{"id":15640,"date":"2017-12-09T15:35:30","date_gmt":"2017-12-09T23:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kith.org\/journals\/jed\/2017\/12\/09\/15640.html"},"modified":"2017-12-09T15:35:30","modified_gmt":"2017-12-09T23:35:30","slug":"the-mysterious-bicycle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/jed\/2017\/12\/09\/the-mysterious-bicycle\/","title":{"rendered":"The mysterious bicycle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A week or so ago, I was driving to work when I saw an unusual bicycle in the bike lane, going the same direction I was. It had much fatter tires than a bicycle usually does, maybe not quite as big as motorcycle tires but close, and it was going faster than I usually see bikes move, but was in the bike lane and the rider seemed to be pedaling. The rider was wearing one of those bowl-shaped helmets.<\/p>\n

I passed the bike and continued on my way. Got on the freeway, got off at the next exit, crossed under the freeway, continued along the road...<\/p>\n

...and there, ahead of me, was a bicycle with the same fat tires, ridden by someone wearing the same kind of round helmet, going a bit faster than I expect a bike to go.<\/p>\n

I was behind a slow car, so I couldn’t quite catch up with the bike, and then we got to a red light and the cars stopped but the bike zipped on through it, and then I had to turn left to go to work, so I never got a good look at the second bike.<\/p>\n

But it seemed like a very odd coincidence—seeing a style of vehicle I had never seen before, twice in one day, a mile or so apart. I had a momentary thought of “The Hitch-Hiker<\/a>” (the Lucille Fletcher piece, not the Roald Dahl story).<\/p>\n

I later looked at a map, and I think what must have happened was that the rider took a surface street that runs right next to the freeway, and that they ignored stop signs and\/or lights, and that I was slowed down by something, and that the rider ended up ahead of me. But still seems odd.<\/p>\n

And I’m still curious about the bike; I’m guessing it must’ve been motor-assisted in some way, but I didn’t get a good look at it.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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