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Old 11-21-08, 02:01 PM
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Originally Posted by JoeyBike
Man...this is fun! Too bad I had to visit a car forum to get the honest truth though.
SnowGTI2003 said: They're both douchbags.

I can accept that explanation.
This sums up the whole thread.

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Old 11-21-08, 02:34 PM
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Originally Posted by cyccommute
I'm talking about other cyclists, you dufus!
OK...let's talk about other cyclists.

I am being subjected to an unfair stereotype thanks to all of you wannabe Lance de Tour folks wearing lycra. THAT my friend is why "THEY" hate us. Because some of "us" dress like clown sausages.

Here is the proof at the Car Forum:

absoluteczech said: "the queer in spandex is a ***"

I am highly offended by that spandex remark! Those of you who wear that stuff should consider how that effects the rest of us!
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Joey ... you can use my spandex for a coffee filter. I'm never giving up my spiderman costume, you hear me?!? NEVER!!!
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Only thing comes to mind... 2 wrongs dont make eather one right
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Man, this thread has made it around the innerwebs, and all it turns out to be is some lame-o giving some other lame-o's truck a love tap?

What a bunch of twats.
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have we reached Viral proportions?
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Originally Posted by Paul Barnard
Joey, I think it is possible based on what I saw that the truck driver entered the intersection, had an OH SCHIDT moment when he saw you and hit his brakes.
This was my first impression when I saw the vid. Maybe this was the case, maybe the driver was being a jerk, without more info it seems like finger+punch is a bad idea. My 2 cents...
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Originally Posted by TRaffic Jammer
have we reached Viral proportions?
Beautiful!
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Originally Posted by Inmate
Man, this thread has made it around the innerwebs, and all it turns out to be is some lame-o giving some other lame-o's truck a love tap?

What a bunch of twats.
Must be someone from ADV
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Originally Posted by Inmate
Man, this thread has made it around the innerwebs, and all it turns out to be is some lame-o giving some other lame-o's truck a love tap?

What a bunch of twats.
MR. **** to you.
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Joey, whether they like you or not, you certainly inspire comments.

Your vids are like forum thread food. Drop one in and the thread just grows and grows.
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Thought I would take a minute to thank all of the folks who didn't kick me around this thread. (Sorry if I missed a few)

Originally Posted by Big_e
Good one! Hope he has a nice dent to remember to stop.
Originally Posted by GutterNinja!
JoeyPickup should be glad he didn't meet JoeyULock
Originally Posted by capejohn
Keep the stories and videos coming. They break up same O same O stuff that can infect this place.
Originally Posted by pacificaslim
Anyone who wants to equate a bike running a stop sign or light with a huge truck like that doing so is a few spokes short of a wheel. Ride on Joey!
Originally Posted by hurricane harry
Awsome video, keep up the good work. Don't listen to all these do gooders on here.
Originally Posted by AlmostTrick
I'm pretty sure Joey will always be my (and bike forums) favorite scofflaw no matter what he does.
Originally Posted by Mekanica25
Should have gone for the tail light..
Originally Posted by ghettocruiser
Regardless of my sentiments on the riding style, I gotta commend the quality of the instant replays.
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Joey, I enjoy watching your vids.
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JoeyBike, it's nice to see someone on here older than 40 who isn't a safety nanny and still rides fast in an urban atmosphere.
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I just wanted to say I enjoy watching your videos.
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Joey I like your vids, including the op.
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How the heck do you figure the cyclist was supposed to stop? He doesn't have a stop sign. The truck does.
Originally Posted by zoltani
Thanks Joey. Interesting as always. And the ridiculousness that ensues on these forums after you post a vid cracks me up.
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How're the knuckles? You should check out the ATV gloves with the kevlar armoured knuckle plates.
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Joey, whether they like you or not, you certainly inspire comments.

Your vids are like forum thread food. Drop one in and the thread just grows and grows.
Special shout out to TRaffic Jammer and apricissimus who always seem to be in my corner.

Thanks again for watching my back. I love it when I read a negative post at work and before I get home to respond, one of you has already taken care of it.

Cheers!

Joey

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Old 11-22-08, 10:16 AM
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If I really cared about what people thought of me I would have jumped off a bridge in my 20's.
Every one is a critic.
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Usually I do not Comment on the op's antics because to each his own, and he obviously has MUCH better bike handling skills than I do, but I can no longer resist.To the op: I have mixed feeling about your videos, From an entertainment point, they are great because they embody, I think, many of the things we would all like to do but feel unsafe doing. From a practical standpoint, I find them rather frightening because no matter how good you are sooner or later fate will catch up. Here's to hoping it's much later! I can understand the urge to "send a message". Not the way i would choose, but if it worked for you great. personally i would have yelled and ridden real close behind the truck and went on, but that's me.
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What I wanna know is when are we going to get "Third World. Part II?" I've already seen that Mid-City has turned to schitt, what else?
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Originally Posted by dclaryjr
What I wanna know is when are we going to get "Third World. Part II?" I've already seen that Mid-City has turned to schitt, what else?
Parts of Gentilly. New Orleans East still looks like a bomb went off yesterday. 9th Ward is a soccer field. Just depends on where my mood takes me next time.

