Riders with cellphones and no helmet
10-13-04, 09:06 AM
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Riders with cellphones and no helmet
Anyone else find this picture aggravating to cyclists everywhere?
10-13-04, 09:14 AM
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No.
It looks like he did the right thing- he got a phone call, was parked on the side of the road with his helmet off, one foot on the ground, not moving and talking.
Most cyclists would be ignorant enough to NOT stop and try to ride while talking on their cell phone. I've seen it. I even almost got into a crash with another cyclist because they wouldn't get off the phone.
I'm actually thinking that he's setting an example for all the stupid cyclists out there who won't be responsible enough to pull over to the side of the road and talk if they have to take a phone call.
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It looks like he did the right thing- he got a phone call, was parked on the side of the road with his helmet off, one foot on the ground, not moving and talking.
Most cyclists would be ignorant enough to NOT stop and try to ride while talking on their cell phone. I've seen it. I even almost got into a crash with another cyclist because they wouldn't get off the phone.
I'm actually thinking that he's setting an example for all the stupid cyclists out there who won't be responsible enough to pull over to the side of the road and talk if they have to take a phone call.
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10-13-04, 09:18 AM
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Well, if he wore his helmet he would get helmet hair! Besides if he crashed he would really want to protect that side of his handlebars. As far as the cellphone he must have got it from wonder woman's jet (insvisible?). I think he is just adjusting his glasses.
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10-13-04, 09:31 AM
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Good catch on that sorry about getting that one wrong egg in my face admittedly
10-13-04, 09:33 AM
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That's ok. But seriously, he is doing everything right. He is not riding, he's pulled over to the side, he's taken off his helmet... he's the poster boy of what cyclists should be doing if they insist on using their helmets. Unfortunately, a lot of folks insist on continuing the ride, despite all the dangers that are amplified from riding while talking.
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10-13-04, 09:42 AM
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I have no wish to be a pedant and I may be mistaken but it looks to me like he has both feet clipped in there.
10-13-04, 09:54 AM
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Originally Posted by IronHorse
I have no wish to be a pedant and I may be mistaken but it looks to me like he has both feet clipped in there.
Still doesn't really irritate me - it's his life, not mine.
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I also see both of his feet clipped on the pedals, he is effectively riding and he is just answering a phone call from his campaign adviser Joe Lockhart, traveling in the one of the following official black SUVs, asking him to put his helmet on before someone get him on camera and make him lose a significant number of votes among the safety conscious cycling community 
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Not exactly, Koffee. He's not parked off to the side of the road with one foot on the ground.
Notice the lack of motion blur though. Yep, that's right, track stand baby!
Notice the lack of motion blur though. Yep, that's right, track stand baby!
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Originally Posted by slvoid
Yep, that's right, track stand baby!
10-13-04, 10:23 AM
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no the pic does not piss me off. he obviously has a friggin helmet as it's on the handlebars and there are plenty of pics with him wearing a helmet while riding. you are making assumptions and when you assume you make an ass out of u and, well in this case you didn't make an ass out of anyone but yourself.
10-13-04, 10:26 AM
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Originally Posted by dobber
That's not a trackstand, that's flip-flopping.
10-13-04, 10:28 AM
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Originally Posted by bridgestone_200
Anyone else find this picture aggravating to cyclists everywhere?
10-13-04, 10:28 AM
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I'm not sure I see a cell phone either, it sort of looks like he is about to adjust his glasses, or in the middle of raising his hand to wave at the guy taking the picture. It also looks like he's in a parking lot tooling around before actualy starting his ride or something like that.
10-13-04, 10:58 AM
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Originally Posted by slvoid
Not exactly, Koffee. He's not parked off to the side of the road with one foot on the ground.
Notice the lack of motion blur though. Yep, that's right, track stand baby!
Notice the lack of motion blur though. Yep, that's right, track stand baby!
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10-13-04, 11:09 AM
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They had the video clip on the news this morning yes he is riding, and yes he is adjusting his glasses. No cell phone, can't even see it in the picture posted.
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Originally Posted by Roughstuff
especially a lightweight like Kerry.
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Looks like a phone to me.
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I think he is talking into a stick. "Hey Terresa, can you buy me another bike? I think this one has a tire that is losing air.."
10-13-04, 11:37 AM
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I see a shadow of his and on his face, no phone.
10-13-04, 11:42 AM
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He's riding with his helmet either in his hand which is the only one on the bars or its hanging on the hood. Cellphone in his other hand and he's riding,cant park with both feet on the pedals or he's doing a hell of a trackstand,LOL.
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Originally Posted by Raiyn
He's still better than Captain Endo.
Looks like a phone to me.
Looks like a phone to me.
I know what he's holding on to..its a weapon of mass destruction!
It looks like he has two black eyes from telling Theresa to stop campaigning!
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Um, his foot is not on the ground. From the looks of it he's exiting a parking lot, not in the middle of traffic anyways.