Radio host infuriates cyclists

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

[bicycle thug]

Bicycle clothes have to be form fitting. Not merely for wind resistance too. You want sweat to wick away from the body and evaporate.

I wear lycra, cleats, helmet, gloves and have dorky pockets with bananas sticking out of them when I ride. But I can change my clothes when I am done riding.

Anyone making fun of my road warrior look can't say the same thing about their gut and breathlessness after climbing a flight of stairs.

[newgeezer]

Folks, cyclists have a legal right to use virtually every single road in all 50 states.

One exception being the Interstate Highway System, of course. At any rate, FRetards will not be de turd by de facts.

(Note to all readers: Not all FReepers are FRetards, only the FRetarded ones. If you're offended by the label, you just might be one. ;O)

[DollyCali]

I can see that your testicles have joined Lance Armstrongs in a jar of formalin. That's what cycle seats will do for ya

come on.. be civil SO9

[biblewonk]

LOL

[olorin]

He's just mad because he can't get no satisfaction.

[Heyworth]

One exception being the Interstate Highway System, of course.

Not true. In some places, where there's no other option, bikes are allowed to ride on the shoulder of an interstate. Since 9-11, when they closed down the bike route through Camp Pendleton, you have to ride on the shoulder of I-5 to get from San Clemente to Oceanside.

[DollyCali]

He's just mad because he can't get no satisfaction.

Yupper, we all have that problem sometimes

*G*

STILL patiently waiting for my ride so I can go biking & dodge paint balls, car doors & 45s

[bk1000]

". I can see why cars need tags but they are of little value for a bike."

No value, but like I said, standing in line to use the road is part of it. I don't care if the bike tag is $1, as long as you stand there like the rest of us. No one minds sharing the road, but the attitudes (eco-superior, for one, deliberatly slowing traffic for another) displayed by MOST cyclists I encounter are the reason we don't like you on the road. Most automobile drivers have some place to go while MOST cyclists are just out there for fun and could do it some other time. to be fair, I also feel that retired persons should schedule appointments during mid day and stay out of rush hour traffic. It's bad enough out there.

[olorin]

I renew my automobile tags over the internet and they are mailed to me. No standing in line here pal.

[Skip Ripley]

You shouldn't be racing on a public trail. You should signal when you pass. Twinkle-toes (TT) should never have made a lane change without making sure it was clear. If TT wanted to wait for his friend, he should have moved the center line and then turned inside to his right.

Glad to hear neither of you was hurt too badly. Sounds like it could have been a bad one.

[Shooter 2.5]

You have the wrong guy for your comment in the bold print. I never said that.

I do carry when I ride and I take it seriously. I also avoid traffic as much as I can. I ride on sidewalks, access roads, along railroad tracks, park trails and away from rush hour.

If there's a chance there's any sort of confrontation, you can rest assured I won't be the cause of it.

[stylin_geek]

Nope, Road all the way. The shorts fit, and they were the right price. I'm to crazy to mountain bike, and being over 40 means I would spend a lot of time in the hospital. Bad enough I like to put the rubber on the road, and move just as fast as I can. Now imagine that attitude going down a mountain.

[danmar]

If bicyclists would ACT like a car then they'd be treated like one

Funny you said that, because here in Los Angeles if the cops see you doing "stunts" on the road while riding the bicycle you will get a ticket in a jiffy.
It gets even worse, if you have a Driver's Licence, since that ticket is viewed like driving a car. You get a full size DUI while riding a bicycle too!

[Major_Risktaker]

I've been told the older one gets the nastier and meaner their attitude for others will become. You’re most likely a nice Old Professor but I can see you’re the kind of guy that would throw a drowning man both ends of the rope. I totally understand the subtleties of your glib comment.

[motzman]

I have learned to control my temper as well-only a fool would react in such a way as to piss off one of the many nut cases driving the roads these days.

Extremely wise sentiment!

[bicycle thug]

You are correct. I beeline it to Portland several times every year on I-5. If I take Hwy 99E, I have to anyways from Albany to Exit 258 south of Salem anyways.

I just cashed my pay check and re-wrapped my Cinelli handlebars on my Bridgestone RB-1. Cinelli two toned cork tape, red and black on a bright red bicycle.

This bicycle is a 1994, one of the last one inch steertube, threaded headset machines. She is a lugged frame with Tange doublebutted tubing, forks and tapergauge forks with a special Tom Ritchey designed forged crown.

She has a Chris King red anodized headset, same color Race Face bottom bracket set with a titanium axle. Most everything else is 8 rear wheel cassette Dura Ace equipment, Cinelli stem ot go with the bars, a Campy carbon fiber Record seat tube and a Brooks titanium railed, chamfered leather Professional saddle with large brass rivets.

Though she is a racing machine, she has a snap on bell and lights and reflectors in the wheels. I aim always to be seen.

I use the speed play pedal system as far as cleats go, and I have many wheel sets and the machine usually has one of three main sets that go with it.

Why do I rattle off about this machine I keep as close to me as a rib in my ribcage?

Why not? This thread is as good an excuse to do so as any excuse I use to inflict family pictures on my friends in the real world. And you can take it to the bank I consider this machine as being part of me. ;-D ;-D :-D

[Nephi]

All I'm saying is that if bicyclists want to be treated like cars, they ought to act like them consistently.

I don't think cyclists want to be "treated like cars." Cyclists are, in reality, mechanized pedestrians and therefore, most likely, would like to be treated like people. As for the legal right to use the road, cyclists have that already and don't have to appeal to car drivers for acceptance.

Car drivers only have to press lightly on a pedal to go and press another pedal with slightly more effort to stop. Alternatively, cyclists exert considerably more effort to achieve cruising speed after coming to a stop. In light of this, most people will recognize that cyclists will do what they can to maintain inertia, balanced with maintaining their life.

I'm sorry if your life is in such turmoil that you find yourself in a life or death struggle with tyrannical bicyclists . I hope you find peace.

[Heyworth]

Sounds sweet. These days I'm riding an old carbon fiber Specialized--one of the ones with aluminum lugs instead of monocoque construction, fitted out with Dura-Ace 7 speed with downtube shifters. Old, but top of the line in its day, and I got a great deal on it from a guy. So how do you like the Brooks, and hold long did it take it to break in?

[Lazamataz]

He's just mad because he can't get no satisfaction.

Well he's tried....

....and he's tried....

....and he's tried.....

....and he's tried....

HE CAN'T GET NO

NO NO NO

[DollyCali]

All "I's" on you..

Thanks

:)