On the other hand, Broadmoor is back, Lakeview is improving slowly.

Last weekend my wife had a back injury - kept me home waiting on her. This weekend I am down with the sinus/chest crud. So production has been delayed on those projects. I'll PM you when the next one goes online.
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Last weekend my wife had a back injury - kept me home waiting on her. This weekend I am down with the sinus/chest crud. So production has been delayed on those projects. I'll PM you when the next one goes online.
Thanks...looking forward to it. Get well!
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I wished he'd thrown it into reverse and nailed you.
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Originally Posted by dobber
I wished he'd thrown it into reverse and nailed you.
Wish into one hand, spit into the other, and see which one fills up first.
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the auto punch is most commonly administered by bicyclists to the windows of motorists encroaching on their left at roughly equivalent speeds.

punching the back of a truck that entered an intersection 100 feet before you, but was slow moving due its size and intersection dynamics is a new one to me.

yelling at him so he'd stop so you could more easily punch the back of the truck is crafty.

what time of day was it, and do you run daytime LEDs? More motorists yield their right of way to me when I run a high intensity (150 lumens) LED on flash mode.
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Originally Posted by dobber
I wished he'd thrown it into reverse and nailed you.

Dude!

I do not care for Joey's riding style but wishing harm on him is uncalled for. IMHO
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Joey, stay alive for another day and keep the videos coming!

I love the sites & scenes from No-LA from your perspective!
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Originally Posted by Bekologist
Punching the back of a truck that entered an intersection 100 feet before you, but was slow moving due its size and intersection dynamics is a new one to me.
My take at the time was different. He inched out to look for traffic. All he saw was a cyclist. Maybe he thought "F' him....he's on a bike" or maybe he does not often see cyclists riding 17 mph. Given the type of vehicle, I assumed it was the former. Vehicle Profiling if you will.

So he hits the gas for whatever reason - then has a change of heart - most likely because if he hits me or I hit him, the cops will be called and not only delay him, but cite him for failure to yield.

The rest is a bunch of Neanderthal posturing that probably neither one of us is proud of now. But him slamming on his brakes in an attempt to make me hit him was the clincher. I had to push off of the truck anyway to avoid a crash, so I pushed off with a punch.

Nice thing about video, I can see that my position in the road approaching the intersection could have been better. I should have been in the left tire track, not the right. He would have seen me a split second sooner.

Originally Posted by Bekologist
what time of day was it, and do you run daytime LEDs? More motorists yield their right of way to me when I run a high intensity (150 lumens) LED on flash mode.
At the start of the vid, you can see the sun. Time was an hour and a half before sunset. Running daytime lights is probably not a bad idea. Just like a motorcycle. Problem with that, as soon as they ID me as a cyclist they are likely to run the stop RIGHT in front of me anyway, just like they do at night. I run 30 watts of NightSun.
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Originally Posted by gamecat
It's not that simple. There are no stop signs.

The truck shouldn't have pulled out and then stopped. If it had checked both directions, seen Joey and then proceeded through the intersection quickly enough not to block the right of way of the vehicle in motion then there wouldn't have been a problem. If it had waited there wouldn't have been a problem.

What happened is that the driver failed to notice the cyclist approaching the intersection and so was not going to safely clear the intersection before Joey's arrival. He then became either confused or irritated and hesitated in the middle of the intersection.

Joey was able to avoid him, despite the trucks erratic false starts, which means that Joey wasn't riding unsafely as far as the basic speed law is concerned. He might be faulted for not riding defensively, but he didn't break the law. The truck technically did, but probably not intentionally. At least until the ges-ticular communication began.
Ah, in that case I take that back. I thought the solid white lines indicated a stop was required. My apologies to OP.
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Originally Posted by mustang1
Ah, in that case I take that back. I thought the solid white lines indicated a stop was required. My apologies to OP.
The gamecat quote above about no stop sign for the truck has already been cleared up. Just wanted to keep the record straight.

Here is the Google Street View of what the truck saw as he/she approached the intersection:

Google 400 block of Conti Street approaching Decatur Street.

Interestingly, if you proceed one click on the map to the intersection and look RIGHT, you will see what appears to be two cyclists on the sidewalk that Google blur-censored. I wonder if that was because they were on bikes, or somehow "under-dressed".

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