The Republic of Texas has their annual motorcycle rally/event/whatever going on at the Travis County Expo this weekend. I got a first hand view of the thousands of bikes and bikers here when I rode the Danskin bike route this morning around Decker Lake. On the one hand, it was kinda scary...I mean, bikers as a group are generally characterized as mean SOBs. On the other hand, all of the bikers I had any kind of contact with were really very nice...and that despite the bemused looks I got from most of them as I rode my hybrid past the queau to the Expo hollering, "Pedal Power!!!!!". Here are a couple of additional observations from my untrained eyes and ears:
1) Bikes and bikers come in all shapes and sizes...from small, single seater Harleys to montrous 3-wheeled, 2-seaters pulling a matching "trunk" trailer (the one I saw was fire engine red with chrome studs...what a beaut!).
2) Some of those dang bikes are LOUD! And I don't mean call-the-cops-the-neighbors-are-having-a-party loud...I mean HOLY-CRAP-WHAT--THE-HEY-WAS-THAT-AND-ARE-THEY-SHOOTING-AT-ME loud. It did make an impression...nearly blew me off the road!
Posted by jfer at May 31, 2003 7:05 PMI think the majority of bikers these days is pretty harmless. It's mostlly dentists and accountants and their ilk acting out their bad-boy aspirations.
Posted by: stepan on May 31, 2003 7:12 PMyou have such a cute way of saying things.
Posted by: mom (aka Rita) on June 1, 2003 7:54 PM