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MotoMind posted:Are bicyclists often hostile to motorcyclists? I had a run-in with the hard men in spandex today. Almost all the bicyclists I know (a lot, I work at a bike shop and bicycle every day) are cool wtih motorcycles and most motorcyclists I know are cool with bicycles. I'd rather have motorcycles whizzing past me while I'm cycling than huge SUVs, that's for sure. I often get thumbs up from cyclists while bombing down backroads on the SV650 as well. Same team, man; two wheels! Also, my legs look great in spandex.
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FuzzyWuzzyBear posted:Almost all the bicyclists I know (a lot, I work at a bike shop and bicycle every day) are cool wtih motorcycles and most motorcyclists I know are cool with bicycles. I'd rather have motorcycles whizzing past me while I'm cycling than huge SUVs, that's for sure. I often get thumbs up from cyclists while bombing down backroads on the SV650 as well. Fixed it for ya. Also a bicyclist is usually a precursor to a huge SUV swerving into my lane so I'm not a huge fan.
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Apr 29, 2012 00:56
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Gnaghi posted:Some bicyclists just hate all non-bicyclists and want to fight with everyone. I usually just make a pedaling motion with my feet and slowly out-accelerate them. hooooly poo poo that's hilarious.
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Apr 29, 2012 01:06
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I've done it a couple times. Both times they didn't find it funny. 
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Apr 29, 2012 01:35
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Gnaghi posted:I've done it a couple times. Both times they didn't find it funny. I've done it a few times as well, I thought it was great, them .. not so much. Probably didn't help there was about 100 of them on a big ride up the highway 
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Apr 29, 2012 01:49
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Gnaghi posted:I've done it a couple times. Both times they didn't find it funny. I'm a bicyclist too and I would find it loving hilarious if someone did this to me. That's awesome.
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Apr 29, 2012 02:11
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I always felt it was too mean to do to bicyclists, they're already demoralized trying to pedal their way up hills and stuff. I try to wave to them and I even gave a guy a fist pump when I saw him straining to the top of a huge grade.  I usually reserve it for people on mopeds, or sometimes when I'm passing people excruciatingly slowly on the KLR/WR (alternatively, with a rowing motion of the arm). I may pull that out on a peleton sometime, that would be hilarious.
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Apr 29, 2012 02:17
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It would probably be pretty funny unless I was on a really long, torturous cycling trip and some smug fat guy on a moto came by and did it. Talk about eye roll. Then again, if it was descending sweepers it might just give me the motvation to try and catch up...
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Apr 29, 2012 02:48
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On the rare occasion I lanesplit while using the empty bicycle lane, I'll start kicking my feet like I'm pedaling a bike as I pass stopped cars. I never look to see if anyone else finds it hilarious, though, I'm just doing it to be a smartass.
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Apr 29, 2012 03:38
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Slim Pickens posted:On the rare occasion I lanesplit while using the empty bicycle lane, I'll start kicking my feet like I'm pedaling a bike as I pass stopped cars. I never look to see if anyone else finds it hilarious, though, I'm just doing it to be a smartass. While doing this, I accidentally hit the gear lever and shifted from 2 to 1. Bike came to a halt and I'm surprised that I didn't fall over or hit anything. While it looks goofy, I don't really do it anymore. 
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Apr 29, 2012 04:15
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Gnaghi posted:Some bicyclists just hate all non-bicyclists and want to fight with everyone.
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Apr 29, 2012 04:50
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Z3n posted:I'm a bicyclist too and I would find it loving hilarious if someone did this to me. That's awesome. I might laugh to hard to keep pedaling.... I wave at motorcyclists while on the bike. They usually wave back.
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Apr 29, 2012 08:30
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frunksock posted:As a car driver, pedestrian, and motorcyclist, this is what I used to think. Until I got a bicycle for commuting to work and found out that bicyclists also hate other bicyclists. Some of the nastiest road-rage shouting altercations I've heard were between two bicyclists. Though, to be fair, this is San Francisco, so there are several whole classes of douchebag bicyclist you'll find here that you won't in many other places. Usually it's about not letting each other pass / passing each other too quickly in high-traffic bike lanes on high-traffic streets. Spring is here, and that means having to contend with huge groups of spandex-clad middle-aged Lance Armstrong wannabes clogging up the back roads on their bicycles as they "practice" for that "big bike race" or something like that. They always ride 3 or 4 abreast and at least 10-12 deep, forming a rolling roadblock. Most of the time their "coach" is following them from behind in his car, further blocking the road. No matter what you do, they refuse to ride in single file to let you pass as they're supposed to do when there is traffic in their lane. I have no shame in admitting that I usually handle a situation like that with about 10,000 rpm and 2x 139dB horns. Lone bicyclists are my best buds, though! 
