What's scorching your groove today? - Page 48

BigV · 02-01-2012, 01:18 PM

Lash your bike to your own car, get in line with the other cars behind that fucking biker, and plod up the mountain until you can be right next to the biker huffing up the hill, slow down and run interference for the biker as you switch drivers and hop out and unload your bike and pedal with him! Let the whisper of a headwind gently dry your tears.

Easy!

wolf · 02-01-2012, 05:08 PM

Bike lanes aside ... it's a ROAD. Made for CARS.

Get off your damn bike and walk it to somewhere safe.

So, anyway ... there I was today, peacefully typing a book review of The Yiddish Policemen's Union (meh. never really went anywhere), and I reached for my big plastic cup of ice tea. Now usually, I'm drinking out of either a proper glass, or some sort of spill proof container, but I'd just started the dishwasher and got one of those Solo party cups, the big ones? Luckily I'd been drinking it for a while and it was only about half full, but in my distracted state I must have misjudged the weight of the cup and ... sploosh. Nine ounces of cold ice tea on my thigh, the carpet, and two shoulder bags that were sitting on the floor next to me.

In between yelling "fuck!" and "now what" I managed to find the box of Shamwows, dampened one, and sucked the stains right out of the carpet, my pants, and the wool shoulder bag.

Aliantha · 02-01-2012, 05:20 PM

Yeah, I have to say, that cyclist who ride up mountain roads etc are just asking for trouble. Particularly if they choose the ones that're popular for driving up too. It's just plain dangerous and personally I think it's unfair because although they might try hard, they simply can't do a reasonable speed on an uphill climb, and they put a lot of lives at risk.

Even on the winding roads around our place I find cyclists to be a problem, and I've seen more than one (in the 3.5yrs we've lived here) who's been knocked off his/her bike because there's just not enough vision, and it's only one lane each way, and there are all sorts of large trucks and tractors and plenty of cars who have to use the same road.

I respect that cyclists want to ride their bikes and all the other stuff, but seriously, if it's dangerous for you and your fellow road users, why do you do it?

Aliantha · 02-01-2012, 05:21 PM

good job with the shamwow wolf. lol

HungLikeJesus · 02-01-2012, 06:18 PM

Yes, I agree.

We really need to get all these cars and trucks off the mountain roads. They need to stay on the freeway where they belong.

ZenGum · 02-01-2012, 07:14 PM

Sounds like cycllists are in plague proportions. Time for a permit-based culling system! Thin out their numbers, for their own good!

Aliantha · 02-01-2012, 07:14 PM

I just don't think it's fair that good and safe drivers should be made to feel fearful because of someone else's choices.

I know when I am in the situation, it worries me because i feel a sense of responsibility for any damage I might inadvertently cause through my actions.

If I didn't give a shit about cyclists, I wouldn't care either way would I? I'd just keep driving and let them suffer whatever the consequences happen to be.

I also should add that my brother and his wife and a number of good friends of mine are road bike cyclists. My brother was knocked off his bike when he was only about 18 and has suffered chronic back pain ever since.

I feel that I'm speaking from a position of care and concern. Not simple greed for road space.

wolf · 02-01-2012, 07:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZenGum

Sounds like cycllists are in plague proportions. Time for a permit-based culling system! Thin out their numbers, for their own good!

Riding bareheaded used to take care of that, but these modern safety standards and keeping them in the gene pool long enough to reproduce.

footfootfoot · 02-01-2012, 07:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

Yes, I agree.

We really need to get all these cars and trucks off the mountain roads. They need to stay on the freeway where they belong.

I rode my bike up "going to the sun" road or highway in Glacier National Park in 1980 or 1981. Bikes were not allowed to enter the road after something like 10:00am to give them enough time to reach the top before the car traffic got heavy.

On that same bike trip I was in Wyoming or Montana and there was no way to get from one town to the next except by interstate. The entrance ramps did not have the typical signs prohibiting pedestrian or bicycle traffic. First time I've ever rode my bike on the interstate. The second time involved way too too much Tequila and a temporarily stolen bike that was returned to its owner who was none the wiser.

HungLikeJesus · 02-01-2012, 08:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aliantha

I just don't think it's fair that good and safe drivers should be made to feel fearful because of someone else's choices.

Quote:

Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

Yes, I agree.

We really need to get all these cars and trucks off the mountain roads. They need to stay on the freeway where they belong.

