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Most fellow cyclists rude, arrogant jerks
Rocky Mountain News ^ | June 19, 2008 | J.M. Schell

Posted on 06/19/2008 9:32:28 PM PDT by george76

One thing that always strikes me about so many of my "fellow" cyclists that Roenfeldt is apparently not cognizant of, is how rude and arrogant cyclists tend to be.

I mostly ride the metro area's extensive trails and paths and I try to extend every courtesy to others. I rarely encounter fellow cyclists with the same view, though. Rather, I see them rocketing silently out of darkened underpasses causing elderly strollers to leap into the brush alongside the path and rushing in silence up behind unsuspecting families with pets and small children, never uttering a word of warning

From my own experience, their attitudes are, if anything, even worse on the streets.

There's a very, very good reason so many view those of us who are cyclists as rude, arrogant jerks. Most of us are.

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I'm a cyclist and I couldn't agree more. It is even worse in the mountains. The Colorado Trail between Kenosha Pass and Georgia Pass is impossible to hike due to mountain bikers.

Funny thing though, when some of the same trails were open to motorized use there wasn't a problem, the dirt bike and Jeep crowd was always polite. The standard mountain bike greeting to a hiker is usually "out of the way m f."

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1 posted on 06/19/2008 9:32:28 PM PDT by george76
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When those guys silently pass me I yell at them “way to go, perfectly silent. I couldn't hear you at all” Then I toot my world's loudest bike horn at them.

Last weekend a couple passed me and a friend while we were passing a jogger. They were completely silent.

I caught up to them and said “I am on your left, I say that so you know I am here. You passed me while I was trying to safely passed that jogger, you unsafely passed me and put all 5 of us at risk”.

The woman responded “thanks for the advice” I couldn't really tell if she was being sarcastic or not.

2 posted on 06/19/2008 9:43:08 PM PDT by djwright (I know who's my daddy, do you?)
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In Portland OR, the cyclists know their rights. If you are making a right hand turn and a cyclist is trying to pass on the right, they will kill themselves rather than slow down and let you turn.


3 posted on 06/19/2008 9:46:13 PM PDT by Tramonto (Huckabee FairTax Huckabee FairTax Huckabee FairTax)
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Oregon cyclists are the most arrogant, condescending jerks to ever get squished by a bus/truck. I enjoy riding but most are idiots.

Pray for W and Our Troops


4 posted on 06/19/2008 9:54:43 PM PDT by bray (Drill Congress!!!)
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To: george76

No comment on the so-called “cyclists”.
I ride my bike in shorts and a tee-shirt, They wear homo garb. ‘nuf said.


5 posted on 06/19/2008 9:55:04 PM PDT by mowowie
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Not only are they rude, arrogant jerks, but they dress like rodeo-clowns from San Francisco. -Wb


6 posted on 06/19/2008 9:56:12 PM PDT by Wagonboy (STOP GLOBAL WHINING!)
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In my area, they will come out to two lane blacktop roads and ride in large groups creating huge traffic hazards.

And they tend have this liberal attitude that manages to condescend and look ridiculous all at once.

7 posted on 06/19/2008 9:59:33 PM PDT by lawnguy (The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil-Cicero)
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We own a ranch in Californias San Bernardino mountains. There is a trail around our ranch that the Forest Service put in for the bikers, but they prefer to go through our place. They throw snack wrappers and drink bottles on the ground, and mouth off if confronted. I am vertically challenged, and put “NO TRESPASSING” signs as high as I can, and they always manage to rip them down. They go over gates and fences and destroy it as much as possible. One of these days someone will get hurt. They may have problems with a bear or cougar or rattlesnake, or possibly even some of my livestock. These jerks would not hesitate to sue me if they hurt themselves in the process of violating my rights.


8 posted on 06/19/2008 10:06:07 PM PDT by passionfruit (When illegals become legal, even they won't do work American's won't do)
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Just head a bit east from Coors in Golden. You’ll see over a dozen markers where they’ve been splattered.

Yet they still pedal along that winding and narrow road. 18-wheelers turning the corners, wildlife....


9 posted on 06/19/2008 10:08:33 PM PDT by RandallFlagg (Satisfaction was my sin)
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To: Tramonto

And then the family blames the driver of the large truck that they just splattered against at 40 MPH, instead of the moron who is going to assert his “rights”.


10 posted on 06/19/2008 10:15:07 PM PDT by thecabal
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To: passionfruit

Sounds like you need to invest in a big dog and train him to eat cyclists.


11 posted on 06/19/2008 10:16:54 PM PDT by Lusis ("Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.")
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No self respecting Walking Dude would like the cyclists.


12 posted on 06/19/2008 10:17:02 PM PDT by TheWasteLand
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Southpark’s “SMUG” episode comes to mind. The one where everyone starts driving hybrids and start acting totally condescending to everyone else...the one where liberal adults fart, then bend down and smell their own fart and think it smells wonderful...?

Boy they nailed the lib attitude on this one.


13 posted on 06/19/2008 10:44:39 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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The standard mountain bike greeting to a hiker is usually "out of the way m f."

That would get them knocked right off their bike with me.

14 posted on 06/19/2008 11:07:26 PM PDT by TigersEye (Berlin 1936. Olympics for murdering regimes. Beijing 2008.)
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Somebody needs to post that image of the car plowing into the group of bikers a week or so ago...


15 posted on 06/19/2008 11:10:01 PM PDT by PLMerite ("Unarmed, one can only flee from Evil. But Evil isn't overcome by fleeing from it." Jeff Cooper)
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One good thing about Seattle is that most of the bicyclists, when approaching someone on a trail, say, "On your left," or "On your right" as they pass by. I say most because there are those holdouts who seem like they want to get whacked with a golf club....

BTW, spandex on men is just nasty. I don't care WHO you are!

16 posted on 06/19/2008 11:17:59 PM PDT by Othniel (Kirk: Don't trust them. Don't believe them. Spock: They're dying. Kirk: LET THEM DIE.)
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To: mowowie

When the weather isn’t cooperative, but mostly meaning early spring/late fall, I wear jeans with the right pant leg rolled up, so it doesn’t get caught in the sprocket.

Other than that, during warm days, shorts and T-shirt for me too. I know how to ride.


17 posted on 06/19/2008 11:42:02 PM PDT by wastedyears (Obama is a Texas Post Turtle.)
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***Southpark’s “SMUG” episode comes to mind. The one where everyone starts driving hybrids and start acting totally condescending to everyone else...the one where liberal adults fart, then bend down and smell their own fart and think it smells wonderful...?***

I do that, smells terrible and I still laugh like an idiot.


18 posted on 06/19/2008 11:45:58 PM PDT by wastedyears (Obama is a Texas Post Turtle.)
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It's it interesting that these rude and arrogant cyclists are also the very greenies who how put the rest of us into an energy crunch and that they are trying to obstruct us from solving it?
19 posted on 06/19/2008 11:55:04 PM PDT by fella ("...He that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough." Pv.28:19)
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Not only are they rude, arrogant jerks, but they dress like rodeo-clowns from San Francisco.


20 posted on 06/20/2008 3:41:59 AM PDT by SkyPilot ("I wasn't in church during the time when the statements were made.")
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