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Apr 29, 2012 09:03
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KozmoNaut posted:2x 139dB horns. I didn't ride a bicycle when you surprised with the Murderhorns (TM). They're not that bad. The ear-bleeding stopped after a few hours and the tinnitus went away in a matter of days, but ok. I was only in a 1-2 feet distance, they might be rougher a few yards further out.
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Apr 29, 2012 10:51
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I definitely need to replace the anemic horn on the ol' Honda. Some dude on the highway tries to merge into me and I can't express my annoyance properly.
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Apr 29, 2012 20:51
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KozmoNaut posted:Spring is here, and that means having to contend with huge groups of spandex-clad middle-aged Lance Armstrong wannabes clogging up the back roads on their bicycles as they "practice" for that "big bike race" or something like that.
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Apr 29, 2012 21:50
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frunksock posted:I empathize with those Lance Armstrong dudes in general. On the mountain / canyon roads here in the bay area, they have more right to be doing what they're doing (legally cycling at mostly legal speeds) than what many of the motorists are doing (sports cars and motorcycles going all-out at rarely even remotely legal speeds), and of course the latter (more so the cars) are often grossly endangering the lives of the former. So I understand where they're coming from and why they may feel entitled to ride in formation with a car behind them, though not letting people pass is lame. I was more talking about dbag cyclists in the city proper. I wouldn't ride in formation because all it takes is one dipshit not paying attention and you're splattered across the hood of a car.
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Apr 30, 2012 00:05
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I did the pedal thing going past a large group of cyclists today. I got a bunch of thumbs up, and one middle finger. Thanks, goons, for giving terrible ideas new life.
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Apr 30, 2012 01:18
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frunksock posted:I empathize with those Lance Armstrong dudes in general. On the mountain / canyon roads here in the bay area, they have more right to be doing what they're doing (legally cycling at mostly legal speeds) than what many of the motorists are doing (sports cars and motorcycles going all-out at rarely even remotely legal speeds), and of course the latter (more so the cars) are often grossly endangering the lives of the former. So I understand where they're coming from and why they may feel entitled to ride in formation with a car behind them, though not letting people pass is lame. I was more talking about dbag cyclists in the city proper. At least here they're legally required to keep as far right as safely possible and own the lane up to three feet to the left of that - plenty of room, but no more. No allowance for 'formation' riding and no permission to obstruct traffic just to be pricks. I ride pedalbike and motorcycle and as far as I'm concerned those Livestrong dickbags deliberately antagonizing car drivers only increase the chance some jerk is going to retributively try to run me off the road when I'm headed to work, so, no, they're not making the roads safer or any self-sanctimonious crap like that at all.
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Apr 30, 2012 01:33
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Dual exhaust =  It's so distinct from single cannon-exhausts on the SV650. I've owned Yoshi, 2 Bros, and two Delkevic models and there's a quality to dual exhausts that my diminished ears can easily discern as being loving awesome.
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Apr 30, 2012 01:38
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I was late for work one morning and had to take the bus. The bus stop coexists in space with a cycle lane. As the bus approached, I and fellow travellers moved towards the curb. Right then, a Lycra'd out Armstrong wannabe came down the hill, motioning with his arm that we should get out of the way. That is precisely what annoys me with cyclists. The roads are for everyone and everyone needs to make room for eachother. Be nice, share, give room, be smooth, make the pieces fall together. But cyclists are just selfish. "The road is for everyone so make room for meeeee! My needs are specific and just, your needs are without value! gently caress off, I'm trying to set a new personal best on my way to an office chair where I will either make the day worse for my coworkers due to pungent body odor or do damage to the economy by showering in work hours!" I don't mind cyclists, I do mind assholes.
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Ola posted:I don't mind cyclists, I do mind assholes. On a tangentially related note, when I pass a rider on a horse I always slow down, pull in the clutch and slowly roll past. I would hate sitting on top of a panicking horse, so I guess this is the least I can do. This has not stopped riders on horses from  'ing me 
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Ola posted:I was late for work one morning and had to take the bus. The bus stop coexists in space with a cycle lane. As the bus approached, I and fellow travellers moved towards the curb. Right then, a Lycra'd out Armstrong wannabe came down the hill, motioning with his arm that we should get out of the way. That is precisely what annoys me with cyclists. The roads are for everyone and everyone needs to make room for eachother. Be nice, share, give room, be smooth, make the pieces fall together. But cyclists are just selfish. The stick is the greatest bane of spoke-kind! It is their mortal enemy, use it well!
