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Originally Posted by xSandmaNx
Haha yeah I know what you mean... I also ride on santa monica/marina del rey/manhattan bike path, and people can be really stupid sometimes. "On your left" and then they dive left.... wtf??
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For the love of God!
Do I have to say this every month!!!!! THIS IS THE ROAD SUB-FORUM!!!!!! Ride your bike on a roadway like a man! If you don't have the testicles to ride on the road, at least have the common decency to post your pathetic sniveling about having your carbon fiber mussed by the ineptitude of some cycling street urchin posted in the 'Family and Recreation' sub forum where this CRAP BELONGS! |
Originally Posted by galen_52657
For the love of God!
Do I have to say this every month!!!!! THIS IS THE ROAD SUB-FORUM!!!!!! Ride your bike on a roadway like a man! If you don't have the testicles to ride on the road, at least have the common decency to post your pathetic sniveling about having your carbon fiber mussed by the ineptitude of some cycling street urchin posted in the 'Family and Recreation' sub forum where this CRAP BELONGS! Thank you. :beer: |
Originally Posted by R900
Accidents happen, I doubt you can legally do anything other then small claims court. If you have costly damage, call you homeowners insurance guy and see if you can file a claim.
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Originally Posted by galen_52657
Do I have to say this every month!!!!!
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Originally Posted by LA_Rider
How about not saying anything every month.
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Originally Posted by galen_52657
straiten out the *******??? you want my job don't you.... :mad:
"Strait" = http://www.wordsmyth.net/live/home.p...atchtype=exact "Straighten" = http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/straighten The problem with ignorance is that you don't know that you don't know. Better leave the tending to the "*******" to someone else. :p |
just because you take the time to hit the google spell checker does not account for much
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Originally Posted by galen_52657
just because you take the time to hit the google spell checker does not account for much
Yeah sorry about that, you left yourself wide open with the comment on the *******. It reminded me of a clip I saw from a Jerry Springer show: The guy says, " my job is to take care of them darn *******". "They aint got themselves nooo smarts"......Hmmm, OK. Makes you wonder about who is looking after who? Brilliant come back BTW. Cheers, enjoy the ride. |
Originally Posted by shokhead
Ya know even yelling on your left and you guys know many will,move to there left. I have got every high school track team on the bikepath that i ride and they are across both lanes or back and forth across both lanes. Last week i came upon 4 running in both so i came up slow and yelled on your left and they did nothing. Again on your left and the girl turned around and said we dont have to move. How the hell do i get around you,you know you are on a BIKEPATH where bike are? The boy says our coach says we have as much right up here as you do. I'm now going to e-mail every fricken high school around here and tell them i dont give a rats a$$ if they run up there but stay in one fricken lane and we all can be happy. This has been getting worst for the last 2-3 years. They have kinda taking over the bikepath.
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Originally Posted by iamtim
My call is "Passing on your left!"
Seems to work for me. 'Course, the only time I really have to announce is on a MUP that has lots of experienced cyclists, so they "get it". Grr... |
Originally Posted by mark754
I was riding the 2-lane bike path ... the dufus veers quickly and sharply to the left and plows into me. Both of us wipe out.
Anyway, just wondering how you guys would handle this. Just see it as a learning experience? Ask him for reimbursement of parts costs and injuries? Small claims court? |
Yeah MUPs are not as safe as they look. It's like a circus - cross country ski trainers, rollerblades with headphones, guy with a unicycle reading a book with a following dog (seriously).
Seriously! Watch out! I don't think a bell is too far out of line for MUP rides. |
Originally Posted by mac
He turned into you. It's his fault. I would have called the police on the spot and file a report. Even is the cops don't come out, it's on record that you called and spoke to Sergeant or Captain so-and-so. If he looks like he has money and you look like you have a case, sue him and take him to court.
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Maybe I'll mount a really loud air horn to the bars. Some idiots deserve to be alerted rudely, for example people that stand in the bike path having a conversation, oblivious to what's going on around them. Or surfers with 10ft boards that take their sweet time when walking across the path.
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Is the road sub-forum for riding road bikes ANYWHERE? Or, for riding ANY TYPE of bicycle only on the road? Lighten up a little, we're just a bunch of bicycle nuts sharing our addiction with each other.
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You're lucky. I got hit by a cyclist who took a blind turn wide on a MUP. I went down, he didn't, he left me on the ground with a broken collarbone, cracked ribs and shredded skin. I don't ride busy sections of MUPs anymore except at night, which weeds out most casual riders and pedestrians. The remainder show up in my lights, and fellow cyclists with lights aren't a problem.
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Originally Posted by mark754
Maybe I'll mount a really loud air horn to the bars. Some idiots deserve to be alerted rudely, for example people that stand in the bike path having a conversation, oblivious to what's going on around them. Or surfers with 10ft boards that take their sweet time when walking across the path.
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I use bell warning when riding on bike paths. It tends to remove the last second panic element when you pass them.
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