Can we lose the "cager" ****?
Seriously. Most of us own cars too. Tool for the job.
DG
Can we lose the "cager" ****?
Seriously. Most of us own cars too. Tool for the job.
DG
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He was missing an apostrophe, and you were missing a comma.Originally Posted by CarlJohnson
your grammar is L-O-L bad friend
Hey pot, it's the kettle calling...
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You need a capital y. You shouldn't be the one commenting on grammar.
Hey there are jerks driving pick-ups, jerks driving cars, and yes even jerks on a bicycle. Such is human nature.
You guys are getting seriously Johnson'ed around.
That's me!
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The word is a good thing; it's quite elegantly descriptive. Almost reminds me of how aggressive little dogs get when they're safe.
And any cyclist who uses it is more likely than otherwise to consider the syndrome it describes when they're a motorist.
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Why are they called wheels? Coincidence???
Once I started wearing headphones during rides, the number of idiots who would yell out of their cars dropped to zero.
It's always someone in a CHEVY pickup.
"Nothing is so typical of middling minds than to harp on the intellectual deficiencies of the slightly less smart, but considerably more successful."
Bret Stephens, WSJ
Near the Toledo area by any chance? Any mullets involved?Was out on a recovery day country-side ride and my brother (who's thinking of taking up cycling) joins me.
Near the end of the ride, my brother warns "car" and I look back. We were just about to turn left onto another road and signaled.
lo and behold, the silverado pickup revs up and starts zooming by probably going +80-90mph at the sight of my hand. He flies by (which is fine), but then all of a sudden I see soft drink cups thrown out of the window obviously trying to hit us. They miss by a longshot and actually hit a window of the house next to us.
I've come to the conclusion that man will never set foot on Mars. If the soda was the space shuttle and I was a planet, houston we have a problem.
This is the kind of thing that keeps new cyclists from joining! I think competitive cyclist said something about the bike industry selling bikes that are more expensive vs selling new bikes to new people!
"Nothing is so typical of middling minds than to harp on the intellectual deficiencies of the slightly less smart, but considerably more successful."
Bret Stephens, WSJ
Thanks! The swelling has gone down a lot since yesterday and thanks to the Percodan, the pain is tolerable. I still can't move my right arm and being right-handed, doing everything left-handed is quite a task.
The Quintana Roo TT bike on his bike rack gave it away. There is a big 70.3 Triathlon going on today and the MUP was full of tri riders getting in their last training ride before the event.
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I had a durango pass me the other day...pretty close and the driver had his kids hanging out the window shouting at me. I flipped them off, naturally, but it really bothered me that people would allow their children to do that. They were red heads and I assume their parents were something similar to the O'doyles of Billy Madison, they will likely grow up to be incenstral mongols
Next on my wish list is a video camera. It will be on all the time, and if something like this occurs I will take the footage to the police and press charges.
I'm here on Earth to help others. What on Earth the others are here for, no one knows.
No. Good point. Noted for future...
[QUOTE=DropDeadFred;14216938 they will likely grow up to be incenstral mongols[/QUOTE]
Is an incenstral mongol someone from Asia who likes scented burning? Not many red heads in Asia. Now if you meant incestual mongrels, well, that would be a horse of a different color. Not that you should do anything with a Mongol's horse.
You are missing the point. Cagers are simply the dolts who think ONLY cars belong on the road and therefore take out their aggression on any cyclist they see (ie honking, yelling, buzzing, throwing stuff, engine revving etc). Not every driver is a cager; just the ones who act like inhuman animals boxed in their protective cage...
This thread suks.
No mullets haha. Near the Fostoria/Findlay outskirts and countryside.Near the Toledo area by any chance? Any mullets involved?
That's good to hear. Hopefully you recover fully in the upcoming weeks or months. It's definitely sad when you have to take a whole year off after a car hits you. No PT needed, right?
You must be tired.
Was driving in my cage yesterday taking the family out to Del Mar Dog Beach. Took the scenic route through the back country. Lots of bikes out there as there is a wide bike lane going both directions (rode it myself on Saturday). Came around a corner and there were two cyclists cruising along side-by-side. One was dead smack in the middle of the bike lane and the other was about 3 feet into the road. The guy in the road refused to move over and go single file. I was sooooooo tempted to blow the horn. I didn't, but that guy deserved a little reminder that if there is a bike lane, you need to ride your bike in it.
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Just saw a "hey watch it" post from a mod in one of his other threads. I didn't say "private" I said personal.
I guess we get to sit back and wait for him to rise from the ashes, phoenix style.
in my county the pickup cagers are the courteous drivers its those subaru wagons that need to play how close can we get.
Last edited by Rx Rider; 05-14-12 at 12:54 PM.
I'm just pointing out the trend that these shock threads in bikeforums involving a pickup truck and assault and or vehicular assault.
In NYC it's usually mini-vans being driven crazily, I've been buzzed by minivans a ton here in the city (most probably because of distracted drivers dealing with the inhabitants of the minivan).
But the really juicy Bikeforum threads (ones that invoke a ton of responses) tend to involve riding a suburban or rural road and being attacked by someone driving a pickup truck.
You already said that - Mustang convertible vs pickup
Last edited by StanSeven; 05-14-12 at 11:49 AM.
You're just trying to start an argument to show how smart you are.
I don't mind driving behind a cyclist taking the lane as long as there is something fredly about them to joke about.
WOW, stop right there!
It it NOT a cyclist then, now isn't it?
It is completely different thing - a triatlete.
You are lucky to be alive, actually.
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