Mostly, except that bike trails don't usually go where I'm planning to go. I tend to use them when I can, but if I'm going somewhere else, I'm out on the road.

I hear you loud and clear BarracksSi. I'm lucky I suppose because I'm very close to Sustrans Route 75 which takes me from the SE of Glasgow to Paisley where I work. If I travel by road It measures just below 15 miles. If i do partial bike trail it's about 18miles and if I want to stay as car free as possible it's a whopping 22miles (one way). The trail takes me way off piste but it's very much much worth it for the stress free aspect.

Just going out for a wee 20 ile Easter Monday Burn and once again the level of patience on show is well......there's absolutely no patience to be had now. 2010 is turning out to be the nadir of car driver patience. I just don't get it and it all seems to be getting worse.

If I get passed by some arrogant bike-Nazi types, I just jump on their wheel and drop 'em on the hills. Works every time.

Yep, I'll just stay in "my territory," and avoid all the dumbass hillbillies here. I've spoken with more than a share of neighbors, and one in particular who said her husband's been purposefully run off the road and has had beer bottles thrown at him on more than one occasion. He's managed to come home once with a broken arm, a broken nose from when he was struck with a beer bottle, and has been removed from a ditch on a stretcher with a back injury.

Yeah, the dumbass hillbillies in their Dodge Ram duallies out here like to run people off the road and throw beer bottles at bikers as they pass. Nice people, eh?

FTFY. Mountain bikers, as a breed, are lot more mellow and laid back.

My personal theory on this is that in MTBing, it is more about rider vs trail, and so less of a competing with others and besides, there is more to it than just fast - trail skills are harder to quantify. So the need for a pecking order is lower. On road bikes, speed pretty much sets the defining factor. So that tends to bring out the competitive juices a little more, and in some cases, leads to ******baggery (just like 2 dogs will fight until they establish who's alpha, some of these riders will try to assert dominance in one way or the other.. and acting like a road nazi is a way to do that).

Whatever. People can be ******s all they want, no skin off my nose.

Funnily, in sports which are completely non-competitive - eg, scuba diving - you still see people trying to find a way to measure wangs. Some of it is in air consumption, some of it is by acting more holier-than-thou (scuba forums have the biggest collection of insufferable, sanctimonious pr*cks I have ever encountered). I can last about 2 days on Scubaforums before leaving in disgust.

V.

I think it is people in general. Now I have met some over inflated ego bike riders for sure. They are all decked out in their latest clothing pertending to be on the TDF and their nose in the air. I laugh at these pricks and just keep on pedaling. Let's face it, some people just want to feel like they are better than the rest. They are nobodies as far as I am concerned.

You know what makes me mad with cyclist???? I HATE when a cyclist in traffic will meander between cars to get to the front! Folks......a cyclist has to obey the rules of the road just like a vehicle. Stay your place in line! I think this is why cagers start to hate cyclist with those sort of tactics.

What types of signals do you use?

I remember once I decided not to pass a bicycle about 150 ft before an intersection to make a right turn. I slowed down from 30ish MPH to about 15 and followed him. Apparently me doing a 4->2 double clutch downshift shift scared the bejeesus out of him and he called the cops and said I was harassing him by reving my engine repeatedly and made a death threat.

You've clearly never been on a Camaro forum. Look no further than the owners of the LS1-powered cars. You can view plenty of those jackasses on CamaroZ28.com or Z28.com. The ongoing joke amongst the rest of the Camaro owners are that the LS1 engines were hand-built by god, or at least those seem to think so. Everything but an LS-based engine is crap.

Tell ya what. I have an LT1 in my car, and I've blown more than a share of LS1s right off the highway. Then, I get the, "Well, it's not stock." Damned right, it ain't stock. Run whatcha brung.

The first time I beat an LS1 car, the owner had the nerve to start whining and all concerned, says, "What's wrong with my car? You have an LT1! The LS1 is supposed to be faster!" I simply had to tell the arrogant little crybaby, "Nothing's wrong with your car, it just ain't faster than mine."

Some people are just jackasses for no reason. Maybe it's something in the water, or maybe it's something in the air. Who knows, maybe they were just born that way...

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Why u mad tho?

I always always always filter to the front. Have fun pretending to be a car, i rather take advantage that i'm on a bicycle. Who the **** cares about the rules, they are made for cars, in city built for cars, on roads populated by cars. No thanks. If cagers hate me for doing that (like i give a ****), well no one is stopping them from getting a bike and doing the same.

Seriously?

Rules are established so that people don't get hurt or killed, but I guess you're one stupid enough to take the risk.

Yeah and ive been taking it for 5 years and am still here. Apparently it works. I'm not dumb, i know where to draw the line. Sitting behind a bunch of cagers breathing in exhaust is not it though.

It's pretty standard for a new cyclist to have these feelings. They really like what they are doing and want you to share the same enjoyment. Nobody likes rain on their parade. AAAAANNNND IF IM FOUUNND OUT. YOULL TAKE IT BACK SIRRR I KNOW I DIDNT FAAKE IT OR HACK SIR. NOOOOBOOOODY. I SAID NOOOBOOODY IS GONNA RAAAAAIN ON MYYYY PARAAAAAADE! *Bows*