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Bikepacker67 07-30-05 05:33 PM
Only 535 returns!
 
Go ahead and Google:
"I Hate Cyclists"

Only 535 returns? That's actually a lot less than I expected!

Bikepacker67 07-30-05 05:58 PM
Ya see... ya come across posts like this :

Quote:
Guess what! You're not as fast as cars! No, really! I don't care if you have your little riding shorts, and your aerodynamically designed helmets, and grotesquely large calfs. It doesn't matter! You're still not as fast as me and my car!

SO GET THE **** OFF THE ROAD!!!

I love watching these guys in front of me at a red light, getting themselves all psyched up to show they can totally hold their own against the cars around them. And then it's green and they're pumpin their legs and pumpin and pumpin and they're totally cylcing fast and then OH SNAP I'm passing them with like inches to spare because otherwise I'm going to be in the other lane and there's another car there.

I think next time I'll try and take'em out with my side mirror.

CHEERS
Dave

Bikepacker67 07-30-05 06:15 PM
Also, the great thing about Google is the cache - you can look at pages that no longer exist.

Such as what some RV'ers think of us[/URL].

How funny is that??? Old cogers in oversized behemoths bytchin' about wee lil' cyclists!
If they only knew the wrath they invoke in the rest of the driving public!

dobber 07-31-05 05:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Bikepacker67
How funny is that??? Old cogers in oversized behemoths bytchin' about wee lil' cyclists!
Kinda reminds me of cyclists *****ing about motorists. Seems nobodys ever happy.

filtersweep 07-31-05 05:42 AM
There are at least twice as many "I hate drivers" (1240)... 546 "I hate SUVs" 976 "I hate trucks"

Alekhine 07-31-05 08:15 AM
It's only because drivers are too dumb to use the internet. :)

slvoid 07-31-05 09:04 AM
Yeah I'm surprised there's only 535 too.
"I hate bush" is 34,300.
"I hate microsoft" is 18,700.
"I hate me" is 14,900.
"I hate apple" is 4,720.

"I hate you", however, is 707,000.

And finally, "I hate bikeforums" returns exactly 1 hit.

7stitches 07-31-05 11:32 AM
Can't we all just get along?

gajohnson 07-31-05 02:25 PM
"I hate when we all can't get along" is 1 hit. :)

Big Tommy C 07-31-05 03:08 PM
Speaking of being taken out by a side mirror, I wonder how good it would feel to knock the mirror off of a rude car. What are they gonna do, call the police and say "Well, I was attempting to run this guy off the road when he hit my mirror"?

Just a thought.

scarry 07-31-05 04:28 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Big Tommy C
Speaking of being taken out by a side mirror, I wonder how good it would feel to knock the mirror off of a rude car. What are they gonna do, call the police and say "Well, I was attempting to run this guy off the road when he hit my mirror"?

Just a thought.
Not hard if you do it with your U-Lock.

DCCommuter 07-31-05 07:45 PM
People who hate cyclists don't use the word cyclist!

skookum 07-31-05 08:27 PM
A friend of mine took out somebody's mirror and got arrested. He had to apologize and re-imburse the driver for a new mirror.

So think before you try it.

CB HI 07-31-05 08:41 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by DCCommuter
People who hate cyclists don't use the word cyclist!
Outstanding point. "Hate bicycles" returns 227,000 hits. :(

The first hit starts with "It isn’t even so much that I hate bicycles. It’s more like I hate the people who ride the bicycles."

Chris L 07-31-05 09:38 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Big Tommy C
Speaking of being taken out by a side mirror, I wonder how good it would feel to knock the mirror off of a rude car. What are they gonna do, call the police and say "Well, I was attempting to run this guy off the road when he hit my mirror"?
Not so difficult actually. In fact, I did it myself by accident a couple of years ago. Some moron on the Tweed Coast driving too close, mirror smashes into my arm, arm doesn't even flinch, bits of glass from smashed mirror scattered all over the road. D/N/T.

Chris L 07-31-05 09:40 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bikepacker67
Ya see... ya come across posts like this :
It's called trolling. There's enough of it in this place, why would anyone want to seek out more of the same?

slvoid 07-31-05 10:09 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by CB HI
Outstanding point. "Hate bicycles" returns 227,000 hits. :(

The first hit starts with "It isn’t even so much that I hate bicycles. It’s more like I hate the people who ride the bicycles."
Actually if you quote "Hate Bicycles" and litearlly search for that, you'd find a LOT less than 227,000 hits.
If you search for hate bicycles as 2 separate words, one of the links on the first page says, "Gorilla monsters hate bicycles." I'm not sure that counts... heh.

scarry 08-01-05 12:43 PM
A lot of the sites are tongue in cheek. One, http://www.ihatebikes.net/about.html, is by a bike industry guy/worker/rider.

Big Tommy C 08-02-05 09:39 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by skookum
A friend of mine took out somebody's mirror and got arrested. He had to apologize and re-imburse the driver for a new mirror.

So think before you try it.
Hmmmm. That seems odd.


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