Surfers against Cyclists

Haha love the visual of fat guy with butt hanging from mouth.

The places this all seems to work in harmony are the roads that have the designated bike lane. But those are far and few between.

 

Long time MTB trials rider here. When it's flat the ground is always there ready to ride. I give road bikers their space even if some of them have yuppie SUPer and touron attitudes.

For a number of reasons the standard for road construction should include a 2' shoulder to the right of the white line.

 

I'm not saying that, nor am I engaging in a debate on the tenets of Darwinism. I just don't think because someone's riding a road bike w/ cars going by that that indicates any lack of intelligence or will to survive or inability to listen to instincts. I simply would not do it b/c of the risk vs. reward, it's not appealing enough for me to risk my well being with all the idiots on the road, but for those who enjoy it, godspeed. The same argument that you direct towards cyclists could be made towards surfers, that's all.

 

Agreed, all roads should have bike lanes under ideal circumstances.

 

What infuriates me isn't the cyclists correctly and safely riding their bikes on the road, it's all the ones who blatantly ignore the laws (at least here in MA) and ride their bikes on city sidewalks, weaving through pedestrians and baby strollers. I don't want to be dodging bikes on my walk to the subway or to work.

 

newenglandflatness.... that's not a cyclist. sounds more like a fixie hipster commuting or looking for attention. a cyclist just wants a few feet of room on the road to average 15-25+ mph for 20-100 miles+. as I mentioned and definitely believe, it appears to be uncool, annoying, pointless, etc. but it is really fun, progressive, and excellent exercise. I weight train my upper body, and have pretty much cut out lower body weight training and replaced it with cycling about 50 miles per week in more or less what would be considered a long sprint.

 

Or the ones who blow through stop signs/red lights or suddenly cut in front of you and other stupid stuff. Cyclists have as much right to be on most roads as cars do but they also need to obey the same traffic laws. It's really just a matter of common sense and common courtesy.

 

Fixed gear, no brakes...

 

+1 what Seldom said

 

Stationary bike. Stay safe, y'all.

 

No intention of disrespecting or insulting cyclists...and you're right about them mostly being hipsters with fixed gears. And don't even get me started hipsters. Like the ones who spend their entire day, on their bike or not, with the leg of their skinny jeans rolled up so everyone can see they ride a bike and are much cooler than anyone who doesn't

 

no fruity spandex here:

 

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Share the road, yall.

 

Not sure I get all the guys in their matching shirts riding 3 and 4 across on Ocean Ave. That drives me a little batty. Single file please. Other than that, more power to ya.

 

efficiency. I heard recently that 30% wind reduction can be achieved when in someone's slipstream (think nascar I guess lol). The reason you see them lined up more horizontally is because the wind/slipstream is not directly behind riders in the front... you have to line up in a staggered fashion depending on the direction of the wind. If the folks on ocean ave are literally side by side then they are not cyclists or strategically cycling. below is my new bike. I upgraded from steel 1987 restored Fuji to the Windsor with carbon fork/aluminum frame

for sale lol, the Fuji I referred to

 

Are you sure, they do have matching shirts? Ha Ha. They probably are staggered, but they are also holding up traffic. Just a little pet peeve.

 

+1 for mtbing... DH is like surfing a good day. anyone in monmouth county there are some dope new trails put in at the back of allaire state park, alongside the parkway north downgrade. park at the entrance to the camping area not the hospital road, and wear bug spray, a lightweight 6"-7" bike is well suited if you connect it right

 

I hate the triatheletes who come down here twice a year to compete. For two weeks prior to the race you have to dodge them on there bikes because they seem not to care that the place they have come to has people that actually live and work there. They simply keep riding in the middle of the street until you can pazs them and then look at you as if you were crazy for wanting to get around them. Then for two weeks after here are little gatorade cups all over the place that they throw down on the ground whenever they ere done with them even though trash cans are provided at every spot. I respect what they do but I do hate them.

 

I hate people who start stupid mindless posts.

 

Tell em why you're mad son!