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Had my first rude encounter with a stereotypical cyclists today but I was cycling too.
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Yup. That's a stereotypical cyclist alright. I think that guy bikes in my park.
...My 2 cents to say, don't put sunny-sunday cyclists in the same bag as all others and watch out when using bike paths or multi-use paths.
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He does. This past Saturday, I heard a guy bellowing "ON YOUR RIGHT!" from about a quarter mile away and "RUNNER UP!!" to his biking companion (who, I'm assuming, must have been legally blind since I could not have been more visible). I was mildly baffled since I was running all the way to the right of the road, making it a real puzzler as to how this guy was going to pass me on the right. As expected, he thundered, "I MEAN ON YOUR LEFT! ON YOUR LEFT!" as he went by in his Flags 'o Many Countries spandex little outfit in which he had craftily crammed about 75 spare pounds. He made sure to glare at me for not being on the side of the road that he had originally and erroneously announced. Ah, I love the Tour de France time of year.
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Did anyone start a "Why are so many cyclists fat?" thread?
I've never understood the hatred directed at cyclists. Would you prefer a city full of people on bikes or people in Hummers? Cyclists generally do what they do for the right reasons, is. for their own health, for the environment or a combination of the two. Either way society wins with more bikes. As someone who used to ride as a teenager (I actually hate riding itself these days), I used to go through red lights and stop signs, but you're allowed to. Bikes are more maneouverable, so you just can. So as adults we need to accept it, OK? The constant complaints about it always seem to me like the petty jealousies of lazy, frustrated, whining, car-driving slobs. If a cyclist says 'f*** you' to you, you either deserved it, or they're having a bad day. In either case, stop whingeing and laugh about it. And reserve you're real anger for the pricks driving 4WDs around cities.
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I've never understood the hatred directed at cyclists.
All good but clearly this is a thread designed to make fun of the people trying really, really hard to look the part of cyclist and is not meant to literally say that in real life anyone who rides a bike is evil. It's sarcasm or irony or something.
Cyclists generally do what they do for the right reasons, is. for their own health, for the environment or a combination of the two. Either way society wins with more bikes.
I used to go through red lights and stop signs, but you're allowed to.
The constant complaints about it always seem to me like the petty jealousies of lazy, frustrated, whining, car-driving slobs.
If a cyclist says 'f*** you' to you, you either deserved it, or they're having a bad day.
In either case, stop whingeing and laugh about it. And reserve you're real anger for the pricks driving 4WDs around cities.
Ah yes, and runners are ALWAYS so sculpted and toned. Perhaps you'd prefer to see overweight people stuffing their faces with burgers and watching TV all day, but I applaud the effort required to get on a bike and cycle when you're a fat c***.
Generally I agree with you EXCEPT Bikes aren't ALLOWED to do that. ... it amazes me how many cyclists are dis-obeying the rules of the road and they are the ones likely to suffer for it. A bike on the road is a vehicle on the road. It sucks that we have to share it so much with cars, and that the roads are designed more for cars etc. but bikes still have to stop at stop signs and yield and so on. Otherwise, people will continue to dislike riders.
Generally I agree with you EXCEPT Bikes aren't ALLOWED to do that. They just aren't. I'm "re-learning" how to ride my bike in the city - I haven't done it since I was a kid (and thanks to some of the other messages, I get to worry about some runners making fun of me for being overweight while I work at losing it. But then again, maybe they would be the same people who would make fun of me for running while overweight. I guess I just can't win.) and it amazes me how many cyclists are dis-obeying the rules of the road and they are the ones likely to suffer for it. A bike on the road is a vehicle on the road. It sucks that we have to share it so much with cars, and that the roads are designed more for cars etc. but bikes still have to stop at stop signs and yield and so on. Otherwise, people will continue to dislike riders.