fuck man

  On 7/30/2011 at 11:53 AM, Coalbucket PI said:

Why do people hate cyclists? What's funny or shameful about bikes?

i take it you've never been on a busy, two-way street, late for work, stuck behind a pack of tools clogging up the road with spandex. they think they're lance armstrong

really, it's about it being sort of a one-way equation: if i hit your bike with my car, i am at fault, because i have a car. but many people on bikes just don't give two fucks, and expect everyone to move around them.

cyclists bitch about cars, but most cyclists i see ignore red lights.

edit: who am i kidding, the real low-down is right here:

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As I was revving the Yugo to a brisk speed of approximately 25123 knots, I noticed object in my path. This object, while rather easy to plow through physically, was difficult to plow through legally. It happened to be a chap on a bicycle, decked out in one of those flamboyant skin-tight "Tour de France" spandex outfits, with streamlined helmet to boot.

 

This was an unusual occurrence on this road, as it featured large sidewalks on either side, as well as traffic that did not normally register south of 40 MPH. This chap, however, apparently thought he was training for the Tour de France (even though it had already passed, and, I noticed, his suit was available by mail order from any number of Lance Armstrong Internet fan sites).

 

Normally, I'd just commandeer the ongoing traffic lane, but at that moment, it happened to be occupied by a stream of speeding genlemen such as myself. Though every molecule in my body was resisting (especially due to inertia), I slammed on the breaks, avoiding being the guilty party in a rear-ending by the nearest of margins.

 

This would be enough to cause most people to decide the sidewalk was a better option, but I suppose if he was this far from any turn-off, he'd probably already dealt with a few of these situations. That, and he probably had testosterone patches on BOTH of his testicles. As the ongoing traffic lane was still occupied, I leaned out the window, to make a gentle suggestion.

 

"MOVE IT, LANDIS ARMSTRONG!!" I yelled, and subsequently leaned on the horn.

 

He responded by hunching over, going into "yellow jersey" mode, and pedaling faster... bringing him to a brisk 17 MPH, instead of his previous 12. While I was somewhat mollified by any acknowledgement of my existence, I still found this solution insufficient.

 

So, along we went, for a painfully slow five minutes. Eventually, mercifully, a break in ongoing traffic appeared. By this time, however, speed was no longer my goal, but revenge.

 

So, after securing the lead of the race, I downshifted to first, and proceeded to drive in front of him at a blisting 5 M.P.H., slowing him down. After he started to become impatient, I began suddenly jamming on the breaks every few hundred feet. Though I drove a Yugo and risked a need for bumper replacement, I knew he'd have to pay for it - the rear-ender is always at fault, you know - and I also knew the sound would bring joy to my heart.

 

Don't fuck with Yugoists. Yugo gets the yellow jersey every time.

http://www.ricedoutyugo.com/view.php?post=1165

Someone else argue with this asshole for me

how dare you drive a car on this road i need it for my bike

i liked you more when your avatar was smoking, coalbucket. the current one -- endorsing both cycling and animal cruelty -- does not reflect well.

riding bikes on the pavement is illegal you fucking moron.

a woman needs a man like a bird needs a skycycle

I've never thrown anything at a cyclist before. It seems pointless if you don't know who they are. I've always been tempted to lean ot the passenger window and slap one on the arse but haven't yet had the balls.

My mum hit a cyclist on a roundabout last year. The fucker was in the wrong cause it was her right of way and she was already onto the roundabout and the fucker didn't stop. She called my dad who was only up the road so he went along. The bloke was throwing a minature fit about his wheel being bent or something. The idiot was threatening to go and kick my dads car who was planning on picking up the bike and driving off with it if he did. As the bloke wasn't injured they left him and his fucked bike. Reported it to the police just in case he did too but nothing ever happened. I'm certain they aren't all dickheads but in this case the old bugger was a complete penis.

Oh, I do get fucked off with the ones who ride next to each other and chat. That fucking riles me and they deserve nudging into the nearest canal.

last night I witnessed somebody getting "fire in the hole'd". that is to say somebody threw a full/largely filled drinks cup through somebodys car window. it was 2 girls who I assume we're being talked to by some ugly cunts in the car over in a mcdonalds car park. the girls threw the drink and drove off and the guy was madder than I've ever seen anybody. he got out his car and attempted to run over to them but they were too far gone by then, but he ran back to his car and sped away ridiculously fast. mad props to the girls and lols were had by me and my friends but I fear for the girl's safety :(

i once witnessed two bikes going full speed crash into each other at a 4 way stop. there front tires got tangled together, both of them yelling at the other. that was fun.

