh, I got news for them. To most( non-cycling) people those multicolored Lycra clad bikers look
like complete dorks.

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Hi Pat,

I'm a multicolored Lycra clad cyclist who rides a recumbent. Guess that just makes me a dork on a
recumbent. I can live with that: I'm a very comfortable and complete dork.

About the "we're from earth comment" just thought o f a "come back". To the "we're from earth" he
should merely have spread his fingers in the Spock greeting and replied: "Ride long and prosper".

Slow Joe Recumbo

Hey Joe, I meant no offense. I personally have no problem with racing cyclist attire on racers, pro
or poser, because I understand the functionality of it. And I like the brightly colored jerseys.
Especially the ones that have artistic designs. (Compared to the pro racing team outfits. Why would
anybody wear a billboard for the Post Office, or some flooring company in Italy?) I have made the
personal decision to sacrifice aerodynamic efficiency and not wear tight fitting clothing that
reveal parts of my anatomy that are better left to nobody's imagination. Not to mention saving lots
of money. Cycling-specific clothing are way overpriced. On a side note, have any of my fellow
benters noticed how the wind flow on a high bottom bracket makes your leg hairs stick straight out?.
After a long ride my leg hairs are all sticking out at 90 degree angles. My DF lycra clad riding
buddies get a kick out of it.

Wolverbob <[email hidden]> wrote:
: I rolled my P38 (with a small fairing) into a LBS and I was bundled up for cold weather riding..
: There was this little boy there, probably 4-5 years old, and very sincerely he asked "are you an
: astronaut'?

Maybe it's the 4-year olds who make for the best encounters, anybody agree?

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Maybe it's the 4-year olds who make for the best encounters, anybody agree?

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Risto Varanka

Oh yeah. I was parking my bike in front of the local post office when a mom with her 4 or 5 yr old
daughter came out. The little girl's eyes got big and she said "Look, Mommy, a pirate!" ( I was
wearing a red & white Headsweats bandanna). Mommy got all embarrassed and tried to ignore her, but
the kid kept trying to get her to look--"Mommy really, it's a pirate!"

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...I have made the personal decision to sacrifice aerodynamic efficiency and not wear tight
fitting clothing that reveal parts of my anatomy that are better left to nobody's imagination. Not
to mention saving lots of money. Cycling-specific clothing are way overpriced.

I gave up the loose stuff when the bee flew up my shorts. Lycra is just more practical for me. I
agree about not wanting to look like a billboard, though. Until somebody wants to pay me to
advertise for them, it ain't gonna happen! You can get lycra stuff for runners which doesn't cost an
arm and a leg. I hate paying a premium for a pad, only to take the pad out. Or worse, pay a double
premium for a mfg to leave the pad out. And Coolmax underwear goes a long way to prevent
'overexposure;' while expensive, it lasts nearly forever.

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On a side note, have any of my fellow benters noticed how the wind flow on a high bottom bracket
makes your leg hairs stick straight out?. After a long ride my leg hairs are all sticking out at
90 degree angles. My DF lycra clad riding buddies get a kick out of it.

A little personal maintenance can alleviate this. There's lots of wiggle room between being shaved
and being totally unkempt. Or is that just the swimmer in me, suggesting something that is
culturally repulsive?

Quoth [email hidden] (John Foltz): ...
| I gave up the loose stuff when the bee flew up my shorts.

Yi, that's a scary thought.

Donn