My latest pet peeve is when non-riders complain about sharing the road and say things like "bikers should just get off the road!" I rode my bike to work on Tuesday for the first time. So I walk in the door decked out in all my cycling gear, feeling all proud of myself for making it there on time (and in one piece!) and one of my co-workers starts in on how she hates it when she has to slow down for cyclists, they're in her way, they are a hazard to her, what right do they have to ride on the roads around here, why are they riding out in the lane, etc., etc. I was getting rather defensive, and I finally told her she should hop on a bike and get out there herself. Her attitude would change in about 5 minutes!
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07-19-2007, 08:09 PM #1
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07-20-2007, 04:28 AM #2
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sara I had the same thing happen one day- one of the guys at work was complaining about having to slow down for a biker on his drive home last night- and after we talked for a while, I realized it was me that he had been following!
Best part is that i'm his boss, and the more we joked about it, the more he got to hear about why bikers SHOULD use the road to ride-
I think he now has a much better understanding and patience level for bikers-
My big peeve (at the moment) are the bikers who completely ignore the rules of the road, and cut off cars. (I live in a big college town, and sometimes the riders are a bit oblivious of EVERYONE else on the road)
I was following behind a car going through an intersection yesterday and another biker not really paying attention was going through the crosswalk against the light, and cut off the car, causing the driver, to curse, brake hard, and swerve- thankfully i saw it coming, and was able to stay out of the way. That's the type of thing that makes drivers think bikes shouldn't be allowed on the road-
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07-20-2007, 07:30 AM #3
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It makes me mad that the drinking and driving crowd (which appears to be quite large in this area) thinks it's a good idea to dispose of their empty bottles (usually MGD) in the bike lane
. Two MGD flats in a month!
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07-20-2007, 01:37 PM #4
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I thought we were known for having good taste in beer up here. I guess not? Shameful!!!
Originally Posted by lauraelmore1033
It makes me mad that the drinking and driving crowd (which appears to be quite large in this area) thinks it's a good idea to dispose of their empty bottles (usually MGD) in the bike lane . Two MGD flats in a month!
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07-20-2007, 01:43 PM #5
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Memo to cars trailing boats:
if your car passes me too close, your trailer will pass me WAAAY too close.
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07-20-2007, 01:59 PM #6
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in the company parking lot with posted speed limit of 15 a car passed me too close on the left while i was going 14 mph. He then turned into a parking space
about 100 feet away so i followed him and asked him why he was in such a hurry that he had to pass me like that.
he was speechless.
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07-20-2007, 05:47 PM #7
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you go girl. did he ever answer? Originally Posted by mimitabby
in the company parking lot with posted speed limit of 15 a car passed me too close on the left while i was going 14 mph. He then turned into a parking space
about 100 feet away so i followed him and asked him why he was in such a hurry that he had to pass me like that.
he was speechless.
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07-20-2007, 09:54 PM #8
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This IS Everett, we're talking about... Originally Posted by teigyr
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07-20-2007, 10:39 PM #9
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oh....we tried to ride there once and kept getting lost on the Interurban Originally Posted by lauraelmore1033
This IS Everett, we're talking about... I also went to a hockey game there once and to be honest there were many people with mullets and it WAS difficult to get good beer there!
So the answer is come down here to ride. Microbrew bottles don't shatter quite so easily.
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07-21-2007, 03:26 PM #10
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Ha! There are a lot of people in Everett in Mullet Denial. (Even DH who swears he never had a mullet...). That interurban trail is tricky to navigate until you realize that in certain places you are expected to continue riding on the sidewalk. As for good beer, we do actually have some; Scuttlebut is nice, as well as The Flying Pig. But those bottles are probably a lot harder to shatter. Originally Posted by teigyr
oh....we tried to ride there once and kept getting lost on the Interurban I also went to a hockey game there once and to be honest there were many people with mullets and it WAS difficult to get good beer there!
So the answer is come down here to ride. Microbrew bottles don't shatter quite so easily.
Oh, I just thought of another thing that makes me mad, having come back from a ride with DH: People who park in the bike lanes! GRRR!
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