  On 7/30/2011 at 11:53 AM, Coalbucket PI said:

Why do people hate cyclists? What's funny or shameful about bikes?

Bikes are for kids, duh.

And they're slow.

  On 7/30/2011 at 12:04 PM, hahathhat said:

  On 7/30/2011 at 11:53 AM, Coalbucket PI said:

Why do people hate cyclists? What's funny or shameful about bikes?

i take it you've never been on a busy, two-way street, late for work, stuck behind a pack of tools clogging up the road with spandex. they think they're lance armstrong

 

really, it's about it being sort of a one-way equation: if i hit your bike with my car, i am at fault, because i have a car. but many people on bikes just don't give two fucks, and expect everyone to move around them.

 

cyclists bitch about cars, but most cyclists i see ignore red lights.

 

edit: who am i kidding, the real low-down is right here:

 

  Quote

As I was revving the Yugo to a brisk speed of approximately 25123 knots, I noticed object in my path. This object, while rather easy to plow through physically, was difficult to plow through legally. It happened to be a chap on a bicycle, decked out in one of those flamboyant skin-tight "Tour de France" spandex outfits, with streamlined helmet to boot.

 

This was an unusual occurrence on this road, as it featured large sidewalks on either side, as well as traffic that did not normally register south of 40 MPH. This chap, however, apparently thought he was training for the Tour de France (even though it had already passed, and, I noticed, his suit was available by mail order from any number of Lance Armstrong Internet fan sites).

 

Normally, I'd just commandeer the ongoing traffic lane, but at that moment, it happened to be occupied by a stream of speeding genlemen such as myself. Though every molecule in my body was resisting (especially due to inertia), I slammed on the breaks, avoiding being the guilty party in a rear-ending by the nearest of margins.

 

This would be enough to cause most people to decide the sidewalk was a better option, but I suppose if he was this far from any turn-off, he'd probably already dealt with a few of these situations. That, and he probably had testosterone patches on BOTH of his testicles. As the ongoing traffic lane was still occupied, I leaned out the window, to make a gentle suggestion.

 

"MOVE IT, LANDIS ARMSTRONG!!" I yelled, and subsequently leaned on the horn.

 

He responded by hunching over, going into "yellow jersey" mode, and pedaling faster... bringing him to a brisk 17 MPH, instead of his previous 12. While I was somewhat mollified by any acknowledgement of my existence, I still found this solution insufficient.

 

So, along we went, for a painfully slow five minutes. Eventually, mercifully, a break in ongoing traffic appeared. By this time, however, speed was no longer my goal, but revenge.

 

So, after securing the lead of the race, I downshifted to first, and proceeded to drive in front of him at a blisting 5 M.P.H., slowing him down. After he started to become impatient, I began suddenly jamming on the breaks every few hundred feet. Though I drove a Yugo and risked a need for bumper replacement, I knew he'd have to pay for it - the rear-ender is always at fault, you know - and I also knew the sound would bring joy to my heart.

 

Don't fuck with Yugoists. Yugo gets the yellow jersey every time.

http://www.ricedoutyugo.com/view.php?post=1165

What is wrong with you? So what if he likes Lance? The guy is a hero for cancer victims and cyclists alike.

Also, cyclists often wear spandex not to look "pro" or show off their nutsack, but because its fucking HOT outside and unlike sitting in your yugo its a problem when your average heart rate is 170 bpm under the sun.

If you're late for work, its your fucking fault and its not an excuse to torment a cyclist.

I'm sure Porktanker whatever felt terrible for weeks for losing those 5 minutes it took to pass him.

  On 7/29/2011 at 9:49 PM, fiznuthian said:

on my commute home today i was hit in the skull by a partially full 20 oz dr. pepper going over 45 mph (72 km/h).

it really fucking sucks.

one could say that you were headed home hehe

  On 7/31/2011 at 8:21 PM, iep said:

  On 7/29/2011 at 9:49 PM, fiznuthian said:

on my commute home today i was hit in the skull by a partially full 20 oz dr. pepper going over 45 mph (72 km/h).

it really fucking sucks.

