On 2022-10-24, Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

Wow, a prodigious list of questions.

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> Bicycling - Have You Ever?
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> Have you ever:
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> - Joined a bike club?
Yes.
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> - Ridden on a club ride?
Yes.
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> - Led a club ride?
Yes.
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> - Ridden your bike to a bike club meeting?
Oui.
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> - Volunteered for a bike club committee position?
Ja
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> - Been a bike club officer?
Yes

> - Volunteered for a bike rodeo?
No.
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> - Served on a bike advocacy committee or board?
No.
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> - Ran an invitational bike ride or event?
Yes Tour de Garlic
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> - Read a book about bicycling?
Yes. Effective Cycling, The Bicycle Wheel, Ritebilt method, et.
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> - Written a book about bicycling?
Nein.

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> - Had an article published in a bicycling magazine or newspaper?
Nope.
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> - Had a photograph published in a bike magazine?
Negative
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> - Taken a bicycling class?
A *class*? Really? No.
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> - Taught a bicycling class?
No.
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> - Practiced a rock dodge?
What is a "rock dodge"?
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> - Practiced emergency braking?
Not on purpose, but yes.
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> - Practiced an emergency evasive turn?
Again, that just happens, did practice a few at Grant Peterson's (Rivendell)
written suggestion.

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> - Jumped your bike over a pothole?
Yes. And a squirrel once.

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> - Been chased by a scary dog?
Yes. Far too many times.

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> - Been bitten by a scary dog?
Very nearly, but no so far.

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> - Trained someone’s dog to not chase you?
No.

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> - Displayed a bike-themed decoration inside your house?
Yes!

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> - Displayed a bike-themed decoration in your yard?
No
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> - Biked to work?
Many years.
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> - Biked to buy your groceries?
Yep, great fun.
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> - Ridden at night for fun?
Yes, mainly younger.

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> - Ridden at night for transportation?
Yep.
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> - Used a generator headlight?
Oui Oui Soubitez et al.

>> - Put a rack on your bike?
Mais oui.

> - Put fenders on your bike?
Yessir.

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> - ... with a mudflap?
No...but Rivendell sold some nice leather ones...

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> - Put a kickstand on your “good” bike?
Don't recall...ah, yes during college.
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> - Ridden a bike wearing lycra?
Yes. Have you ever seen a walrus wearing lycra?
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> - Ridden a bike wearing wool instead of lycra?
No. Allergic.
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> - Ridden 25 miles in blue jeans?
Yep.

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> - Ridden with toe clips?
Yes, even now.

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> - Ridden with clipless pedals?
Never never.

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> - Ridden with a rain cape?
I did not, did not, in the rain.

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> - Ridden without a helmet?
When young then accidentally a handful of times as a "grownup".

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> - Repaired a flat tire?
Far too many.

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> - Adjusted a derailleur?
Haven't we all?

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> - Wrapped your own handlebars?
Yes, but poorly compared to pros.

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> - Built a bike wheel?
Yeah! Great fun. Currently riding all homebuilts.

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> - Built a bicycle frame?
No.
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> - Built a bike from the frame up?
No, but like to think I could.

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> - Ridden a racing bike?
Yes, not mine, just to try it.
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> - Ridden a fixed gear bike?
Yes, ibid.
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> - Ridden a mountain bike?
Don't we all have one in our fleets?

> - Ridden a recumbent?
Yes, ask the man that owns one. Easy Racer

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> - Ridden a tandem? As captain? As stoker?
Call me captain.

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> - Ridden an adult tricycle?
I'm not an adult yet. So, no.

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> - Ridden an antique “ordinary” or high wheeler?
Yes, 1888 Columbia Light Roadster

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> - Ridden a unicycle?
Yes, up and down the halls of the dorm
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> - Ridden an eBike?
Yes and own besides

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> - Towed a bicycle trailer?
Our Burley D'lite
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> - Ridden carrying a kid in a bike child seat?
Nein, in the trailer
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> - Owned more than three bikes?
Don't we all? Yes.
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> - Visited a bicycle museum?
Yes, in Davis, CA
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> - Watched an organized bike race, in person?
No.
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> - Competed in an organized bike race?
No.
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> - Won an organized bike race?
No.
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> - Competed in an organized time trial?
No.
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> - Ridden on a velodrome?
No.
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> - Competed in a velodrome race?
No.
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> - Crashed?
Sigh. Yes.

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> - Ridden more than a year without crashing?
Yes.

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> - Ridden more than ten years without crashing?
Yes.

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> - Ridden 50 miles?
Yes.

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> - Ridden a metric century? (100 km)
Yes.
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> - Ridden a century? (100 miles)
Si.
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> - Ridden a double metric?
Ja ja ja.
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> - Ridden a double century?
Yup, and the only bike with the aforementioned kickstand
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> - Ridden faster than the speed limit?
Yes.

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> - Ridden faster than 35 mph?
Only downhill

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> - Ridden fast than 50 mph?
Don't think so.
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> - Gotten a ticket while riding your bike?
Cop over loudspeaker "Slow down" and another time, "Get off the
freeway!" No tickets.

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> - Ridden across Ohio?
Yes as part of another trip.
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> - Ridden across Pennsylvania?
ibid
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> - Ridden across any other state?
Yes.

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> - Ridden across the U.S.?
Yes. A long long time ago...holy Ron Wallenfang, batman
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> - Ridden 2000 miles in a year?
Yes.
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> - Ridden 5000 miles in a year?
Yes.
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> - Ridden 10,000 miles in a year?
Not sure, I'm going to say no.

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> - Done an overnight bike trip?
Yes.
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> - Done a multi-day camping bike trip?
And yes again.

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> - Done a really long bike tour?
Yes a third time.
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> - Done a bike tour overseas?
Yes, Watson, yes. For the fourth time, yes!
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> - Planned and navigated your own bike tour
That's the only proper way, isn't it?
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> - Ridden on a bike path?
Yes.

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> - Ridden on a four-lane road?
Yes.

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> - Ridden on a freeway (where legal)?
Yes.
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> - Ridden somewhere that was definitely not legal?
Prettty sure yes, but not stopped by gendarmes for a definitive
answer.

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> - Ridden your road bike where most people would use a mountain bike?
Sometimes no choice on a tour.

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> - Ridden in the rain?
Rain, don't talk to me about rain. Bah! Yes.

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> - Ridden in the snow?
very brief stretches of complete road coverage.
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> - Ridden hotter than 100 degrees?
Oh, yes.
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> - Ridden colder than 32 degrees?
Yes, too.
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> - Ridden colder than 0 degrees?
Don't think so.
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> - Ridden a month without missing a day?
During the big tour.

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> - Ridden a year without missing a day?
Nope.
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> - Parked your car for a week and used your bike instead?
Nein.
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> - Parked your car for a month and used your bike instead?
Non.
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> - Ridden in a Tweed Ride?
What's a Tweed Ride?

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> - Ridden in a Naked Bike Ride?
Blush...never.
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> - Attended a regional bike convention?
Once...not worth it.
Most bikers are solitary individualists, I think. The
competitive folk don't race to hang out w/ others, but simply to
"beat the other guy", I think. Your opinion may vary.

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> - Attended a national bike convention?
No.

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> - Thought about other items to add to this list?
Pretty long list!

I also quite the League of Americal Wheelmen when they changed
the name to League of American Bicyclists.

pH

Thanks for making this long list!

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