Originally Posted by
jobob
And then there are the ones who blow right through stopsigns and stoplights, sometimes causing drivers with the right-of-way to slam on their brakes.
And the ones who pass within inches with absolutely no warning, especially going downhill. Or passing you in a big-azz paceline where you have no place to go in case there's a pileup or an obstruction up ahead in the road.
I'm not saying every single rider wearing a WebCor* kit has these issues, but when you get two or three or a dozen or so, you run into enough who do.
*or Alto Velo, or Ophir-Milan, or any of a number of area race-oriented clubs full of people with plenty of experience who darn well know better but for some misplaced sense of entitlement choose to behave as inconsiderate and downright dangerous jackasses on the road.
Well-said, j-b. Thanks!
The bolded sentence was the cause of my crash a year ago. The offenders were from a number of clubs but they all exhibited that sense of entitlement and unsafe riding.
Every group is going to have a few bad apples. Why generalize? TnT is no worse than the clubs Jo mentioned, and is better than most in that they teach road etiquette.