His heart rate is always 192 if he has to lock the bike for a moment in TO to pop into a shop.
Cyclist - Friends or Foe?
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Normal race pace average is high 160s, max about 180. It was really hot and humid that day in Gravenhurst and I struggled a lot with my breathing during the run.
The only time my bike is left unattended away from home is in the transition area for a race!
On topic..
A lot of cyclists are Lance Armstrong wannabes and they annoy the hell out of me. I do keep to the right as much as possible, I never take up a whole lane because I never ride in a group and the odd time that I do ride in the city or during the portion of my ride while I am leaving the city I can generally keep up with traffic so I don't think I'm much of an annoyance to drivers.
That being said, some drivers are oblivious or just ******** too. Some drivers want to pass me even though I'm going just as fast as the car in front of me. I moved to a different part of London now and I'm only 1.5km and two stoplights from farmland. I don't have to deal with too much traffic anymore.
A lot of cyclists are Lance Armstrong wannabes and they annoy the hell out of me. I do keep to the right as much as possible, I never take up a whole lane because I never ride in a group and the odd time that I do ride in the city or during the portion of my ride while I am leaving the city I can generally keep up with traffic so I don't think I'm much of an annoyance to drivers.
That being said, some drivers are oblivious or just ******** too. Some drivers want to pass me even though I'm going just as fast as the car in front of me. I moved to a different part of London now and I'm only 1.5km and two stoplights from farmland. I don't have to deal with too much traffic anymore.
WTF? Sensible talk in an obvious troll thread? What kind of money are we talking for Tim's ransom? Of course we're going to need proof of life before we start planning the fundraiser.
Too many cyclists are IDIOTS. I'm surprised at those RARE occasions when they STOP AT A STOP SIGN OR A RED! On one occasion, just as I was proceeding through the intersection, a cyclist blew the stop right in front of me and I stopped inches from sending him to the other world. Buddyboy had the temerity to give ME the finger.. Maybe it was just a rare moment of common sense - him saying "You idiot! You could have done the gene-pool a favor by running me over!" Then there are those geniuses who ride in packs, 3 wide or their cousins who take up the middle of a driving lane. Add to that the fact that they are contributing to road congestion by blocking live lanes... Seriously guys, keep it to the parks, bike lanes and sides of country roads. Btw Brian, what you're doing is technically "street racing" but I won't be the one reporting you - more likely I'll be the witness saying "he tried to get as far away from that crazy cyclist but the cyclist swerved" 
That's the problem dude... it's full of defective inbreds. You won't find intelligence there.
That driver is a douche bag
Simple pleasures for a simple mind.
Is passing so close to a cyclist considered a safe pass?
How about a cyclist that stops and then goes through if there's no traffic? That is exactly what I do.
I would personally love it if there were bike lanes in this wretched city I live in. Instead of doing it properly, they put a two foot wide paved section on top of the curb. So you get to ride safely next to the curb, and then at every intersection you're supposed to follow the curb to the crosswalk and cross there. You want someone to ride in a park that can go 40 km/h next to a grandmother walking her dog? Are you retarded a little?
Every single road should have a bike path parallel to it.
Are we talking hobby cyclists or commuters?
In a nutshell, no. The old "two wrongs" adage comes to mind.
A stop light is a stop light and it applies equally to powered vehicles, bicycles, and pedestrians. What is clear one second has a passenger vehicle trying to get through the intersection legally, the next. I have had cyclists and pedestrians block my legal road use on multiple occasions, by doing exactly what you just mentioned. I had a video of a cyclist doing exactly that, at 6:00am on Shuter, but couldn't find it. He could easily have become a hood ornament.
But then we have the truly socially irresponsible. At 2:28, then again at 5:34:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoVtEsdP7yI
At the 20 second mark here (yes, one is catching a tow off the back of the truck):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cx2w9nOtQVM
At 1:08 and 1:59 here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_2T8eKn6Mg
At 1:00 here (OK, it's an illegal motorized bike):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1azq4l1WFWQ
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I don't know what this video has to do with it but it certainly made me calmer
