Fu*king Cyclists

[plugboots]

Why? I make no reaction when someone passes me because what is there to react to?


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[Beaver]

As a cyclist, I heartily endorse fucking cyclists.

[Sirshredalot]

I'm not a hell's angel, but it is fun buzzing the road bikers round these part.

I know a handful of runners and cyclists who carry a pistol. You should be more careful that you don't do something they construe as assault. Whether or not you think you are in the right, you may end up dead.

[ill-advised strategy]

So many people drive in this one bike lane where I live that all the lines are so faded they’re invisible and when I don’t drive in it I get all kinds of static from opposing traffic who think I’m way over the center....
We have this bike lane, and I was so stoked when they put it in, and 3 years later the drivers still don’t get it, the cyclists still ride on the sidewalks (saw a city bike policeman riding the sidewalk, against city code the other day)....I saw a longboarder using the bike lane against traffic yesterday while a cyclist rode agaist traffic on the opposite sidewalk.
It’s just never going to happen. Like 1% of us want to drag everyone kicking and screaming into modern traffic/cycling patterns but really bikes are mostly an expensive toy that yuppies drive to the trailhead and walmart trash for dui scuzzers who don’t give the slightest shit about any kind of cycling etiquette or best practices as they’re huffing and puffing that full susp Next with 8psi in the rear tire and no derailleur cable and a seat that’s 5” too low...always with that ever present plastic bag in the left hand. Not gonna happen

[EZB]

FWIW the Boulder story is about a car on a bike PATH, not bike lane. Path. Think sidewalk, only worse.

Also (I haven't read this thread, I'm a terrible driver, and what with cell phones and all I think road bikers tend to have a death wish, but...) please don't buzz bikes pedestrians idiots etc.

[AdironRider]

Isn't there a fucking drivers thread? This is about asshole cyclists.

And ill advised is spot on.

[ill-advised strategy]

here I am, in that faded bike lane, employing the "no fucks given" attitude and the "can't miss me" bike color scheme and the "keeping my body up above the car impact zone" strategy a-la commercial trucks.



I am the fucking cyclist. I am the fucking driver.
I'm into all kinds of fucking.

[skiballs]

I know a handful of runners and cyclists who carry a pistol. You should be more careful that you don't do something they construe as assault. Whether or not you think you are in the right, you may end up dead.

Settle down Zippy, we're talking about Davidsonville, MD. Ain't no gun toting road bikers out here, sheesh. Hell, half of them probably have motorcycles and loud boats also. But, who knows, it could be like some fucked alternate ending to Easy Rider. Spandex bikers kill Capt America, trippy man.

[ill-advised strategy]

heh. Uneasy Rider!

edit: Difficult Rider???

[Jong Lafitte]

OK. So, being passed by smug roadie is fine. You got the $8K bike, the matching WopoLietti kit and the superior fitness that comes with ten bazillion miles in the torture cave. Be smug. BUT...

If your fucking bike sounds like the Titanic is fucking sinking, its stern being separated from the bow under its own weight, the steel being ripped apart, and its being pulled by a steam locomotive with the gaskets blown out and its all packed into a garbage truck that fell off the Empire State Building, you have given up the right to be smug. You are riding an $8K noise maker so say "hello!" Follow the fucking rules: "THE MACHINE MUST BE SILENT!" Maybe if you say Hi, I won't notice that it sounds like your expensive European bike was assembled and maintained by a creature with no thumbs. Fox squirrel, I'm guessing.

[doebedoe]

OK. So, being passed by smug roadie is fine. You got the $8K bike, the matching WopoLietti kit and the superior fitness that comes with ten bazillion miles in the torture cave. Be smug. BUT...

If your fucking bike sounds like the Titanic is fucking sinking, its stern being separated from the bow under its own weight, the steel being ripped apart, and its being pulled by a steam locomotive with the gaskets blown out and its all packed into a garbage truck that fell off the Empire State Building, you have given up the right to be smug. You are riding an $8K noise maker so say "hello!" Follow the fucking rules: "THE MACHINE MUST BE SILENT!" Maybe if you say Hi, I won't notice that it sounds like your expensive European bike was assembled and maintained by a creature with no thumbs.

You talking about the whole fad of annoyingly loud freehubs?

Luckily, people are finally realizing that is dumb. Shimanos new hub standard released for XTR is silent. As are a bunch of other high-end hubs coming out.

[reckless toboggan]

You talking about the whole fad of annoyingly loud freehubs?

Fad? Loud hubs have been a thing since the late 90s and Chris King. So a 30 year fad?

That's like saying 26" wheels were a fad.

Not that I like loud hubs, but until recently, to get a light, durable hub with solid engagement at a reasonable price, they were loud. That is, unless you were only riding flat, east coast/mid-west type trails. Then the old Shimano hubs would probably be fine.

Pretty excited about the price and weight of Sprague clutch hubs coming down, and their reliability going up.

