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Strange Sight and Adrenalin Rush

Passersby: But she often catches stares out of the corner of her eye, according to The Waterloo Record. Passersby stop to ogle a strange sight before them and she knows that strange sight is her. It the adrenalin rush, solitude and thrill of whizzing past trees with great speed. It because Khizer rides her bike in a niqab, a face-covering veil that only reveals her eyes. She admits it must look a bit odd. "But I just zoom past and don't look at them," the bubbly 25-year-old said with a big, toothy smile. "Not everybody can do that." She feels comfortable wearing a garment that seems to make others cringe with discomfort. She also never forgets her helmet, securely strapped on top of her scarf-wrapped head. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.