 

one could say that you were headed home hehe

maybe well just be better when there are not roads i cannot drive a car yet and i hate to ride in a bike but when i see people in a bike or a car there always breaking the rules to be disrepectful of the others! bikes will never hardly stop at signs 99.9% of the time / lights and cars wont do it alot to (50% of the time) and neither do any regard of which is the right way. i just wish we all went in a track which is controlled by a computer and makes it 100% safe and fast (or transporters like star trek but thats along time in the future)

theres just away to many uncool people

it makes me wonder do they even know what there doing

  On 8/1/2011 at 4:40 AM, sup said:

it makes me wonder: do they even know what they're doing?

fix'd. i feel like i lose half my IQ points whenever i read one of your posts. they are absolutely stultifying!

the answer to your question is thus: most people haven't a fucking clue. present company excluded, of course.

  On 8/1/2011 at 8:00 AM, hahathhat said:

  On 8/1/2011 at 4:40 AM, sup said:

it makes me wonder: do they even know what they're doing?

fix'd. i feel like i lose half my IQ points whenever i read one of your posts. they are absolutely stultifying!

 

the answer to your question is thus: most people haven't a fucking clue. present company excluded, of course.

How long did it take you to pick which mistake to fix?

That post was jaw dropping.

I once flung a gob of jizz in the hair of an FBI agent passing by my cell, now the guy in the neighboring cell won't shut up about it, keeps whispering in my ear-hole...wtf?

One time I got honked at and as the car passed me the passenger side douche yelled at me to get out of the way (i was already riding near the curb) but 2 seconds later we were at a red light, so I waved hi and then spit in the passenger window and rode off in a direction they couldn't follow (bikes in the city rule)

I wish the part about spitting was true, man.

seriously fuck all bike haters

I was once told to "get on the sidewalk!" while out in the middle of nowhere biking down a country road.

bikers are friggn annoying, stay on the sidewalk idiots you are slow and taking up the road and people are trying to drive on the road which is what its for. you are also causing people anxiety because they have to focus on not hitting you

bikes vs. cars is so IDM

whut about the time when you have no sidewalk?

can someone please close this thread? or at least give half a brain to those who are chiding the cyclists?

i see many many more ignorant drivers than i do ignorant cyclists. the piling on, riding multiple people across, and chatting seems to be more of an issue in rural areas; in the city it's just not possible and i barely ever see it (and it's not fucking necessary, i can talk to you when we're stopped/done riding)

there are lots of variables sure, but i think if you ride respectfully *most* of the time you get treated with same, but then i'm sure there are areas where there are lots of ignoramuses. in my experience, not being an idiot, carefully minding other traffic both bike and car, and you will rarely have issues.

edit: re: op, that sucks hard. i would have been FUMING if i were you, but the sad fact is you can't catch 'em. karma will get them eventually though.. it always does. get your shit checked out if you start getting headaches, etc. you could still sustain a concussion even with a helmet on i'm sure.

I've encountered far, far, far more shitty asshole drivers than shitty asshole cyclists. Sure, there are some cunts around, but i don't hate em. I dislike the cunts in one tonne pick up trucks that honk at you for crossing the street in a cross walk when you are walking to work at 7.30am in the pissing rain. How you can have the nerve to sit in your climate controlled, warm, dry, comfy vehicle, drinking your god damned latte and honk at me because you are going to be 3 seconds later for what ever the fuck you are going to, i don't know. Fuck those people.

fuck everyone

  On 8/1/2011 at 8:36 AM, MAXIMUS MISCHIEF said:

bikers are friggn annoying, stay on the sidewalk idiots you are slow and taking up the road and people are trying to drive on the road which is what its for. you are also causing people anxiety because they have to focus on not hitting you

focusing on not hitting things is what a car driver should be doing at all times.

it doesn't happen in reality most of the time because it is an unnatural activity and

people habituate. i do it, and you probably do too. we focus a lot at first but over the

years we become complacent and in our comfort zones we listen to radio, make a quick phone call, put a new CD in,

check out the signs, check out some ass, and just about everything other than checking where every other car/cyclist/person is around us

at any given time.

i don't contest that its unreasonable to expect more from the general public.

it's just that human nature prevails. despite traveling insane velocities strapped to a large metal mass,

it becomes second hand nature and the illusion of safety is maintained.

true, a cyclist is always going to be an annoyance to the hasty car driver living life in the fast lane.

even still, there's absolutely nothing wrong with an adult riding a bike for exercise, transportation, whatever

and cyclists certainly do not deserve the majority of treatment received.