0 comment Saturday, April 26, 2014 | admin
Yesterday I attended D.U.'s LiveStrong Day event, which was joined by Lance Armstrong himself. We were supposed to do a bike parking corral, but since it rained all morning, we knew no one would bike there and we canceled it. This allowed me to ride there instead of driving with a car full of racks, so I was happy.
The organizers were handing out all sorts of nice schwag; bracelets, frisbees, chapsticks, etc. I re-appropriated some of their decor for another purpose. A bright yellow LiveStrong balloon now adorns my rear fender in my newest trial of a car "attention getter".
The picture doesn't quite show the balloon in all its resplendent glory since the wind is blowing it forward. But I assure you, dear reader, while traveling at 15 MPH, that thing is all over the place, and hard to miss.
I was on bike paths most of the way home, so I haven't tried it out extensively, but I can tell you that almost every cyclist I saw was staring at it. I would say that thus far, it proves effective.
This isn't really relevant to the story, but I don't care, I'm throwing this pic up just because:
BTW... Lance is my height, but his ribcage is noticeably larger than mine by about 1/3rd. Having grown up a swimmer, and spent a lot of time around bike racers and runners, he probably has the largest ribcage (and presumably lungs) of any six footer I've ever met.
The organizers were handing out all sorts of nice schwag; bracelets, frisbees, chapsticks, etc. I re-appropriated some of their decor for another purpose. A bright yellow LiveStrong balloon now adorns my rear fender in my newest trial of a car "attention getter".
The picture doesn't quite show the balloon in all its resplendent glory since the wind is blowing it forward. But I assure you, dear reader, while traveling at 15 MPH, that thing is all over the place, and hard to miss.
I was on bike paths most of the way home, so I haven't tried it out extensively, but I can tell you that almost every cyclist I saw was staring at it. I would say that thus far, it proves effective.
This isn't really relevant to the story, but I don't care, I'm throwing this pic up just because:
BTW... Lance is my height, but his ribcage is noticeably larger than mine by about 1/3rd. Having grown up a swimmer, and spent a lot of time around bike racers and runners, he probably has the largest ribcage (and presumably lungs) of any six footer I've ever met.
Labels: Balloons, Lance Armstrong, Livestrong Day