>ride bike on road>those stupid selfish cyclists disrupting traffic>ride bike on sidewalk>those stupid selfish cyclists trying to run over pedestrians>advocate for bike lanes so everyone gets their way>those stupid selfish cyclists wasting our tax dollars making everything about themselvesThere are jackass cyclists like there are jackass motorists and jackass pedestrians. Yet we get the hate because we’re trying to be both economically and environmentally efficient while getting to places as soon as possible?>t. a cyclist who uses the sidewalk because there are no bike lanes, people hardly use sidewalks, and i don’t wanna risk car accidents
Generally we're not, but a small, vocal minority of extremely angry people are obsessed with us to the point of mental illness. Some people have the energy to push back, some make a hobby of it, but most people just can't be bothered, so the angry karens are always going to be there. You might say we're like the transgenders of the road. Not sure who our JK Rowling is. Maybe that guy from Top Gear?
>>2072600oh, also the vegan-like holier-than-though attitude on top of all that.
idk but I unapologetically ride like a fucking mega cunt and if someone has a problem with it, oh what a surprise they dont wanna get out of their car and talk about it they wanna go home and post about it on social media >if i encountered u i would run u over or shoot uOkay. hasn’t happened yet i dont think you would do shit
>>2072600>even more special treatment than they already receiveThe road system is extremely subsidized and built in favor of cars. Even in the Netherlands. Whenever a city tries to shift this balance slightly from extreme subsidization to merely massive subsidization, cager go fucking apeshit.
>>2072603>I unapologetically ride like a fucking mega cuntYou're the reason we can't have nice things
>>2072623actually not true but alright you can be a pick me cyclist if you want
>>2072623>>2072624also guarantee you don’t consider things like safe road positioning around blind corners to prevent being slammed into from behind u probably just ride in the gutter like a beta and wonder why you get close passed, people cant see you until its too late>teehee im not like the other cyclistsUr worse get the fuck out of the inside of the blind corners, i bet you stop at roundabouts and clog that shit up 5x longer than you should while you try to get back on your bike and you think you are being “one of the good ones” Confident borderline aggressive riding is safe riding i do not give a fuck if some alcoholic honks his horn at me fuck him and fuck you stay in the bike lane you fucking femboy
>>2072626This, also the more to the right of the curb you ride the more likely people are to pass you dangerously. Yeah sorry bro but I'm gonna leave at least 4 ft between my squishy body and a potentially opening car door, guess you're just gonna have to change lanes to overtake me
>>2072626>I ride like a mega cunt>Actually I ride very safeLmao triggered much. What you described isn't riding like a cunt it's riding normally. Riding like a cunt is burning every red every stop and hopping onto busy sidewalks. Pull the seatpost out of your ass lmao you cry baby hahahahahaha
>>2072628He's sort of right though, women really do not like the "male" style of riding that's why they're always getting killed by box trucks when men get in front aggressively instead of timidly hanging out in the kill zone. But this is seen as "unfair" or "toxic masculinity" so there will always be some stigma attached to proper defensive riding. Same reason people who don't think of bike lanes as a panacea are always getting called toxic elite sports cyclists.
>>2072629Buddy I'm not arguing with him if he's right. I said that's just normal cycling. You say you ride like a mega cunt I assume you ride like a new york bike courrier with a deathwish.
>>2072623(passive) aggressive drivers will harass you no matter what kind of vehicle you're using. Big difference here is that are you are far more likely to come into contact with such people when you're travelling at 25 kph
>>2072630There are many definitions of "normal cycling". I ride according to my ideas of safety, not about what will offend people or make me "one of the good ones". My ideas about what's safe and reasonable are based on my local road conditions. Other norms prevail in areas with other road conditions.Turn-related practices are a good example of this. Before we even get into what bicycles should do, cars and trucks are expected to do different things depending on the country. And then of course, there's us. We are usually an afterthought at best. The bicycle is sometimes expected to take the outer lane, sometimes the inner lane, sometimes take the crosswalk and only pay attention to pedestrian walk/don't walk signs. Sometimes there are no rules or expectations on anyone's mind because bicycles are for children and children should not be playing in traffic.So if following your local customs and regulations puts you at higher risk, the rational choice is to ride like a "mega cunt" and disregard optics, because being safe is better than looking like a nice guy. On the other hand, if your local conditions make it so that you're safest doing "nice guy" riding, then there is no need to act like a "mega cunt".