[Jong Lafitte]

LOL, I had King hubs in the late 90's. My riding buds gave me shit for the sound.

I'm presently stuck on the road, though. I think the decibels of the free hub matter less until someone is breaking the rule of "NEVER EVER freewheel." My understanding was that one's machine still qualifies as silent even if the freewheel is loud because, as long as you follow all the other rules, the machine will remain silent. If you spin out, the wind is then loud enough to cover your sins.

I'm talking more about a dude all kitted up, blasting up a hill on an expensive bike but its a damn racket from the ti and carbon rims-spoke, seat tube-seatpost-saddle, stem-headset-bar connections being too tight or too loose, the dreaded BB creak, or excessive drivetrain noise under power. Like a 911 with a bad exhaust gasket.

Maybe I'm just sensitive; I built up a CAAD3 mtb (King Hubs and the old SID fork, LOL) and there was a fucking creak in the BB that wouldn't fucking go away. You could change the cartridge BB and the Crank out and it would still fucking creak when you got on it enough. UUUUGH. My friend bought a "lower end" Gary Fisher, it was steel and fucking silent. I never bought another aluminum bike.

I do like the idea of quiet hubs too, esp for MTB. Nothing lights up teh wilderness quite like the buzzing of a loud ass hub from miles away. Then again, I have a cowbell for the greenbelt.

none of this is an actual criticism, I mean, ride what you want, when you want, how you want. just sayin' if you wanna be thooper serial roadie/tri-freak then don't clown yourself out with some creaky shit cuz I'll see you as you pass me by.

Also, while I'm rambling... I'm pacing a random couple of dudes in front of me on this climb with a very good shoulder on the road. I start hearing these guys behind us, american dude saying "you always have to be ready to attack"; Brazilian dude (I think) replying something about how he is ready. Then, right as the shoulder becomes obstructed by a bunch of branches for about 50 yards, the Brazilian dude yells out "on your left", starts passing then immediately yells out "car back"; he's then got to swerve out in front of the car to give us room to not run us into the damn branches. Always be ready to attack. That way, when you're out on a weekend ride surrounded by random people, you can wait until the time is JUST RIGHT and then ATTACK!!!! ( I guess he could have slowed and gotten back behind us but that would have certainly interrupted the interval he was on. To his credit, i suppose, he fucking gunned it; had a Chrysler on his ass).

[goldengatestinx]

^^^If two douche bags meet in the forest, does it still make a sound?


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So in your little mind standing in the road is acceptable? And the plug on your boots is for the heater. Now I get it.

[SumJongGuy]

I don't always park in the bike.lane, but when I do, it's right near the top of a big hill climb spot.

[FLS]

I would have stayed on the ground and waited for the ambulance.

[Dee Hubbs]

I would have stayed on the ground and waited for the ambulance.

I said the exact thing to Mrs Hubbs when I saw it.
Let them put me on a stretcher with a neck collar and haul me away.

[rideit]

Like a soccer player...RED CARD!


It was...heh...peculiar

[The SnowShow]

How has our MN friend not been shot?
https://youtu.be/gU3akk6Dy5M

[shroom]

i work in downtown seattle. tonight i was stopped at an intersection outside the building i work in, and i go through my usual routine of watch the the light for cross-traffic [until it turns red], watch the crosswalk sign turn to walk, and glance at traffic both ways before i cross (shit is crazy down there). i watch the light turn red, glance to my left first (traffic closest to me) and it’s clear, swing my vision back right, and watch a dude on a motorcycle run a red light, but it works out for him. then, in a burst of pedaling, some dude on a bike just tries to weasel his way through the red a solid few seconds late. while an impressive display of torque, the effort proved faulty as he increased velocity until he stuffed a shoulder into a ‘17 Grand Cherokee at a pretty solid speed, that was halfway through the intersection already. shit was absolutely ridiculous to watch in slow motion — i just yelled at the dude to brake, but no way he heard shit. it wasn’t pleasant but the dude popped up and people were humane about it.

also, i hate watching people get hurt like that. i was thinking about buying a motorcycle again, too.

[plugboots]

Wow. As a human behavioral study it’s kind of interesting how as soon as the cop admitted that he effed up, everybody kind of calmed down and became, at least, more polite. But still, we get tickets etc. for the bullshit cops pull on the reg.


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[stompinlines]

https://youtu.be/5XLLGsBQEf0


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[stompinlines]

https://youtu.be/zgIyu7sXM1Y


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[rideit]

Imagine what an asshole that guy is to work with.

[Gerome]

Wow. As a human behavioral study it’s kind of interesting how as soon as the cop admitted that he effed up, everybody kind of calmed down and became, at least, more polite. But still, we get tickets etc. for the bullshit cops pull on the reg.


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'that was my bad' ... Ugh, that is the worst, most annoying way to non-apologize ever. He admitted it, but that cliche has been around since the 90's and in my opinion is such an obnoxious statement. Glad it wasn't me there cause that wouldn't have ended there with me.