markopas
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If that's the case, then I can't wait till we reach the mad max stage and just go off these retards.
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Why are hardcore Toronto bicyclists ******-bags?
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If that's the case, then I can't wait till we reach the mad max stage and just go off these retards.
I second this and it has gotten to a point where I've given up cycling in Toronto. I used to really enjoy it but I hate my fellow pedal-bike riders; they're a moronic bunch these days.
invictus43
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This
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Cyclists in general are road hogs. So what can we do about it?
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Cyclists in general are road hogs. So what can we do about it?
invictus43
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Nuthin..you really can't run them down intentionally.
rmemedic
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The downside is, they'll likely off you too..War is hell...
And when we run out of gas, they'll be in better shape and able to run us down.
invictus43
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Even if we eat their meat and use their pelts for clothing?
N3WMAN
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This is why I only ride freeride and downhill.
I can't stand most road bikers. They are the most ignorant bunch of people who expect everyone to respect their right and move out their way. It's a common occurrence for a group of road bikers to ride 3 or 4 wide down lakeshore in oakville blocking the east or westbound traffic. My personal favorite is when they ride on the road even where there is a paved bike lane next to the sidewalk(lots of them in Oakville) specifically for them to use.
I find roadbiking to be the latest fitness circlejerk for guys with lots of money. They go out and buy the latest carbon pinarello and some spandex bib shorts and they're Lance Armstrong(when he still have 7 TdF titles).
I can't stand most road bikers. They are the most ignorant bunch of people who expect everyone to respect their right and move out their way. It's a common occurrence for a group of road bikers to ride 3 or 4 wide down lakeshore in oakville blocking the east or westbound traffic. My personal favorite is when they ride on the road even where there is a paved bike lane next to the sidewalk(lots of them in Oakville) specifically for them to use.
I find roadbiking to be the latest fitness circlejerk for guys with lots of money. They go out and buy the latest carbon pinarello and some spandex bib shorts and they're Lance Armstrong(when he still have 7 TdF titles).
There is no downhill here. Gotta go to Frogland for that.
Problem is, that's where all the nuts, bolts, car parts, and stones accumulate from getting pushed off the road by cars. Fine on a MTB. Not so good when your on a road bike w. 21mm tubulars at 110 PSI. I use the road, and if there's a car coming up from behind will drift over into the bike lane while it passes (IF there's no crap to ride over).
Yup. The Tour de My Neighbourhood guys dressed up like toothpaste tube are out in full force this year. If found a few of the local shop teams are total wankers when they get together in groups. The Bicycle Works "boys" out od Waterdown in particular.
I see you posted at 2:46. You must have heared the news off the wire from Europe that the UCI is stripping Liar Lance of all his titles today.
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Saw that this morning on Sprtscenter. Pretty weak.
FWIW I've never ridden on the road with anyone else so Im never in one of those groups taking up an entire lane. In town I can generally keep up with traffic so I don't have to deal with people passing me much. Out of town my routes take me on the quiet roads with good pavement. I've never had any confrontations on my road bike.
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Of course the guy says "f-off", huge mistake on his part, Mike jumps up onto the seat out of the T roof and absolutely bends the aluminum shaft over the guys helmet and shoves him over cause he's still clipped into his pedals.
We both laugh like hell, then i burned about 1/2 of rubber off in his face.
Lol.. Respect
Most of their crap has been posted here, but here's one of mine.. I stopped at a 4-way stop, as I'm proceeding through the intersection a cyclist decides to blow a stop.. I barely stopped on time to avoid Darwining him. His "thank you" was to give me the single digit salute.
By the way, I have noticed that actual competitors generally mind their manners - stay in their bike lanes, move to the side when there are none and are being passed by a car and even stop at red lights
But that's out in the burbs
Last week I was driving home from Grand Bend. On one of the busier roads north of London I came up on two lady cyclists. Both on tri bikes, one hugging the white line and the other in the exact center of the south bound lane. What??? The speed limit on that road is 80, I was going about 90 and saw them well ahead of time. If it were me on the bike I would not rely on drivers that much.
Being righteous provides little protection against Soccer Mom Sally yakkin away on her cell phone and piling into the back of you at 100kph.
Yikes!
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Being righteous provides little protection against Soccer Mom Sally yakkin away on her cell phone and piling into the back of you at 100kph.
Yikes!
