Thanks to the bike party organizers!

[Anonymous]

The entire event is designed to antagonize drivers. There is no other point to a large group of cyclists riding slowing down a major artery when tens of thousands of people are just trying to get home to their families. People can't even use the intersections when they have the green light. It's really obnoxious. It's terrible PR for cyclists.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The entire event is designed to antagonize drivers. There is no other point to a large group of cyclists riding slowing down a major artery when tens of thousands of people are just trying to get home to their families. People can't even use the intersections when they have the green light. It's really obnoxious. It's terrible PR for cyclists.

It’s like the motorcyclists/atvs/truckers with their rolling roadblocks and street takeovers- it’s just part of their culture.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The entire event is designed to antagonize drivers. There is no other point to a large group of cyclists riding slowing down a major artery when tens of thousands of people are just trying to get home to their families. People can't even use the intersections when they have the green light. It's really obnoxious. It's terrible PR for cyclists.

You already said this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The entire event is designed to antagonize drivers. There is no other point to a large group of cyclists riding slowing down a major artery when tens of thousands of people are just trying to get home to their families. People can't even use the intersections when they have the green light. It's really obnoxious. It's terrible PR for cyclists.

You already said this.

This whole thread is repetitive. This one should be locked too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The entire event is designed to antagonize drivers. There is no other point to a large group of cyclists riding slowing down a major artery when tens of thousands of people are just trying to get home to their families. People can't even use the intersections when they have the green light. It's really obnoxious. It's terrible PR for cyclists.

It’s like the climate protestors who block traffic or the pro-Palestinian protestors who block traffic. They aren’t looking to persuade people or get support. They are simply seeking to protest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The entire event is designed to antagonize drivers. There is no other point to a large group of cyclists riding slowing down a major artery when tens of thousands of people are just trying to get home to their families. People can't even use the intersections when they have the green light. It's really obnoxious. It's terrible PR for cyclists.

It is a group of people riding from one area to another. There is nothing they are doing that is illegal. If you are taking that as antagonizing, that is on you. That isn't their goal. Just like you are driving from one place to another, they are riding from one place to another. If you feel they are blocking traffic (they are traffic too) then you should support a bike lane so they won't block your way in a car.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hate bicyclists because I can never predict what they’re going to do. Are they following car rules? Are they following pedestrian rules? Are they following presidential motorcade rules? It could be anything! And if I guess wrong, I could smoosh them. Approaching a 4 way stop at the same time as a cyclist is impossible.

I also hate bicycles. They should be banned. At least in DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The entire event is designed to antagonize drivers. There is no other point to a large group of cyclists riding slowing down a major artery when tens of thousands of people are just trying to get home to their families. People can't even use the intersections when they have the green light. It's really obnoxious. It's terrible PR for cyclists.

It’s like the climate protestors who block traffic or the pro-Palestinian protestors who block traffic. They aren’t looking to persuade people or get support. They are simply seeking to protest.

It seems more like someone running into Cafe Milano at lunch, screaming at the patrons to support H.R. 1234, running out back out on the street and thinking you really accomplished something important.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The entire event is designed to antagonize drivers. There is no other point to a large group of cyclists riding slowing down a major artery when tens of thousands of people are just trying to get home to their families. People can't even use the intersections when they have the green light. It's really obnoxious. It's terrible PR for cyclists.

It is a group of people riding from one area to another. There is nothing they are doing that is illegal. If you are taking that as antagonizing, that is on you. That isn't their goal. Just like you are driving from one place to another, they are riding from one place to another. If you feel they are blocking traffic (they are traffic too) then you should support a bike lane so they won't block your way in a car.

No one in their right mind if going to support bike lanes in response to this. People are just going to think they're a bunch of *ssholes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:It looked like a lot of fun unless you needed to use on of the major arteries in the city to get somewhere

This. They were all over the road and going pretty slow.

And yet, nothing they did was illegal. If you don't want this all the time, support bike lanes.

It was a one-off. There is nothing to worry about because it's not even going to happen again occasionally let alone regularly or even more absurdly all the time. Less than 100 people regularly bike on Connecticut.

100 young, unmarried cyclists who live downtown rode Uptown at night and left trash all over our park. Most of the people who actually live along the corridor were inside helping their kids with homework or at their kid’s baseball games.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The entire event is designed to antagonize drivers. There is no other point to a large group of cyclists riding slowing down a major artery when tens of thousands of people are just trying to get home to their families. People can't even use the intersections when they have the green light. It's really obnoxious. It's terrible PR for cyclists.

It’s like the climate protestors who block traffic or the pro-Palestinian protestors who block traffic. They aren’t looking to persuade people or get support. They are simply seeking to protest.

It seems more like someone running into Cafe Milano at lunch, screaming at the patrons to support H.R. 1234, running out back out on the street and thinking you really accomplished something important.

Maybe if they were trying to promote "screaming in restaurants" as a policy choice this would be an apt analogy. Instead I saw people promoting a safe and healthy mode of transportation while having fun. The news also seemed to think it was a good thing

[Anonymous]

It took Bike Party Organizers.

That says it all. 100% orchestrated.

Similar to Old Georgetown Rd lanes that sit empty 99.9% of time, until the Bike Party Organizers put together a ride every few months, complete with someone to video for proof of use.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It looked like a lot of fun unless you needed to use on of the major arteries in the city to get somewhere

This. They were all over the road and going pretty slow.

And yet, nothing they did was illegal. If you don't want this all the time, support bike lanes.

It was a one-off. There is nothing to worry about because it's not even going to happen again occasionally let alone regularly or even more absurdly all the time. Less than 100 people regularly bike on Connecticut.

100 young, unmarried cyclists who live downtown rode Uptown at night and left trash all over our park. Most of the people who actually live along the corridor were inside helping their kids with homework or at their kid’s baseball games.

It's unfortunate that people on this forum continue to try to blatantly lie. Several of the people interviewed are middle aged with families in upper NW.
https://x.com/dcsafer/status/1780799656554873305?s=46&t=EwM4bfthPj_yHwyhXgwkdw

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The entire event is designed to antagonize drivers. There is no other point to a large group of cyclists riding slowing down a major artery when tens of thousands of people are just trying to get home to their families. People can't even use the intersections when they have the green light. It's really obnoxious. It's terrible PR for cyclists.

It is a group of people riding from one area to another. There is nothing they are doing that is illegal. If you are taking that as antagonizing, that is on you. That isn't their goal. Just like you are driving from one place to another, they are riding from one place to another. If you feel they are blocking traffic (they are traffic too) then you should support a bike lane so they won't block your way in a car.

I support obeying the law when on the roads.

This was 1000% done to antagonize everyone else. The 0.00001% played.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The entire event is designed to antagonize drivers. There is no other point to a large group of cyclists riding slowing down a major artery when tens of thousands of people are just trying to get home to their families. People can't even use the intersections when they have the green light. It's really obnoxious. It's terrible PR for cyclists.

It is a group of people riding from one area to another. There is nothing they are doing that is illegal. If you are taking that as antagonizing, that is on you. That isn't their goal. Just like you are driving from one place to another, they are riding from one place to another. If you feel they are blocking traffic (they are traffic too) then you should support a bike lane so they won't block your way in a car.

I support obeying the law when on the roads.

This was 1000% done to antagonize everyone else. The 0.00001% played.

The people it actually antagonized are in this thread. Most people enjoy fun lights, happy music, and people having a good time exercising in the city.