Banners are not my friend...

Hello, friends!
You guys, fair readers, are my friends.  Would you like to know what are not my friends?  Banners.  Banners are not my friends.  I don't mean the banner ads that are right next to this blog post.  No, those banners do not bother me and can actually be beneficial in many ways. 

The banners I am talking about are the physical banners than one puts up when one wants to draw attention to something.  For example, let's suppose that you were a campus staff worker who wanted to draw attention to the table he set up in the student center.  What would be a great way to bring eyes to that table?  A snappy banner, of course!  Why yes, a banner would do just the job of telling everyone that you were there. 

Here's the problem.  Let's suppose that said campus staff worker wanted to bring the banner to campus by riding his bike.  Ah, now we have ourselves a problem.  See, because banners are not condusive to being toted via bike.  The dimensions are all wrong.  If our dear staff worker tries to use his bike rack and set the banner in securely, it will jut out 3 feet from the back, upsetting the balance and ensuring that it will fall onto the side of the road.  To put the banner horizontally across the rack would mean that while biking, the banner would stick out from both sides, possibly hitting pedestrians or getting hit by cars. 

So what does our staff worker do?  He puts it vertically on the rack, but slides it forward as far as he possibly can, such that the banner is sticking between his legs.  This would not be a problem if the banner was directly parallel with the crossbar, but doing that would mean that the banner would no longer be on the rack and would fall off to the side.  So, the banner has to be at a slight angle, meaning our poor biking staff worker has to pedal bow-legged to campus.  Friends, this is not a fun situation. 

In conclusion, biking with a banner is hard work.  Next time I'm using the baby jogger. 

Places Traveled: Campus, Plasma, Bengals
Distance Traveled: 6.0 miles ($.51)
Meters: 3 hours on campus ($3.00) + 2 hours downtown ($1.20)

Total: $4.71
Grand Total: $93.38
Left to Save: $489.25

Happy Biking! 

~Adam