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06-07-10 | 08:11 PM
#26
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From: Metro Indy, IN
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06-07-10 | 08:43 PM
#27
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From: Jersey City, NJ
Bikes: Jamis Coda Elite - custom 1x9 setup
The first time was a game of chicken. Before he got to me, though, he *did* at least swerve assertively toward his right/my left and passed me on the correct side. He did the same thing today. If nothing else, he's predictable.
Actually, this area is apartment-rich. I've encountered this guy and a ninja (which is why being early isn't such a hot idea either) in the same area. I hate to think the worst of people but they both strike me as people who are riding bikes because they've lost their licenses to DUI or whatever. The mere thought that I'm doing this because I want to is probably foreign to them, and I bet they can't imagine I actually enjoy it.
Actually, this area is apartment-rich. I've encountered this guy and a ninja (which is why being early isn't such a hot idea either) in the same area. I hate to think the worst of people but they both strike me as people who are riding bikes because they've lost their licenses to DUI or whatever. The mere thought that I'm doing this because I want to is probably foreign to them, and I bet they can't imagine I actually enjoy it.
yes people that don't ride to your specifcations must be DUI folks. pray do tell, why do jaywalkers jaywalk then, i mean they must all be some sort of druggies i presume in your world?
good lord you self-righteous folks are so ridiculous, you are as bad or worse as any rule-breaker that breaks rules for the sake of breaking rules - as in ridiculous.
06-07-10 | 11:24 PM
#28
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You gonna eat that?
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From: Fort Worth, Texas Church of Hopeful Uncertainty
Bikes: 1966 Raleigh DL-1 Tourist, 1973 Schwinn Varsity, 1983 Raleigh Marathon, 1994 Nishiki Sport XRS
What's the matter, did I strike a nerve, idiotekniQues?
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I stop for people / whose right of way I honor / but not for no one.
Originally Posted by bragi 
"However, it's never a good idea to overgeneralize."
I stop for people / whose right of way I honor / but not for no one.
Originally Posted by bragi "However, it's never a good idea to overgeneralize."
06-08-10 | 04:05 AM
#29
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From: Burlington Iowa
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Nope an arrow in the bullseye. Your post and the high fiving responders are more of the same of a string of recent posts in BF that is accurately described by idiotekniQues: self-righteous folks being ridiculous in their smug posts dissing cyclists who don't fit their own profile.
06-08-10 | 06:29 AM
#30
all-weather commuter
Joined: Mar 2009
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From: Rochester, NY
kiss
You guys! You have it all wrong.
Doohickie, you're male, right? Blow the guy a big affectionate kiss. He's already shown what a (over)sensitive guy he is- if a virtual smooch doesn't send him careening to the other side of the road, nothing will.
Or you'll make a new friend! Win either way!
Doohickie, you're male, right? Blow the guy a big affectionate kiss. He's already shown what a (over)sensitive guy he is- if a virtual smooch doesn't send him careening to the other side of the road, nothing will.
Or you'll make a new friend! Win either way!
06-08-10 | 07:12 AM
#31
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You gonna eat that?
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From: Fort Worth, Texas Church of Hopeful Uncertainty
Bikes: 1966 Raleigh DL-1 Tourist, 1973 Schwinn Varsity, 1983 Raleigh Marathon, 1994 Nishiki Sport XRS
I'm not dissing the cycist as a person, but riding like that really grinds my gears.
I will admit that filling in the backstory about why the guy is riding was pure speculation and didn't add to the discussion, but the fact remains that riding on the roads the way this guy was, is dangerous and illegal.
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I stop for people / whose right of way I honor / but not for no one.
Originally Posted by bragi "However, it's never a good idea to overgeneralize."
I stop for people / whose right of way I honor / but not for no one.
Originally Posted by bragi "However, it's never a good idea to overgeneralize."
06-08-10 | 07:25 AM
#32
urban commuter
Joined: Mar 2010
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From: West Philly
Yeah, it's self-righteous, smug, and ridiculous to call someone an idiot for riding the wrong way--as I see people doing nearly every day on my commute. Gosh, what was I thinking? Cyclists should be allowed to be erratic and unpredictable, forcing me to take a lane of traffic or swerve into the door zone to avoid them. If it's convenient for them to ride a block the wrong way and inconvenience/endanger others, who am I to judge?
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