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I was just driving (a car!) and making a left turn. There was a roadie, waiting for the crosswalk across the road I was turning onto, but in the MIDDLE OF THE LANE. He was off the curb, right in the middle of the lane, just chilling out and looking at his fingernails.
I got up to where he was, and politely just waited hoping he would sense that A CAR was coming, but he didn't look up. I eventually had to honk my horn, which startled him and convinced him that he should flip me off.
Of course he shouldn't be in the middle of the lane doing nothing, but he should also not be using the crosswalk. There was a bike lane there. The flipping off was uncalled for as well. I wonder how many other *******s act like this and give cyclists a bad reputation.
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What made him a "roadie"? His bike, his clothes, his riding style.
Your labeling does not seem to be helpful.
Based on his riding style, I would not call him a "roadie"; no "roadies" I know ride that way.
What made him a "roadie"? His bike, his clothes, his riding style.
Your labeling does not seem to be helpful.
Based on his riding style, I would not call him a "roadie"; no "roadies" I know ride that way.
Semantics
Semantics
Semantics? What's wrong with using words according to their accepted definitions? This guy sounds like a rude jerk, but nothing you wrote makes him sound like a roadie.
And waiting in a crosswalk next to a bike lane against a red light--that just makes no sense. It doesn't sound like anything a VC, AC, invisible cyclist, roadie, MTB, commuter, bike messenger, or sidewalk cyclist would pull. It's just weird.
Maybe "tweaker?" "Cokehead?" :lol:
I'd have to say the dumbest cyclist I've seen was a while back, on 21st St. in Newark, OH. Busy, 5-lane 35 MPH road with narrow lanes in that area. No bike lanes. At least there's no cars parked on the side of the road (business area.)
Some JAB decides to ride against traffic. OK, they do that all the time on this street, except... they do it on the sidewalk. This idiot was riding IN THE ROAD, between cars in the right lane and the curb. Keep in mind, narrow lanes.
You could have always pulled over without honking and walked over to talk about bicycles. That would have been the perfect way for the conversation to segue into your helpful suggestion on riding in traffic.
I'm sure this guy considered himself a roadie. Don't get all bent out of shape because someone used your label on someone you don't want to identify with.
I love how these threads always get off topic, and then when someone makes a posts asking for some specific info they get told: " SEARCH!" ;)
I should retitle this thread "What makes a roadie a roadie?"
Maybe you should retitle this thread "My Experience as a JAM"
This could be fun, a rename the thread contest.
My second entry, "Learning to be a Troll"
My Experience as a JAM... ooh, I like that...
You could have always pulled over without honking and walked over to talk about bicycles. That would have been the perfect way for the conversation to segue into your helpful suggestion on riding in traffic.
I kind of thought about, but that probably would have come off as condescending. Also, I thought the safest thing to do was to make him aware of my presence as soon as possible. If someone rear ended me, my car may have been pushed into him.
Maybe you should retitle this thread "My Experience as a JAM"
* * *
This could be fun, a rename the thread contest.
My second entry, "Learning to be a Troll"
The OP didn't do anything that was improper as a motorist, so I don't see how he could be a "JAM." And this would be a pretty lame troll. The behavior of the cyclist was so odd that it doesn't push the buttons of people who use this forum.
Maybe you should retitle this thread "My Experience as a JAM"
Why? What did the OP do that was so wrong?
Yeah, other than to point out that there are cyclists out there that make the rest of us look bad, I mostly posted this because the guy acted so weird and unnecessarily hostile. I thought it'd be a good story for (someone's) grandkids...
you should have told him to get on the sidewalk.
I was just driving (a car!) and making a left turn. There was a roadie, waiting for the crosswalk across the road I was turning onto, but in the MIDDLE OF THE LANE. He was off the curb, right in the middle of the lane, just chilling out and looking at his fingernails.
I'm a bit confused. If this cyclist was in a croddwalk where it would block a car that was turning left it would seem to have to either have a green light or be riding the wrong way.
This could be fun, a rename the thread contest.
My second entry, "Learning to be a Troll"
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I'm a bit confused. If this cyclist was in a croddwalk where it would block a car that was turning left it would seem to have to either have a green light or be riding the wrong way.
He was going the right way, but you are exactly correct; it would seem he needed a green light, but he didn't. I was turning on a green arrow, he was in the crosswalk with both a red traffic light and a red crosswalk light.
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