Bicyclist rant # 5

[lukethedrifter]

Based on all those tight pants posts you might want to give cycling some consideration.

Also, I sometimes drive a very large vehicle at work that could obliterate anything you might drive but I make great effort not to endanger other drivers.

[wart57]

Based on all those tight pants posts you might want to give cycling some consideration.

Also, I sometimes drive a very large vehicle at work that could obliterate anything you might drive but I make great effort not to endanger other drivers.

I always make sure to take extreme care around all 2 wheeled vehicles.

Aer you calling me fat?

[lukethedrifter]

Based on all those tight pants posts you might want to give cycling some consideration.

Also, I sometimes drive a very large vehicle at work that could obliterate anything you might drive but I make great effort not to endanger other drivers.

I always make sure to take extreme care around all 2 wheeled vehicles.

Aer you calling me fat?

Nope

[wart57]

Based on all those tight pants posts you might want to give cycling some consideration.

Also, I sometimes drive a very large vehicle at work that could obliterate anything you might drive but I make great effort not to endanger other drivers.

I always make sure to take extreme care around all 2 wheeled vehicles.

Aer you calling me fat?

Nope

I actually do like to cycle, but I would not be caught dead in spandex, and the world rejoices. I always followed the rules on the road, and I was extremely careful to make sure I was not in the way of any cars. They are bigger than I.

[lukethedrifter]

Based on all those tight pants posts you might want to give cycling some consideration.

Also, I sometimes drive a very large vehicle at work that could obliterate anything you might drive but I make great effort not to endanger other drivers.

I always make sure to take extreme care around all 2 wheeled vehicles.

Aer you calling me fat?

Nope

I actually do like to cycle, but I would not be caught dead in spandex, and the world rejoices. I always followed the rules on the road, and I was extremely careful to make sure I was not in the way of any cars. They are bigger than I.

Your survival instinct is strong. You shall live long time.

[Hungary Jack]

Ha Ha Ha. I was driving today and came to a stop just as a cyclist approached the same intersection from my right. I lifted my hand quickly to scratch my nose, and the cyclist saw this gesture and thought I was flipping him off as he blew the stop sign. He flipped me the bird with much ceremony and pedaled off. LOL. Maybe it was Wart's brother.

[cards2468]

Ha Ha Ha. I was driving today and came to a stop just as a cyclist approached the same intersection from my right. I lifted my hand quickly to scratch my nose, and the cyclist saw this gesture and thought I was flipping him off as he blew the stop sign. He flipped me the bird with much ceremony and pedaled off. LOL. Maybe it was Wart's brother.

Man, if I was on a bike, I would not flip the bird to somebody in a car. Car vs. bike... hmmm... who wins?

[wart57]

Ha Ha Ha. I was driving today and came to a stop just as a cyclist approached the same intersection from my right. I lifted my hand quickly to scratch my nose, and the cyclist saw this gesture and thought I was flipping him off as he blew the stop sign. He flipped me the bird with much ceremony and pedaled off. LOL. Maybe it was Wart's brother.

Man, if I was on a bike, I would not flip the bird to somebody in a car. Car vs. bike... hmmm... who wins?

He he, I have a life rule, never [expletive] with something that outweighs me by 200+ pounds.

[clement]

I'm probably stupid, but I've chased down cars that have endangered my life to tear them a new one (vocally, not literally).

I do agree that bikes should stop at stop signs, especially if there are any other cars, pedestrians, or other bikes at or approaching the same intersection. If no one is around, then I see no problem with riding through it. Sure, you can get technical about it. Technically a bicycle is a vehicle on the road, so technically it should be able to ride in the middle of the lane it is occupying. And technically, a car should not be sharing a lane with a bicycle at all, the same way it doesn't share a lane with a motorcycle or another car. So if you expect bicycles to obey every single traffic rule that a car has to obey, then be prepared to have to slow down when approaching a bicycle from behind, put on your turn signal, and move entirely into the next lane when passing it. And if there is no passing lane available, well then I guess you just have to slow down and wait until there is a legal opportunity to pass.

Personally I believe that there ought to be a hierarchy of general right-of-way on the roads. Pedestrians first, cyclists second, motorcycles third, cars fourth, SUVs pickups and vans 5th, and trucks last. The first two are the most vulnerable, least congestion-causing, most environmentally friendly, and least stinky and noisy. It's great that people like wart and many others drive with the utmost care when passing bicycles. My experience is that about 50% of drivers treat cyclists this way, another 40% come dangerously close to me every time they pass me, and the remaining 10% are downright hostile toward bicycles even being on what they think is "their" road.

[Arthur Dent]

It's great that people like wart and many others drive with the utmost care when passing bicycles. My experience is that about 50% of drivers treat cyclists this way, another 40% come dangerously close to me every time they pass me, and the remaining 10% are downright hostile toward bicycles even being on what they think is "their" road.

Biking last weekend, I got buzzed twice and tailgated and honked at once in less than five minutes. This all because I had to ride on a semi-main road for a couple blocks in order to use the only bridge available.