I’m sure that many of you have seen – or at least heard of – bicycle polo. But soccer on a bike takes the cake. And I’m not talking about lobbing a ball around with your feet as you pedal by on your bike. No – these guys are using their bikes – usually the front wheel – to stop and “kick” the ball. If you think that doing track stands at stoplights shows your mad skillz, well, you’ve got to see one of these games.
Followers of all things cycling on the internet have likely at least heard of the phrase by now – even if they haven’t seen the image:
This one runs on fat and saves you money
This one runs on money and makes you fat
Nearly every bicycle tail light sold seems to come with hardware to mount it to the seat post, and observation would show that is in fact the most common location for people to put them. However, if you put a cargo rack on the back of your bike, this location can become impractical for a number of reasons. The rack itself may block visibility of the light from the rear of your bike. And if not, any cargo you may actually want to carry on the rack surely will.
Apparently for some simply stealing a guys bike isn’t enough. Instead of stopping there, let’s beat him unconscious too. At least that’s what a SacBee article is reporting.
That actually raises an interesting point that has always bothered me. Historically we’ve had much higher legal penalties for stealing primary transportation – first horses and now cars. These penalties have been (and are) higher than the simple financial value of the stolen property. Why? A big reason is that stealing someone’s primary transportation can leave a person stranded in a way that can potentially be dangerous for them. Well, what about those of us that use bikes as our primary transportation? What happens when I am 30, 40, 50 miles or more from home and get my bike stolen? Where’s my “Grand Theft Bicycle” statute?
All that aside, I wish this cyclist a speedy recovery. I’m still feeling the mental effects of the theft of my bike, and I didn’t have the added insult of a physical assault to go along with it.