He never mentioned he was, so I'd put money on no.
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Sunday Morning Rides are Over - Cyclists win.
- Thread starter Merkid
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He never mentioned he was, so I'd put money on no.
Fuzzbuster
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I agree Sunday mornings in halton are a write off! I got stuck behind several packs of novice cyclists who were taking up the entire lane and some of the oncoming lane on uphill climbs. I seriously felt like I was part of the peloton as a support motorcycle. Felt really weird when I was stuck at the lights on lower baseline and hwy 25 with a huge pack of them! That same Sunday, I went out in the evening and had a blast, no cyclists anywhere!
Hack
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The penguins...
My kids used to work in a local independent coffee shop...
They rued the days "the penguins" would show up... Middle to older aged guys decked out in their riding gear...
I guess their special peddling shoes aren't really meant for walking on polished concrete floors...
They'd come into the shop, click around pensively trying to not fall over... Pollute the bathroom and ask for their water bottles to be filled with ice water... Never bought anything, but... "Hey can I get some ice water?"
My kids used to work in a local independent coffee shop...
They rued the days "the penguins" would show up... Middle to older aged guys decked out in their riding gear...
I guess their special peddling shoes aren't really meant for walking on polished concrete floors...
They'd come into the shop, click around pensively trying to not fall over... Pollute the bathroom and ask for their water bottles to be filled with ice water... Never bought anything, but... "Hey can I get some ice water?"
TK4
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MAMILS - middle aged men in lycra.
Mad Mike
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I think this is job is best left to the 'loud pipes save lives' movement. I'm pretty sure a Harley slowing down to pass a peloton would need to clear it's throat a few times.Maybe a group of motorcycles should pack in front of the bicycle group, slow down, block the road ( like they do ) not allowing them to pass. Maybe then they will know what it feels like not to share the road. Then do it at a stop sign
Maybe a group of motorcycles should pack in front of the bicycle group, slow down, block the road ( like they do ) not allowing them to pass. Maybe then they will know what it feels like not to share the road. Then do it at a stop sign
While I understand the frustration and the comical tone of your post. I would state that anyone on or in a motor vehicle stay as far away from cyclists as possible in the event of an accident no matter the cause we know who would get the majority of the blame.
Then there just be more complaints...
Malks
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Really, how about CR-9 between 124 and Creemore. That's pretty remote and yet it attracts dozens of these types who want to ride very slowly up and down the escarpment. Every time I rode through there last summer I encountered groups of spandex warriors taking up the entire lane and causing all kinds of evasive action on behalf of all other road users.If you're encountering groups of cyclists, you're not riding remote enough. Where I ride, I might encounter a lone cyclist on rare occasions but that's it.
I dunno, I never see groups of cyclists when I ride to the muskokas, or haliburton, or barry's bay, calabogie, etc. Occasionally there might be a lone cyclist but not packs of them. The large packs seem to be concentrated near cities (creemore is still near the city).
When I was riding on hwy 17 to thunder bay, I'd often see cyclists with lots of luggage on their bikes. Those guys I respect, covering that kind of distance on a bike.
When I was riding on hwy 17 to thunder bay, I'd often see cyclists with lots of luggage on their bikes. Those guys I respect, covering that kind of distance on a bike.
That depends. Some are out working their ***** off. Others are no better than Horton's choice and they get all kitted up to ride to the closest coffee shop and pose. Those people are useless tits regardless of their choice of two-wheel vehicles.
KenC
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Like anything, there's good and bad, and I actually had a good experience this past weekend:
Was on the bunny trail, bit of a blind corner, as we came around and the road was straightening out, the leader of a "bike-group" (riding the opposite direction from us) had his left hand out and down to signal to the vehicle coming up from behind them to signal them to slow and not proceed/pass.
I gave a nod
Was on the bunny trail, bit of a blind corner, as we came around and the road was straightening out, the leader of a "bike-group" (riding the opposite direction from us) had his left hand out and down to signal to the vehicle coming up from behind them to signal them to slow and not proceed/pass.
I gave a nod
well, considering that gyms are STILL closed... can you blame em for taking up something thats...well.. never closed lol
gotta get rid of the covid19lbs
also saw an uptick in open water swimmers, even in our cold lake
My old bike had a loud-ish side exit exhaust and would pop and shoot flames on heavy decel or an upshift.
Guess what I would do when cyclists hog lanes 2 abreast with traffic or run stop signs?
edit: I actually confronted a cyclist once after they ran a stop sign. their reasoning: 'it takes too much energy to stop and get going again'.
SMH - self entitled granola munchers.
In my job, cyclists have earned a special place in the little corner of my heart that bottles up all the hatred and stops it from spewing forth 99.99% of the time.
As has been touched on, cyclists have earned this increasing hatred from the population at large on their own.
What drives me patently insane is how little regard they seem to have for their own well being.
I drive a large vehicle so I can't pass these 2 and 3 wide tour-de-jerkass trains easily, but when I finally get around you all while doing my damndest to leave you lots of space, and then a kilometer or something later I come up to a red light and you all ******* pass me again, blowing through the light, only to make me have to do it over again... Well. ****. You.
Cherry on top? When they sneer at you or give you the finger while going around you again (or while you're passing them) because they weren't happy that you didn't give them a half a kilometer of space, or whatever else they felt you wronged them on while you were finally passing them after following them across 3 provinces without any ability to get around.
It's no wonder so many people hate you all and drive dangerously around you, FFS.
And I know, I know...there's a good percentage of bicyclists who follow the rules and who are not jerk wads, but YOU are getting lumped in with all the others who think the rules of common courtesy and the laws of the roads do not apply to them. YOUR life is being put at danger by motorists who are fed up and drive like idiots around YOU (through no fault of your own) because of the actions of all the others.
The biking community needs to get its **** together. Seriously.
(I'll now bottle up that hatred again. This is the same stuff that fuels Canada geese, FWIW...)
As has been touched on, cyclists have earned this increasing hatred from the population at large on their own.
What drives me patently insane is how little regard they seem to have for their own well being.
I drive a large vehicle so I can't pass these 2 and 3 wide tour-de-jerkass trains easily, but when I finally get around you all while doing my damndest to leave you lots of space, and then a kilometer or something later I come up to a red light and you all ******* pass me again, blowing through the light, only to make me have to do it over again... Well. ****. You.
Cherry on top? When they sneer at you or give you the finger while going around you again (or while you're passing them) because they weren't happy that you didn't give them a half a kilometer of space, or whatever else they felt you wronged them on while you were finally passing them after following them across 3 provinces without any ability to get around.
It's no wonder so many people hate you all and drive dangerously around you, FFS.
And I know, I know...there's a good percentage of bicyclists who follow the rules and who are not jerk wads, but YOU are getting lumped in with all the others who think the rules of common courtesy and the laws of the roads do not apply to them. YOUR life is being put at danger by motorists who are fed up and drive like idiots around YOU (through no fault of your own) because of the actions of all the others.
The biking community needs to get its **** together. Seriously.
(I'll now bottle up that hatred again. This is the same stuff that fuels Canada geese, FWIW...)
Until they run it and you crash into them with right of way, or worse you try to avoid and cause your own accident.
There were (and probably are but I haven't been in a long time) some T intersections in Toronto with a bike lane. Vehicles lose their crap when bikes go through the red. The bikes need to watch for pedestrians but there is no way to have a vehicle conflict unless the vehicle is driving in the bike lane. They are just annoyed that they are stuck and you are going. Honestly, I rarely stop at stop signs on a bicycle. Always slow down, always stop if I screwed up the timing and there are people with the right-of-way but don't stop just because of the sign.
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