Aliantha · 02-01-2012, 08:16 PM

There'd be no roads there if it weren't for cars and trucks. Just a trail you'd need a mountain bike to negotiate...and maybe not even that.

So let's say that scenario is true, would the mountain bikes expect the walkers to hop off to the side of the trail so they could continue on at their own pace?

I wonder...

HungLikeJesus · 02-01-2012, 08:18 PM

The roads were here before the cars. Even Romans had roads.

Aliantha · 02-01-2012, 08:19 PM

I'd love to see a road bike after a couple of km's over a roman road. lol

Griff · 02-01-2012, 09:00 PM

The League of American Wheelman, a cycling organization, is often credited for getting road paving started in the US.

BigV · 02-01-2012, 10:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aliantha

I'd love to see a road bike after a couple of km's over a roman road. lol

Road? we don'tneed no stinkin road

02-01-2012, 01:18 PM	#706
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Lash your bike to your own car, get in line with the other cars behind that fucking biker, and plod up the mountain until you can be right next to the biker huffing up the hill, slow down and run interference for the biker as you switch drivers and hop out and unload your bike and pedal with him! Let the whisper of a headwind gently dry your tears. Easy! __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

02-01-2012, 05:08 PM	#707
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Bike lanes aside ... it's a ROAD. Made for CARS. Get off your damn bike and walk it to somewhere safe. So, anyway ... there I was today, peacefully typing a book review of The Yiddish Policemen's Union (meh. never really went anywhere), and I reached for my big plastic cup of ice tea. Now usually, I'm drinking out of either a proper glass, or some sort of spill proof container, but I'd just started the dishwasher and got one of those Solo party cups, the big ones? Luckily I'd been drinking it for a while and it was only about half full, but in my distracted state I must have misjudged the weight of the cup and ... sploosh. Nine ounces of cold ice tea on my thigh, the carpet, and two shoulder bags that were sitting on the floor next to me. In between yelling "fuck!" and "now what" I managed to find the box of Shamwows, dampened one, and sucked the stains right out of the carpet, my pants, and the wool shoulder bag. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

02-01-2012, 05:20 PM	#708
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Yeah, I have to say, that cyclist who ride up mountain roads etc are just asking for trouble. Particularly if they choose the ones that're popular for driving up too. It's just plain dangerous and personally I think it's unfair because although they might try hard, they simply can't do a reasonable speed on an uphill climb, and they put a lot of lives at risk. Even on the winding roads around our place I find cyclists to be a problem, and I've seen more than one (in the 3.5yrs we've lived here) who's been knocked off his/her bike because there's just not enough vision, and it's only one lane each way, and there are all sorts of large trucks and tractors and plenty of cars who have to use the same road. I respect that cyclists want to ride their bikes and all the other stuff, but seriously, if it's dangerous for you and your fellow road users, why do you do it? __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

02-01-2012, 05:21 PM	#709
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	good job with the shamwow wolf. lol __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

02-01-2012, 06:18 PM	#710
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Yes, I agree. We really need to get all these cars and trucks off the mountain roads. They need to stay on the freeway where they belong. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

02-01-2012, 07:14 PM	#711
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Sounds like cycllists are in plague proportions. Time for a permit-based culling system! Thin out their numbers, for their own good! __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

02-01-2012, 07:14 PM	#712
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	I just don't think it's fair that good and safe drivers should be made to feel fearful because of someone else's choices. I know when I am in the situation, it worries me because i feel a sense of responsibility for any damage I might inadvertently cause through my actions. If I didn't give a shit about cyclists, I wouldn't care either way would I? I'd just keep driving and let them suffer whatever the consequences happen to be. I also should add that my brother and his wife and a number of good friends of mine are road bike cyclists. My brother was knocked off his bike when he was only about 18 and has suffered chronic back pain ever since. I feel that I'm speaking from a position of care and concern. Not simple greed for road space. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

02-01-2012, 08:16 PM	#716
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	There'd be no roads there if it weren't for cars and trucks. Just a trail you'd need a mountain bike to negotiate...and maybe not even that. So let's say that scenario is true, would the mountain bikes expect the walkers to hop off to the side of the trail so they could continue on at their own pace? I wonder... __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

02-01-2012, 08:18 PM	#717
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	The roads were here before the cars. Even Romans had roads. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

02-01-2012, 08:19 PM	#718
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	I'd love to see a road bike after a couple of km's over a roman road. lol __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

02-01-2012, 09:00 PM	#719
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	The League of American Wheelman, a cycling organization, is often credited for getting road paving started in the US. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

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