Grrr indeed...downtown Vancouver is terrible for tourist cyclists who rent bikes, and street people who have "acquired" bikes...they don't wear helmets, they don't follow traffic rules or even good road sense...a few I have seen ( and nearly hit) travelling towards me in my car lane, one the wrong side and going the wrong way up the one-way. Like right towards me for a head-on collision. We generally have to slow right down, practically stop, to wait for them to casually swerve out of the way. Like ducks crossing the road. I just want to reach my hand out the car window and grab their neck and wring it and yell "YOU ARE GIVING ALL CYCLISTS A BAD NAME AND MAKING IT THAT MUCH HARDER FOR US TO GET RESPECT ON THE ROAD YOU MORONS!!!"

Original Post by spirochete:

Original Post by hgielrehtaeh:

I also burn fat, not fuel, which is an earth friendly gesture. I also will never kill someone with my bike in an . I follow the rules of the road.

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lol - still people don't realize the type of cyclist you are complaining about.

I had forgotten a type of cyclist I hate and coming home today I saw 2 of them so I was wondering if anyone else had them: The shopping trolley cyclist.

You will recognise these particular creatures by their erratic wobbling as they navigate the world with one hand on the handlebar and the other on their shopping trolley filled hauling their recyclables around. They have absolutely no regard for the rules of the road whatsoever, and one today was biking the wrong way down a one way street, blocking an entire lane of traffic.

They switch between road and pavement with gay abandon and ne'er a thought for other people on the street. Get in their way and a litany of foul language will be hurled in your direction; they will perhaps even remove their one hand from the handlebars to give you the finger. The same type of abuse will be thrown at you if you refuse to let them into your gated community to raid your recycle bins. I would happily see each and every one of them drawn and quartered.

I have never seen this species of cyclists. We only have the corporate sponsored spandex ones.

it's cool. i hate motorists. they almost hit me all the time when i AM following the rules of the road.

have fun paying out the ass for gas. haha.
oh and thanks for contributing to the destruction of our planet.
OH WELL, maybe we'll colonize soon right?

believe me, your ills with us are nothing compared to our ills with you. i mean, when is the last time you were hit and badly injured or killed because you were hit by a bicycle in your car. probably never.

and cyclist might break the law sometimes but so do cars and cars do a lot more damage when they collide with...anything.

Ahh, see you've got it all wrong. I despise the cyclists described in this thread and I can't even drive.

for crying out loud it's like talking to a wall

Original Post by vicereine:

for crying out loud it's like talking to a wall

Apparently cycling does something to your brain

Original Post by gmule:

You Nazi car drivers are going to have to accept the fact that bicycles are allowed and often times required to use the road since it is illegal to ride on the sidewalks. Get  over it.  

You sir, are the most obstinate, pigheaded, cantankerous person that I have have ever encountered. Your ability for selective reading is quite phenomenal, and I am getting a sneaking suspicion that you're exactly the type of cyclist that has been detailed in this thread.

I get it, cyclists can do no wrong in your eyes - clearly, as soon as you get on a bike you are granted your wings and the rules of the road no longer apply to you. I'm surprised you can even see cyclists through the glare of their halos, let alone hear them over the harps. Anyhow, as part of the other contingent - you know, everyone else in the world - I need to go file down my horns before I start the day.

In post 14 I replied that  I  agree with the op and previous posters have said about scofflaw bicyclist.  I also  call those cyclist organ donors.

Then the thread degenerated into a bunch of whining about bikes on the path bikes on the road taking the lane making left turns from the left turn lane all the way to what a cyclist wears.

I see bicyclist and motorist doing wrong things all the all time. Natual selection will take care of those cyclist and motorist who make bad decsions. unfortunatley those bad motorist decisions kill other people.

Do I wear spandex ? Yes I do on really long rides that are going to be over 50 miles.  Most of the time I am crusing around in what ever I happen to be wearing at the time.  So does that make a good or bad cyclist? I can say that I have never been hit by a car. I have avoided a few collisions by remaing alert and paying attention to what is going on around me. I am pretty lucky that most of the drivers where I live are pretty decent to cyclist and give us plenty of room.

Original Post by gmule:

Then the thread degenerated into a bunch of whining about bikes on the path bikes on the road taking the lane making left turns from the left turn lane all the way to what a cyclist wears.

 The whole thread was a place to vent about cyclists and how much they suck and are hated. There are about 50 pro-cyclists threads around CC. Go find one of those.

Have you fallen off your tricycle one too many times? Is this too hard of a concept to grasp or something? It's a thread venting about cyclists. Get over it.