>>2072632Oops wrong pic sorry. That one was meant for my earlier post.
>>2072628>>2072630i mean i do kinda ride like a cunt still, this is normal riding true but it is considered bad by car people, although i still DO ride like a cunt by that I just mean blowing reds and hoping for the best and disregarding speed limits, nice downhill and im pinning it even if its a 20kmh only residential, urban “shared path” type of shit yeah i fuckin fly past peds unless theres a dog or small child im definitely a cunt but its funny that despite every awful thing i do its still safer than riding like a bitch. if im going to be viewed as evil anyway for not wanted to ride in the gutter i might as well do this shit no?i also angle my 1000lumen light slightly upwards i am not sorry
>>2072634>i also angle my 1000lumen light slightly upwards i am not sorryLiterally no good reason to do this except be a dumb shitbag.
>>2072634Lumenchads reporting in. My light is to prevent doorings and right hooks. It needs to be and is visible in the rear view mirror. It cannot be ignored. If you find yourself blinded it's because you're trying to salmon up a one-way street like an asshole, so any issue with my light is your problem not mine.
>>2072631>25>kph
maybe it's those stupid hats? I mean you look like an alien. An inferior other. Why do cycle fags insist on wearing those?
>>2072644You guys get mad at us if we don't wear a foam hat. Then you get mad at us if we do. So it's probably not the hats.
>>2072635>exceptSo you do admit that it is a good reason?
>>2072634unironically considering buying a ps3 for 5$ just to harvest the Blu-Ray Laser to shine directly at F-150 owners, Jeep owners, joggers with headlamps, dentists with upward-facing 99999 lumen LED lights, and that one tranny in town who actually owns an Electra™ Townie®
>>2072633>>2072632Umm literally just stop being in the fucking road? Roads are for cars, not your gay commie 15 minute city cope dilation.
If it's a one-lane road I will yield to car traffic behind me as much as possiblebut if I'm on a two-lane road I simply do not give a fuck. If you're a motorist who is triggered by how slow I'm going then just move over to the fast lane
>>2072607>The road system is extremely subsidized and built in favor of cars.yes, because cars actually offer extensive strategic and social benefits, unlike scrappy little toys for manchildren to virtue signal with.
>>2072676Basado.
>>2072650Made me laugh fuck you lmao. Dumb and dumber lookin ass.
>>2072585>act like fuckwits>dress like fuckwits>takes non motorised vehicles onto roadways which are vital for life and safety>get aggressive when criticised for poor road behaviour >refuse to use cycling infrastructure, regularly choosing to block roads when there is an adjacent cycle path>constantly break road rules>don't pay rego or CTP insurance but believe they're equally entitled to roads>chooses to put themselves in suicidal danger then takes it out on road users>wear next to no safety gear>constantly favoured by homosexual lawmakersThere is something mentally wrong with adults who ride bikes. If your city has dedicated cycle infrastructure and you can commute without taking your push bike onto a road with 4 tonne cars going 60-100km/h. Fine. But that's basically never the case so you're choosing to be a problem.If you want to help congestion get a motorbike. If you want the two wheel experience on roads get a motorbike. Otherwise get your fucking toy off the road.
If you get easily angry at someone riding a bicycle or going for a walk as you're driving down the road, then maybe you shouldn't be driving. You have a bigger problem.
>>2072681Bicycle and walk are not the same. Riding your bike on the road is not the same as a pedestrian on a footpath.
>>2072683Regardless, you present yourself as a hazard to society when you oonga-boonga behind the wheel like a spastic chimp all because you're too retarded to remember you can always go around and magically makes your day ruined. Hang up the driver's license before you end up killing someone over your retarded road raging anger issues.
>>2072680you forgot>scream murder when a driver so much as takes a breath in your direction, insist they are trying to kill you whenever they take actions to avoid a collision as a result of you breaking the rules or interfering with traffic
>>2072681if you get easily scared of being in the vincinity of road vehicles moving at speed then maybe you shouldn't be on the road, just saying.
Cyclist hate is so forced.
>>2072695It's similar to hating pizza with pineapples (knowing that no hawaiian will attack you over it) or making muh attack helicopter jokes (knowing that no tumblrinas from 2009 will come after you). Easy way for spinless NPCs to tilt at a windmill and feel tough.
>>2072676>extensive strategic and social benefits40,000 road deaths a year, an enormous amount of noise and pollution, as well as destroying the environment where people live both directly and indirectly? Wow sounds great!
