Why the hate for Cyclists?

[foszoe]

Oh. I thought you didn't like having to bike through rolled coal.

He doesn't have to ride a bike period. It's not like there's an HOA requiring him to. He is free to ride or not!

 

[NHT3]

So here is my lack of understanding, how someone is doing something legal, in a legal manner, that they have every right of freedom to do, but somehow they are the entitled? How does that work? Wouldn’t the entitled be those that believe the other guy should relinquish his legal freedom as a “courtesy”?

So you have a place to shoot out in the country where it is legal to shoot. The neighbor calls 911 to complain about your shooting every time you shoot, do you believe you should relinquish your legal freedom to shoot as a “courtesy” to the neighbor? Are you “entitled” if you do shoot?

I'm simply saying common courtesy should decide the path one takes not the letter of the law. No I wouldn't relinquish my right to shoot but at the same time I wouldn't be shooting at 10 PM.. It's still legal for me to do so but I treat people as I wish to be treated..
The road in question happens to have a 50 MPH speed limit. Letter of the law I cede the legal 36 inches and blow by the guy at 50 miles an hour. I am well within my rights but it would be nothing short of stupid and irresponsible on my part. Treating other as you wish to be treated is always the best path but maybe I'm expecting too much of others to extend the same courtesy to me.
The terrain is a bit hilly so it wouldn't be out of the question to pop over a hill and find yourself going 50 with two bicycles going 20 100 yards ahead and oncoming traffic. . This is a recipe for a disaster that could easily be avoided if the cycles were single file rather than the middle of the lane. I have no desire to be involved in such a life altering event and it could be easily avoided with a little courtesy and common sense on all sides.

 

[actaeon277]

Go 10mph in front of the cyclists, and then they'd be screaming

 

[ditcherman]

Go 10mph in front of the cyclists, and then they'd be screaming

Haha brake check the cyclists, I don't think that's been covered yet in here has it?
Glad for the fresh material.

 

[ditcherman]

But you can rest assured you are in good company most in this thread think just like you.

My current daily is this nasty loud auction truck that someone else 'worked' on, and it smokes like crazy at every touch of the pedal. Just absolutely nasty, but its a freaking rocket, for a truck.

I know they hear me behind them. And I know they're dreading what's coming. So I nail it in my anticipated pass, then pull over as far as I can and let off the throttle as I go around. I can see it goes from dread to relief and many times a friendly wave, them knowing what I did (or didn't) do.
Spreading love through smoke. (or the lack thereof)
Life is good.





Karma's a bitch. I don't care what side you're on.

 

[Creedmoor]

Haha brake check the cyclists, I don't think that's been covered yet in here has it?
Glad for the fresh material.

While standing on both go and stop pedels?

 

[Creedmoor]

My current daily is this nasty loud auction truck that someone else 'worked' on, and it smokes like crazy at every touch of the pedal. Just absolutely nasty, but its a freaking rocket, for a truck.

I know they hear me behind them. And I know they're dreading what's coming. So I nail it in my anticipated pass, then pull over as far as I can and let off the throttle as I go around. I can see it goes from dread to relief and many times a friendly wave, them knowing what I did (or didn't) do.
Spreading love through smoke. (or the lack thereof)
Life is good.





Karma's a bitch. I don't care what side you're on.

Never thought you'd be a KAREN!!!

 

[ditcherman]

While standing on both go and stop pedels?

No, ya jerk.

 

[ditcherman]

Never thought you'd be a KAREN!!!

That’s not the definition of a Karen.
At all.

 

[Creedmoor]

That’s not the definition of a Karen.
At all.

Dictionary Ka·ren
Definitions from Oxford Languages ·

Noun, Grown man that still plays with plastic Thomas The Train Engines.

 

[ditcherman]

Dictionary Ka·ren
Definitions from Oxford Languages ·

Noun, Grown man that still plays with plastic Thomas The Train Engines.

THEY’RE NOT PLASTIC THEY’RE WOOD!

 

[jamil]

But you can rest assured you are in good company most in this thread think just like you.

There’s a word for that. “Normal”

 

[Creedmoor]

THEY’RE NOT PLASTIC THEY’RE WOOD!

Well its not battery driven...
Maybe still a Karen.

 

[Ingomike]

There’s a word for that. “Normal”

So apparently ”normal” now encompasses selfish and entitled as well. As I have said several times in this thread, many here are yelling “get off my lawn”, while wanting to take others freedoms, and somehow thinking they are superior to “karen” while being just that with twigs and berries…

 

[ditcherman]

So apparently ”normal” now encompasses selfish and entitled as well.

Well, ya.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

 

[two70]

Go 10mph in front of the cyclists, and then they'd be screaming

If you slow down to 5 in front of them halfway up a steep hill then surely they would be screaming in praise for your aid in improving their workout.

 

[singlesix]

Go 10mph in front of the cyclists, and then they'd be screaming

I'd like to see which one breaks first. The cyclist or the driver.

 

[actaeon277]

I'd like to see which one breaks first. The cyclist or the driver.

I don't know.
But I've heard that I can be pretty hard headed.

 

[jamil]

So apparently ”normal” now encompasses selfish and entitled as well. As I have said several times in this thread, many here are yelling “get off my lawn”, while wanting to take others freedoms, and somehow thinking they are superior to “karen” while being just that with twigs and berries…

No. It’s not apparent. The “normal” people think cyclists are the entitled assholes. You’re in the minority. Remember? That is what makes their opinions normal.