Radio host infuriates cyclists

The Raleigh News & Observer ^ | 10/1/03 | BRUCE SICELOFF

[Hacksaw]

Does anyone else find it interesting that cyclist attire keeps coming up, typically along with "homo" this and that? Obviously, some here are allowing their deeply repressed homosexual tendencies to bubble to the surface. I'll keep that in mind next time some a-hole tries to knock me off my bike...

Well, they don't understand that the tight elastic shorts are for more than show. You don't want loose shorts or pants chafing your legs on a long ride. They also help keep the old jewels in place - having them constantly swing from side to side can get very annoying.

[olorin]

This thread has been a bit of a wild ride - I'm jsut bummed that catch and release elk hunting couldn't be worked in somehow . . .

[Dionysius]

I'm very surprised he stopped at the light. Most of the time they keep on peddling. My only gripe with cyclists, is that they feel they have equal right to the roadway, but don't feel they have to obey the rules. (My apologies to the 10% to which this does not apply.)

[RoughDobermann]

Not to mention that skin tight clothes are somewhat better at cutting throught the enemy (the wind) than, say, overalls...

[Kleon]

The law's the law. It doesn't matter what it was built for; the road nearest my old apartment was made for cable cars.

[Joe Hadenuf]

Just so you know I'm a 5 time finisher of the Hawaii Ironman and 5 time finisher of the Boston Marathon.

I'm impressed. I find watching bicycles zooming by to be one of the most exciting sports....Of course, I'm a little morbid, I like watching the front guy slip on a oil spot or bug, and all the others behind him all go down like a house of cards. Good fun.

[ironman]

I've looked it up in the State of Virginia driving manual and I can not find where it says a bike can't pass on the right. I've passed cops on the right and never once has one told me not to do it.

[Bacon Man]

Bacon had a similar experience some two decades ago, and lived to tell. (He was the cyclist, not the trucker.)

You know, it hurt.

[Hatteras]

"They also help keep the old jewels in place - having them constantly swing from side to side can get very annoying."

Bicyclists don't have "jewels". Their girlie-men, remember? And you'll have a better chance of finding any doodads at a Catch and Release Elk Hunt!

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I wonder if ironman's super-sharks can question their bad-ass clients via seance.....

[Rebelbase]

"racing bras"

Dr. Vaughn begs to differ and chooses to celibrate healthy breasts.

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Yes, it's the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch!!

[FourtySeven]

Amazing that the (seemingly) most innocuous topics can illicit such an overwhelming response from FReepers! Quite an entertaining thread!

For the record, I hate bikers too, and can honestly say that (assuming what they've said on this thread is the truth) the people here are the FIRST "polite" bikers I've ever met.

[Xenalyte]

Bacon is also apparently today's Master of Understatement. A man of few words, or something.

[Jonah Hex]

I'm jsut bummed that catch and release elk hunting couldn't be worked in somehow . . .

Funny you should mention that, but I saw a truck driven by an Elk pass a bike on the left the other day. They were both on their way to a Lion's Club meeting at the Knights of Columbus hall. One of them was carrying a six-pack of Moosehead and a pack of cheese. Hugh mistake, mixing Moosehead and cheese.

[tracer]

Your Glock sign likely would attract police "protection" in DC, but such might be fortunate if the offending paint-ballers were carrying real weapons, as is not uncommon around here. Please be careful......

[bicycle thug]

When I am on a fenderless bicycle (I have manymmachines) I used my hand to groom the rolling tire quite reflexively. You are correct about how few flats you get with the right equipment and if you are careful. It takes glass slivers, thorns, and other sharp opjects a few rotations to breech the tire's integrity.

I get very few flats in the course of a year. I still use sewups on my racing bikes, now those are fun to patch.

[Fresh Wind]

Around here in Northern Virginia tickets have been issued to cyclists for running stops signs.

That sort of enforcement is a very localized thing, I suppose. I have never seen a cyclist pulled over here in PA. What sort of fines are involved and how do they compare with fine a motorist gets for running the same stop sign? I'd bet that the fine the cyclist pays is a lot lower. And, if he gets too many tickets, what happens? Does he lose his bike rider's license? What? No such thing? Well, then would they pull his driver's license (if he had one)? I doubt it.

I used to work with a guy who was such a lousy driver that he could never keep a driver's license for any length of time. So, he rode. And, guess what? He rode the same way he drove. He had no car, and paid no insurance, but once I watched him ride diagonally through an intersection of two 4-lane roads at lunch hour, and it was like something out of the Keystone Kops.

Responsible people are responsible people whether they drive or ride. It's the idiots that cause problems regardless of their choice of vehicle. My gripe is that the burden of responsibility falls more heavily on the motorist than the cyclist. If I have to swerve to avoid a cyclist and hit another car, I would be considered at fault for that accident for "not keeping my vehicle under control at all times".

[olorin]

You have made me vey vey happy.

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And remember to count to "three" -- not to "One" or "two," saith the Book......