The New "What did you do with your Z today" (with off topic replies) IX

LunaZ · 12-22-2013, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Pintsize725

Road therapy complete, albeit not the best ever. I don't understand why cyclists are on roads with no dedicated bike lanes, no shoulder, blind curves, and known to be packed with cars going over the speed limit.

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Originally Posted by kenchan

Yep we have plenty of said idiots in our area too.

Not all of them are like that though.

F both of you.
Just because car drivers are going over the speed limit for their enjoyment, it doesn't make them right and the cyclists wrong for being there.
The cyclists have a right to travel that road just as much as you do as long as it isn't an interstate or similar road that restricts use by vehicles unable to maintain a certain speed.
Maybe it's a scenic route and the cyclists want to enjoy it the same as you.
Maybe it's the only road between point A and point B on their route.
As a runner (who is also a former cyclist who was once a top-level racer, I might add) I sometimes find myself having to use less than ideal roads, such as those without a shoulder, because it's the only way for me to get from one place to another.

So you have a car. Big F-ing deal.
It may not be the best choice in your opinion or from where you're sitting, but you need to get over yourself and share the F-ing road.

kenchan · 12-22-2013, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by LunaZ

F both of you.
Just because car drivers are going over the speed limit for their enjoyment, it doesn't make them right and the cyclists wrong for being there.
The cyclists have a right to travel that road just as much as you do as long as it isn't an interstate or similar road that restricts use by vehicles unable to maintain a certain speed.
Maybe it's a scenic route and the cyclists want to enjoy it the same as you.
Maybe it's the only road between point A and point B on their route.
As a runner (who is also a former cyclist who was once a top-level racer, I might add) I sometimes find myself having to use less than ideal roads, such as those without a shoulder, because it's the only way for me to get from one place to another.

So you have a car. Big F-ing deal.
It may not be the best choice in your opinion or from where you're sitting, but you need to get over yourself and share the F-ing road.

yah, doing housechores on sunday sucksarse, huh? lol

LunaZ · 12-22-2013, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

yah, doing housechores on sunday sucksarse, huh? lol

That it does.
But more than anything, I hate people who think that a cyclist or runner is an idiot for being somewhere that they don't think is ideal. And it's usually not because they're concerned about the cyclist or runner's safety, it's because they see the cyclist or runner as an intruder, a nuisance on "their" road.
Trust me, I don't want to be running on a road with no shoulder as texting soccer moms in their SUVs or guys driving penis extension cars hurtle towards me, but sometimes that's the only way for me to get where I'm going.

kenchan · 12-22-2013, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by LunaZ

That it does.
But more than anything, I hate people who think that a cyclist or runner is an idiot for being somewhere that they don't think is ideal. And it's usually not because they're concerned about the cyclist or runner's safety, it's because they see the cyclist or runner as an intruder, a nuisance on "their" road.
Trust me, I don't want to be running on a road with no shoulder as texting soccer moms in their SUVs or guys driving penis extension cars hurtle towards me, but sometimes that's the only way for me to get where I'm going.

i think cyclist that dont obey traffic rules and rides in large packs with complete disregard to traffic are idiots. we have plenty of those around my area. but again, not all are like that and i bet responsible riders are more

at their own kind than i am with them.

now back to cheeto's.

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