Idiot on electric scooter thing
06-24-09, 08:12 PM
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Idiot on electric scooter thing
Was using the BICYCLE path on my way home, hard to explain but it's a special path to get a street that doesn't allow cars in that section.
I yelled "YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO RIDE THAT THING ON THE BIKE PATH!!!" and he ignored me. GRRRR. Get a real bike, fattie.
I yelled "YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO RIDE THAT THING ON THE BIKE PATH!!!" and he ignored me. GRRRR. Get a real bike, fattie.
06-24-09, 08:57 PM
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I'm fat. Which of my bikes is real?
Hostile intentions leads to a bad reputation for you. Inner peace you need.
/waddles off like the fat dude he really is
Hostile intentions leads to a bad reputation for you. Inner peace you need.
/waddles off like the fat dude he really is
06-24-09, 09:26 PM
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I get young 'uns on motor scooters occasionally using the MUP I ride on, I was more concerned with the fact that one almost got wasted by the SUV, at the junction of the MUP and road the other day. It was horribly close 
the scooter lad never looked for on coming traffic and was almost toast.
the scooter lad never looked for on coming traffic and was almost toast.
06-24-09, 09:31 PM
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https://www.e-ride.ca/Electric_Scooters/Motorino_XPr.htm
It looked vaguely like that thing. Not a bicycle. No pedals etc. Motorized vehicle.
It looked vaguely like that thing. Not a bicycle. No pedals etc. Motorized vehicle.
06-24-09, 09:36 PM
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Riding that motor vehicle on the bike path is not cool, but why aggravate yourself by saying something?
06-25-09, 06:43 AM
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Not to tag this on you, particularly, or on this thread, but I'm thinking we could do with a few less "something less than optimal happened to me today" threads. Someone cut me off. Someone pulled out in front of me. A jogger was running on the bike path with an ipod on. Et cetera. All less than optimal, all annoying, we all understand and sympathize. But they're all part of commuting in an imperfect world. None is worth getting seriously steamed about, because it's going to happen to you over and over and over again. Bike commuting is only going to lead to a heart attack if you can't let the annoyances slide off.
06-25-09, 08:40 AM
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Not to tag this on you, particularly, or on this thread, but I'm thinking we could do with a few less "something less than optimal happened to me today" threads. Someone cut me off. Someone pulled out in front of me. A jogger was running on the bike path with an ipod on. Et cetera. All less than optimal, all annoying, we all understand and sympathize. But they're all part of commuting in an imperfect world. None is worth getting seriously steamed about, because it's going to happen to you over and over and over again. Bike commuting is only going to lead to a heart attack if you can't let the annoyances slide off.
06-25-09, 08:44 AM
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If not, I wouldn't have a problem with the electric scooter guy.
06-25-09, 08:59 AM
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If we had more electric scooter guys out there blazing the MUPs, maybe there would be fewer idiots out their walking on the left, with their dog leashes stretched across the whole path. Go electric scooter guy.
06-25-09, 09:01 AM
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all less than optimal, all annoying, we all understand and sympathize. But they're all part of commuting in an imperfect world. None is worth getting seriously steamed about, because it's going to happen to you over and over and over again. Bike commuting is only going to lead to a heart attack if you can't let the annoyances slide off.
06-25-09, 09:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Santaria
I'm fat. Which of my bikes is real?
Hostile intentions leads to a bad reputation for you. Inner peace you need.
/waddles off like the fat dude he really is
Hostile intentions leads to a bad reputation for you. Inner peace you need.
/waddles off like the fat dude he really is
LMAO +1
06-25-09, 09:43 AM
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I want to draft the clydes on electric scooters.
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I'd probably be pissed if there was one of those scooter thingies on my MUP. Then I'd get over it when I hopped on his wheel for the 25mph pull home.
06-25-09, 10:07 AM
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Why is this a problem? On the local MUP electric assisted bicycles are allowed, whilst gasoline assisted ones are not.
06-25-09, 12:05 PM
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In most areas, if it has two wheels and can't do over 35 MPH, it's allowed on the bike paths. That includes gas powered scooters.
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I saw those at Toys-R-Us the other day. I thought they were cool but then I wasn't sure where they would be ridden. slower than a bike, I think