Speaking of apathy and things that are soporific, I'm pleased to present you with a quiz. As always, study the item, think, and click on your answer. If you're right you'll know it, and if you're wrong, you'll see another skinny hipster on a colorful bike.
Thanks for reading, commenting, and emailing. And remember: pigeon power! I'm even returning that Look via pigeon(s), so if 20-ish pounds of crabon falls on you sometime in the next few days, don't blame me. Blame the evil shipping industry and/or mother nature.
Ride safe this weekend,
--BSNYC/RTMS
You rode past me on your pretty white and purple bike and turned back to say something. I couldn't hear you because the music from my helmet was too loud. I was spacing out a bit, and probably made a weird face at you. I'm pretty curious about what you had to say (I hope it was positive.) I saw you again under the bridge on Jay Street, but you were gone in a flash, opposite my direction. See you out there.
1) What might cause you to hear music in your helmet?
--You're wearing headphones
--You're listening to the band Helmet
--You're insane and suffering from auditory hallucinations
--All of the above
2) There is currently a "duech bag crack head" with a taste for Campagnolo componentry on the loose in New York City.
--True
--False
3) The fender debate is the new helmet debate.
--True
--False
4) The slogan for the "Peacemaker" by Cycles for Heroes is:--"Fixie über alles"
--"White Makes Might"
--"White State of the Art"
--"Peacemaker: Because Dutch Bikes Suck"
5) Cycles for Heroes also makes a cyclocross bike called the "Pure Blood," and the slogan is "The Rebirth of Race."
--True
--False
6) What is this?--A "steampunk recumbent"
--A failed Victorian era attempt at a submarine
--A prop from the upcoming live-action movie of "The Simpsons" which will be ridden by C. Montgomery Burns (to be played by Christopher Lloyd)
--Jules Verne's hour record attempt trike
7) The author of this article on how to "straighten" a bicycle wheel lists a number of tools you will need. Which tool is not among them?
--A rubber hammer
--A regular hammer
--A nipple wrench
--A barbecue grill
8) What is this rider demonstrating?
--"how to ride a bike w/o bending your knees"
--"how you stop on a bike w/o brakes"
--"how you skid on a sidewalk w/o hitting somebody"
--"a new fitting technique to determine proper stem and crank arm length"
9) According to a reader more knowledgeable than me, the trick I dubbed a "taint grinder" is actually called:--a "sack scraper"
--a "roid buffer"
--an "ass jam"
--"Australian hygiene"
***Special cycling zeitgeist bonus question!***
Which newspaper has decided that fixed-gears are over?--The New York Times
--The Times of London
--The Chicago Tribune
--The International Herald Tribune