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conundrum
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I remember around a year ago I was making a left (in the car) at Bloor & Spadina, and pretty much on the red (as everyone ran the yellow), went to quickly complete my left-hand turn. Anyhow, as I am 80% through the intersection, a cyclist going straight through (who now also had the red) decided to blow the intersection and cut in front of me. Luckily I missed him by about 3-4 feet. The sad joke too is he didn't have on a helmet or anything, and also was not going very fast -- After I got past him, I heard all the other cars honk as he was now blocking traffic that had the green while riding at 10-20km/h.
Another instance, this time riding the 250 out to Oshawa, I was going along Bloor St. around Ritson Rd. and there was some teenager riding his mountain bike in my lane, going the wrong way, right at me. I had to change lanes just to avoid hitting him. To top it off, no helmet, cell phone texting in one hand (looking at the phone), and holding 3 Tim coffees on paper tray in the other (so going the wrong way, in an active lane, with no hands on the bars or ability to quickly grab the bars). He also didn't even look up as a passed him giving him the biggest WTF look through my visor ever.
Also can count the number of times I've had cyclists cut in front of me as I am coming up to a stop (ie. I'm on the right lane in the left tire track, they are in the same lane right track, and then cut to the left 1-2 feet from the intersection, while I am decelerating/braking maybe 3 feet behind them). Almost always I get a 'WTF are you doing' look from them, when I haven't moved in my lane for over 100-200 feet, meanwhile they didn't even look at all behind them before changing position (this is also one reason I want a louder pipe).
As for pedestrians -- I had one guy in a suit on his phone walk into my front bumper on Bloor (Bloor & Bay) too. Proceeded to flip me off and go on about me almost hitting him and he should sue. At that point, I had been stopped, behind the line, for over half the light and hadn't moved an inch. Maybe if he wasn't looking at his cell phone he wouldn't have walked into a stationary object lol.
Another instance, this time riding the 250 out to Oshawa, I was going along Bloor St. around Ritson Rd. and there was some teenager riding his mountain bike in my lane, going the wrong way, right at me. I had to change lanes just to avoid hitting him. To top it off, no helmet, cell phone texting in one hand (looking at the phone), and holding 3 Tim coffees on paper tray in the other (so going the wrong way, in an active lane, with no hands on the bars or ability to quickly grab the bars). He also didn't even look up as a passed him giving him the biggest WTF look through my visor ever.
Also can count the number of times I've had cyclists cut in front of me as I am coming up to a stop (ie. I'm on the right lane in the left tire track, they are in the same lane right track, and then cut to the left 1-2 feet from the intersection, while I am decelerating/braking maybe 3 feet behind them). Almost always I get a 'WTF are you doing' look from them, when I haven't moved in my lane for over 100-200 feet, meanwhile they didn't even look at all behind them before changing position (this is also one reason I want a louder pipe).
As for pedestrians -- I had one guy in a suit on his phone walk into my front bumper on Bloor (Bloor & Bay) too. Proceeded to flip me off and go on about me almost hitting him and he should sue. At that point, I had been stopped, behind the line, for over half the light and hadn't moved an inch. Maybe if he wasn't looking at his cell phone he wouldn't have walked into a stationary object lol.
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invictus43
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I thought the ruminations on who would inherit his victories were he to be stripped..oh..Jan Ulrich! Hahahaha! It's like a Shakespearean play..a tragi-comedy. When asked this morning, Jan Ulrich responded “I know the order in which we crossed the finish line,” Ulrich has apparently been banned from engaging in any type of exercise, including brisk walking, by the WADA...
It's professional cycling....eventually the person that came in last in all the Tours will be given the title and only because he couldn't get the juice from his supplier in time. Sorry to be cynical but this is one sport where rampant drug use really has tarnished everything. Many years ago a friend of mine dropped out of professional cycling as he refused to use but saw too many around him going down that path. As for Lance....I always thought there was no smoke without fire but this one had been smouldering for years......On another note...does this mean that all the Livestrong stuff will be on sale at Sportchek?
suzuki2000
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I have written about it before, but my personal favourite occurred this summer when large groups of cyclists on back rosds chose to ride toward me in my lane, but it was ok as they were participating in a charity ride :angry1::angry1:
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I have written about it before, but my personal favourite occurred this summer when lareg groups of cyclists on back rosds chose to ride toward me in my lane, but it was ok as they were participating in a charity ride
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