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Man sues BMW for 20-month erection after motorcycle ride A California man has sued BMW North America and a motorcycle-seat maker claiming that a four-hour round-trip ride on his 1993 BMW bike with a "ridge-like" seat gave him "a severe case of priapism (a persistent, lasting erection)" that's lasted 20 months and counting. Maybe he should stop riding that motorcycle. http://www.freep.com/article/20120430/BUSINESS07/120430005/Man-sues-BMW-for-20-month-erection-after-bike-ride?odyssey=mod
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Crayvex posted:Man sues BMW for 20-month erection after motorcycle ride Wow.
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Apr 30, 2012 14:00
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Guys, please don't discuss my case while it's still pending, it's hard enough as it is
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Gnaghi posted:Some bicyclists just hate all non-bicyclists and want to fight with everyone. I usually just make a pedaling motion with my feet and slowly out-accelerate them. I was having the shittiest day till I read this. Now I can't stop grinning like an idiot.
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Ola posted:But cyclists are just selfish. A lot of motorcyclists are assholes, a lot of cagers are assholes, and a lot of cyclists are assholes. It has nothing to do with the vehicle and everything to do with the rider/driver. It seems like you are a bit bias vs cyclists from what you write however. I ride a bicycle and motorbike, and consider them similar activities. More people want to actively murder me on the bicycle though (I always ride as far over as I can)
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Chris Knight posted:I definitely need to replace the anemic horn on the ol' Honda. Some dude on the highway tries to merge into me and I can't express my annoyance properly. I'm replacing my horn with a yoshimura race exhaust. Snowdens Secret posted:it's hard enough as it is  I think you can expect some stiff litigation. GnarlyCharlie4u fucked around with this message at 14:38 on Apr 30, 2012 |
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Since we seem to be doing the "I do this, therefor I know how other people that does this are", I just thought I'd say that I ride motorcycles, I ride bicycles and I drive cars, and cyclists are made up of 85% unattentive entitled dickbags. Fact.
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Apr 30, 2012 14:55
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Seriously, no one has more of an entitlement complex about roads that they cant even get close to the speed limit on than bicyclists. 55mph country highway? LETS GO 4 WIDE AND NEVER BREAK FORMATION. Then also lets get pissed when everyone gets pissed at us. I ride bicycles too, but I'm far from a militant cyclist, and I do 95% of my riding on bike paths.
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Crayvex posted:Man sues BMW for 20-month erection after motorcycle ride After a few days to a week like that his dick would have literally died and fallen off, so I somehow doubt it's actually been as bad as he says.
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Ola posted:I don't mind cyclists, I do mind assholes. According to driving rules (in CT at least) a bicycle is considered a vehicle, so when on the road said bicycle has to follow all normal rules of the road that apply to a vehicle. A lot of people forget this or choose to flaunt the rules in a "I'm a unique snowflake, better than everyone" type of way. At the end of the day it is really just about who's on the bike. I mean I've done group rides and we are all very conscientious about traffic forming behind us or cars trying to pass: we try as hard as we're able to make sure that everyone on the road stays safe and gets to where they're going without a hold up. Other group riders aren't as great though, and I think that goes along with the whole, "I'm running the next Tour and the WHOLE ROAD is my training area  " mentality.
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Nidhg00670000 posted:Since we seem to be doing the "I do this, therefor I know how other people that does this are", I just thought I'd say that I ride motorcycles, I ride bicycles and I drive cars, and cyclists are made up of 85% unattentive entitled dickbags. Fact. I'm sorry, you accidentally typed "cyclists" instead of "drivers".
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We are the cyclists...
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Went through a drive thru at chicfila for the first time, The cashier thought it was hilarious but the manager wasn't amused.
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Apr 30, 2012 16:52
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So it turns out that the black keys are awesome: 
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:Any band that's willing to advertise themselves with a '72 CB350 is okay by me.
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MotoMind posted:We are the cyclists... Never gets old for me. Smug bastards.
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LarryCsonka posted:It seems like you are a bit bias vs cyclists from what you write however. Yes, you're right. I got pissed at the guy waving at me because he seemed to indicate "what the gently caress are you doing in my space?" in a space clearly occupied by all sorts of people. But someone in a SUV on the phone not only have worse attitudes but are far more dangerous. There was a news story a while back about a cyclist hitting a child and then having the nerve to yell at the child for standing in the way afterwards. Increased my bias quite a lot, but I do realize it's unfair.
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