Why I won’t join a bicycling club.
I’m waiting at a light after dark. It turns green. As I press my accelerator. A bicyclist zips off the cross street SIDEWALK to my left and we both slam on our brakes as he stops right in front of me.
He then gives ME a ration!
to ALL:
While, as in any sub-culture, there is some sort of definable distribution regarding any behavior or characteristic, that group known collectively as “serious bikers” has a DEMONSTRABLE skew in the behavior characteristics we could label as “civilized behavior”.
While I applaud the posters here who claim to seriously try to behave well while riding, most people who have encountered the biker riding an expensive umpteen speed cycle, wholly encased in spandex, whose feet are “inconveniently” clipped to their pedals, will freely attest to the rude, essentially obnoxious actions by the HUGE MAJORITY of male AND female adults riding bikes.
I won’t even open the issue of the political leanings of, (again), the HUGE MAJORITY of serious bikers - it’s unnecessary because their basic behavior is so anti-social (albeit, such behavior and political leanings are closely related for the most part).
I’m waiting at a light after dark. It turns green. As I press my accelerator. "
You don't have a bicycle?