Is this "rules of road biking list" for real or a joke? Thanks

Velominati ? The Rules

Good to reference from time to time, started out with a good idea but some are just silly. Some things are quite good though, such as helping other cyclists and some are silly such as how to wear your glasses

Rule #42 is for real, but most of the others are just common sense.

#42 . A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim, and/or followed by a run.

They are real -- a distillation of decades of accumulated cycling wisdom and tradition. Failure to observe The Rules has consequences; ignore them at your peril.

It's as real as you want it to be.

As real as any set of hipster regulations.

But funny.

Both.

I follow them 100%............when I have a support team and a vehicle loaded with spare bikes and parts following me. When I don't have that kind of support (I never have support) I put my Zefal frame pump under the top tube and break other rules. I enjoy the humor.

What happens if you break multiple rules? I don't shave my legs, often wear a Camelback, often wear two layer MTB shorts, use a saddle bag and carry two tubes and four CO2 cartridges, have a 30 degree stem, use MTB pedals and shoes, and there has to be another few I break too…. That explains the funny looks I get from some cyclists!

You get to point and laugh at the guy in the matching kit who calls for a ride when he has trouble on the road and isn't prepared.

With all that MTB gear, are you sure you're even on a road bike?

I follow them to the "T".

Except where my needs, wants, sense of moral obligation, sense or moral appearance and budget dictate otherwise.

Rule #47 are words to live by.

Yes.

But then there are the contradicting rules from OREC (Official Rules of the Euro Cyclist)...

?The Rules': OREC vs Velominati | Sicycle

As was said above - the RULES are as real as you want them to be. I can tell you from several first hand experiences - the Velominati are as real as it gets. If there is a Cogal in your area and you are a serious cyclist, go. It will be one of the toughest, most rewarding rides all year.

Yes.

Some of them are mildly amusing I suppose, some less so.

It's good to break from the rules once in a while, or as much as you want.

Mostly for fun but I'm sure some take them too seriously. However, some are practically educational.

Rule #63 // Point in the direction you’re turning.
Signal a left turn by pointing your left arm to the left. To signal a right turn, simply point with your right arm to the right. This one is, presumably, mostly for Americans: that right-turn signal that Americans are taught to make with your left arm elbow-out and your forearm pointing upwards was developed for motor-vehicles prior to the invention of the electric turn signal since it was rather difficult to reach from the driver-side all the way out the passenger-side window to signal a right turn. On a bicycle, however, we don’t have this limitation and it is actually quite easy to point your right arm in the direction you are turning. The American right-turn signal just makes you look like you’re waving “hello” to traffic.

Oh so that's why you do it...I was wondering...because I thought the opposite...when you point to the right you are indicating something over there...not that you are turning. Not being american I was unaware that what I thought was the standard right turn for motorists was an american signal. I suppose it makes sense since cars were first mass produced here.
I figured that it would be more obvious to motorists to use the motorist signal. Given the number of drivers that don't signal I can see that any signal might be a confusing thing to do

Except most every car for the last 76 years has come standard with electronic turn signals so most motorists would have no clue what a right hand turn signal with your left arm in a car would mean. Most would assume you were giving them the bird.

I'm not near 76...I was taught the right signals when I learned to drive and when I move to the US had to demonstrate hand signal knowledge to get my licence here. Electronic signals sometimes fail....if your arms fail I'm thinking it will be hard to drive although again from the number of people who never seem to signal either their arms have, their signals have or they are practicing ESP (my theory) and are signaling mentally which direction they are going...

Yes I have a problem with people not signalling

edit seems like they are still taught https://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d11/vc22111.htm