# Bike week comes to a close in NH

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bike-week-comes-to-a-close-in-nh/543905>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 20, 2010, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bike-week-comes-to-a-close-in-nh/543905 "2010-06-20T20:51:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2010, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bike-week-comes-to-a-close-in-nh/543905/1 "2010-06-20T20:51:30Z")

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So bike week is over here in NH and the highway is starting to fill with motorists.

I got caught in one mess of gridlock while going to visit my parents. I tried to entertain myself in this 85 degree and high humidity weather as the traffic inched along (the only time I hate driving a manual). One thing I always notice with bike week is the number of bikes on trailers or in the back of trucks. I want to ask these people if they realize that one can, in fact, ride that motorcycle tied up in the truck/trailer. Now wouldn’t that be something (and fun)?

But no. Instead of a highway full of small vehicles getting 40+ mpg, it’s full of large trucks towing/carrying those small vehicles.

Oh well. It really doesn’t bother me that much but instead makes me chuckle about the absurdity.

Well, I’m going for a ride now myself. I think I’ll head west and hopefully avoid any of the above traffic.

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**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bike-week-comes-to-a-close-in-nh/543905/2 "2010-06-21T01:19:59Z")

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Oh no, really? I’m not going to get much sleep then, given I see bike noise as purple flashes (I’m a [sound-color synesthete](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia#Sound_.E2.86.92_color_synesthesia), not crazy. or may not just…) and dozens go by my house at all hours at the end of every bike week. sigh.

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**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bike-week-comes-to-a-close-in-nh/543905/3 "2010-06-21T01:51:53Z")

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> [@elfkin477](#):
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> Oh no, really? I’m not going to get much sleep then, given I see bike noise as purple flashes (I’m a [sound-color synesthete](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia#Sound_.E2.86.92_color_synesthesia), not crazy. or may not just…) and dozens go by my house at all hours at the end of every bike week. sigh.

You have a very good point.

I wish to hell cops would write up all of the douchebags thundering around NH roads 7 months of the year.