Runners can be obnoxious... but bicycle riders are the worst.
“...but bicycle riders are the worst.”
As some who used to own a farm on a QUIET, hilly, bucolic Country Road that those, ‘SO MUCH SMARTER THAN ME,’ turned into an Iron Man race route? You betcha! *SPIT*
I no longer live there - buried myself deeper in, ‘Der Hinterlands.’ I’m at the end of a dead end road - pretty sure runners and bicyclists aren’t coming my way, anymore. ;)
BINGO!
In our town, they whined until bike paths/lanes were added to all the narrow roads.
They ride 3-abreast and rarely stay in their lane.
Putzes.
Having raced for a team that had a professional group, I had kept things in check. Even the amateurs had to take the same media training as the pro riders. When I was out doing a training ride wearing a team kit, I knew I was a rolling billboard with sponsor names on the jersey. So if I acted like a jerk, it reflected bad on the team sponsors. If it was traced back to me, I’m off the team.
One of the results of this policy was that team members, including myself, were to avoid riding with certain groups (mostly recreational riders) who disregarded the rules of the road, flipped off motorists, and generally hogged up the road. It wasn’t about being a bike snob, it was about avoiding those who cause the sport to have a bad image.
“$Runners can be obnoxious... but bicycle riders are the worst.”
Triathlete/iron man types combine the worst traits. Most are anorexic/bulemic/health food/vegetarian obsessed driven souls with some sort of mental issue and are trying to escape.