Tom
10-03-2005, 04:55 AM
I'm on the bike path leaving town and I see a rider coming toward me. I think that it is unusual to see a person riding with a turban on their head. As the man passes I realize he has his helmet on backwards. I wonder if he has a strangely shaped head and it's more comfortable that way?
Then I'm riding in Rte 146 across the Aqueduct bridge. It's a grade down to it so I hit the bridge going something between 25 and 30. A couple cars pass, it's a narrow lane, and then I hear something behind me. I glance back, something big and white is hanging back and as I keep going I think maybe they want to turn right at the light where I go straight up the hill. I keep the pace up and sure enough I go straight, they turn. Instead of passing me and cutting me off, they waited. After I clear the intersection I give them a wave of appreciation, look back and the driver of the semi from the Price Chopper supermarket returns the acknowledgement.
He knew that I knew that he knew what he was doing. Good stuff.
Then I'm riding in Rte 146 across the Aqueduct bridge. It's a grade down to it so I hit the bridge going something between 25 and 30. A couple cars pass, it's a narrow lane, and then I hear something behind me. I glance back, something big and white is hanging back and as I keep going I think maybe they want to turn right at the light where I go straight up the hill. I keep the pace up and sure enough I go straight, they turn. Instead of passing me and cutting me off, they waited. After I clear the intersection I give them a wave of appreciation, look back and the driver of the semi from the Price Chopper supermarket returns the acknowledgement.
He knew that I knew that he knew what he was doing. Good stuff.