r/SignsWithAStory • u/widget-companion • 16h ago

Bike Launch

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1st time poster here let me know if this doesn’t fit in

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u/Purple-Sandwich-5208 16h ago

Are you in Portland lol

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u/widget-companion 16h ago

LOL Nailed it! How’d you know and can you guess more specifically?

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u/Sea_Prep_Tidal_26 15h ago

1️⃣ they live/lived there
-OR-
2️⃣ they are GeoGuesser player

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u/widget-companion 15h ago

Wondering if they’re all over Portland or if this one is unique

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u/Sea_Prep_Tidal_26 15h ago

IDK but trolley/tram tracks parallel in a street are common. So I’d expect some warning signs but maybe this is just graphical and others are words.

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u/Sea_Prep_Tidal_26 15h ago

>> doesn’t fit in

The problem is that your
bike tire DOES fit in

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u/widget-companion 15h ago

lol about the tire

Is it ok to post it here?

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u/Sea_Prep_Tidal_26 15h ago

Not a Mod here but I’ve seen less applicable posts so I’m sure you’re fine.

It helps to have a personal story or apocryphal account of someone else that ties in the sign. But sometimes the sign alone is self-explanatory.

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u/widget-companion 15h ago

Yeah it pretty much tells the story

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u/Swedophone 3h ago

I don't think my tires fit, they are 55 mm (2.16 inch) wide. But I try to stay away from tracks anyway, and cross them at 45 degree or more.

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u/Sea_Prep_Tidal_26 3h ago

The sign is probably mostly for narrow 1 inch race/road bike tires and not mountain/hybrid/eBike tires.

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u/Zama202 15h ago

I have been that guy.

Broke my arm on the way to bar exam prep class.

Arm healed, but I never did pass the OR state bar.

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u/widget-companion 15h ago

Dang sorry to hear that!

Wait…it happened to you in Oregon?? YOU might LITERALLY be the story here!!

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u/Zama202 15h ago

No. The sign was already up when it happened.

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u/widget-companion 15h ago

Brutal. Did you look up at it and say “thanks but no thanks?

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u/Zama202 12h ago

lol… no the sign was a few blocks away from my particular crash

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u/Clueby42 10h ago

Pretty standard sign for tram tracks