Bike on Car Crash

I turned onto Milwaukee the other day and in my rear view mirror there was a biker, riding with no hands.  I came to a stoplight and hugged the left side of the road, which I'm in the habit of doing.  All of a sudden he comes up on the side and crashes into the corner of the car in front of me, also stopped.  He was okay and proceeded to (try to) ride on, but the driver was not having it.  She maneuvered her car to the right, put it in park, got out and went postal on him.  He claims he hit a bump, but I wonder if he was still riding with no hands at that point. I was blocked in, so I got to see it all happen and will admit, I was chuckling at the irony.

 

Has anyone else seen this happen?

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Permalink Reply by Adam "Cezar" Jenkins on July 28, 2011 at 6:21am
I've seen way too many hipsters riding no handed lately.
Permalink Reply by Bike Bloke on July 30, 2011 at 2:53pm
"Look, Mom - no hands!" can oh-so-quickly become, "Look, Mom - no teeth!"
Permalink Reply by Moc Artsy on July 30, 2011 at 6:45pm
I see people riding no-handed on the LFP all the time and it infuriates me that they are endangering everyone else on the trail. All it takes is hitting a small stone and they will lose control of the bike entirely.
Permalink Reply by MagMileMarauder on July 30, 2011 at 8:54pm
the typical handlebars on the hipster fixies (super short) look extremely uncomfortable for riding. It causes the elbows to be hyper extended, eventually leading to numbness (squishing the nerves, basically). i understand the reason why they would try riding with no hands, basically, to avoid the numbness. the things one sacrifices to look 'cool', or they're simply unaware. if i were to build a fixed gear bike, i'd install cruiser-style handlebars. what's wrong with comfort? too dorky?
Permalink Reply by Harry Lee on July 31, 2011 at 6:23am
I saw a kid make a left hand turn off of Milwaukee on to a side street yesterday while texting. I'm used to seeing such stupidity on the LFP, it appears to be only slightly less common while riding in the street.
Permalink Reply by Doug Haynes on July 31, 2011 at 12:16pm
Over the winter I saw no hands with the hands in the pockets of a sweat shirt; WTF is wrong with kids today?

Bike Bloke said:
"Look, Mom - no hands!" can oh-so-quickly become, "Look, Mom - no teeth!"
Permalink Reply by Mike Zumwalt on July 31, 2011 at 1:47pm

 


Was he wearing a winter hat? He might have had heat exhaustion.
Adam "Cezar" Jenkins said:

I've seen way too many hipsters riding no handed lately.
Permalink Reply by Mike Zumwalt on July 31, 2011 at 1:48pm
Permalink Reply by Ash L. on July 31, 2011 at 4:35pm
I was waiting for the Kozy on Miwaukee to open up this morning when a dapper looking fellow in a fishnet orange tank top rode by basically jazzercising on his road bike. Not only was he riding "no handed" but he was wiggling his hips and dinging his bell to an imaginary beat. Too fabulous to live, too beautiful to die.
Permalink Reply by Carly on July 31, 2011 at 4:36pm
I've been wondering why the no hands thing is so popular myself....I've been seeing it everywhere.
Permalink Reply by Jera Sue on August 1, 2011 at 5:03am
Love that link, Mike :)
Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on August 1, 2011 at 9:44am

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