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Article #3882Re: Stupid people on Mt. Vernon Trail
From: George Stuteville
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 00:00
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 00:00
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I'm still laughing!!!
I ride Mt. V. trail several times a week for fun and commuting between
Old Town and DC Downtown.
I've encountered every type you mentioned. (I think I am the fat guy).
Including:
** The brain bucket basher. That's the drunk guy stumbling on the
trail who stopped and smacked my helmet as I passed.
** The cyclops. That's the bicyclist with a 1000-watt helmet light
who blinds as we pass.
** The hammer. That's the guy on a new bike who zooms past me at 24
mph. (I later pass him on the next hill when he's really struggling).
** The fisher. That's the folks with a flyrod who stand on a narrow
bridge and fligh their lines in the river without paying attention if a
bicyclist (me) is coming up.
** The Good-Samaritan. That's the random bicyclists who have never
failed to offer aid and comfort when I was on the edge of the trail with
a broken spoken, flat tire, or busted ass from a fall on a slick wood
bridge.
All-in-all, I am not complaining. I love this trail. On it, I have
sailed alongside the river at nights, drafting the moon. During the day,
I have pedaled its length, laboring up that last mile hill and feeling
so, so good when I reached the top where a cool drink at George
Washington's house awaited.
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