Why the hate for Cyclists?

[Creedmoor]

This is, legitimately, the #1 reason I no longer own motorcycles. I don't care who's right. I'd just rather not be crippled, brain damaged, etc with the satisfaction I was right. "Other drivers should...." is irrelevant since I can't control them. The reward of the bike wasn't worth the risk of the ride to me any longer, though I don't fault anyone who sees it the other way.

Thank you, its just so simple to understand.
When on a motorcycle I tend to really pay attention to the elderly and the a hole in the jacked up truck with the Harley Davidson stickers on the back window. They will pull out in front of a motorcycle in a second like its business as normal.
I tend to ride more on the highways over having more room between all of us and less interactions at intersections with traffic every 1/2 to a mile all the way where I'm going.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

Thank you, its just so simple to understand.
When on a motorcycle I tend to really pay attention to the elderly and the a hole in the jacked up truck with the Harley Davidson stickers on the back window. They will pull out in front of a motorcycle in a second like its business as normal.
I tend to ride more on the highways over having more room between all of us and less interactions at intersections with traffic every 1/2 to a mile all the way where I'm going.

I think I may still have a bike if I was still in Scott Co. Lightly traveled county roads are way more fun than the Indy area. Too crowded, nothing to see, nothing to smell that you want to, and the effing potholes. So many effing potholes.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

 

[DoggyDaddy]

In before someone tells us that train tracks were originally designed for bicycle traffic...

 

[printcraft]

In before someone tells us that train tracks were originally designed for bicycle traffic...

 

[actaeon277]

That looked painful.


By the way.
Fans of "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly", closely watch the part where Tucco uses a train to cut his handcuffs from the big guy.
His head came close to being hit by a boarding stair.
You can see it cone close.

 

[singlesix]

Death by selfie.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

In before someone tells us that train tracks were originally designed for bicycle traffic...

Yes. That's why they are called train tracks. It was a track that you trained for cycling on. Hence train track. Common sense, really.

 

[jamil]

Sounds plausible.

 

[littletommy]

Sounds plausible.

It’s as plausible as some of the other wild ass explanations of bicyclist behavior we’ve seen in this thread.

 

[jamil]

Obviously some track training going on here.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

Obviously some track training going on here.

Note the elevated position to avoid all the broken glass.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Mess with the bull….

Bicycle hatred crosses the species barrier.

 

[Creedmoor]

Mess with the bull….

Bicycle hatred crosses the species barrier.

That was a Bull Path not a bike path.
That Gross Tonnage Thingie Wins Yet Again.

 

[Hatin Since 87]

And from that day forward, the bicyclist gave up being vegan and eats beef for every meal…

 

[BehindBlueI's]

Sucks when the only path through the broken glass fields is the bull only lane.

 

[BugI02]

Not True, Gross Tonnage Always Wins.

Be careful. Pedestrians are way down at the bottom of that list

 

[BugI02]

This is, legitimately, the #1 reason I no longer own motorcycles. I don't care who's right. I'd just rather not be crippled, brain damaged, etc with the satisfaction I was right. "Other drivers should...." is irrelevant since I can't control them. The reward of the bike wasn't worth the risk of the ride to me any longer, though I don't fault anyone who sees it the other way.

One advantage of motorcycling as well as bicycling is they keep your 'trust no one, anyone at all might wind up killing me' senses sharp

But as a LEO, you probably get plenty of practice in that respect without the added two-wheel risk

 

[BugI02]

Yes. That's why they are called train tracks. It was a track that you trained for cycling on. Hence train track. Common sense, really.

Well, there are 'track bikes' after all

 

[manifest destiny]

Have I ever mentioned my irrational fear of cows? That video does nothing to quell my irrationality.