Who Are the Annoying People Who Ride Their Bikes on River Road During Morning Rush Hour???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a big bike fan, but it's just wrong for cyclists to want to bike on major, heavy-traffic arteries with no bike infrastructure during rush hour, and NOT expect increased risk to themselves and to incur the wrath of drivers. It's just not polite or being a good citizen to do that. I love biking and I wish we had more opportunities to do it safely. But the answer is NOT to deliberately misuse traffic arteries.

+1000

I love biking, and would love nothing more than to get to bike to work every day. But when biking to work means slowing down countless people behind me, all having precious minutes shaved off their day- on a commute they no doubt planned and calculated as fitting a normal speed for a car- I don't understand how anyone could do that or thing that it's acceptable. Hopefully the city will make better bike routes, but until then, I'll limit my riding to times when I know it's not inconveniencing hundreds of people.

Not sure which city or county you live in, but DC, Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax, City of Falls Church, and, yes, Montgomery all want MORE people to bike commute to help county/city goals on congestion, air pollution, and health. Its not selfish at all.

Again, it is hard to make sense of these posts when the "bike commuting is bad" people won't say where they are referring to.

AFAICT the few occasions when someone will admit where they live, its the slice of MoCo in and near Potomac. Not surprising so many entitled people on both sides there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does the poster who keeps using the word "tricycle" not understand the word they're looking for is "bicycle"? Or do they think this is clever for some reason? I'm genuinely puzzled - I guess if it's supposed to be the latter, I'm missing it. They just kinda sound deranged and senile.

They're making fun of you.

I started to follow this thread kind of late. So didn't see all of the posts about tricycles except for the later ones. But was just assuming that the poster was referring to recumbent bikes:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recumbent_bicycle

Where one of the posts mentioned the tricycles not fitting in lanes designed for bikes too.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is why I run a camera on my helmet. Drivers should be aware that if they participate in dangerous and illegal behavior they may be held to account.

I’m quaking in my boots waiting for the cops to come to my door about my honking at you. Good luck, trike.

Honking is not dangerous to cyclists. It might annoy the neighbors though.

I'm glad you think so. That's why I will use this considerate technique on all cyclists I see.

Neighbors with noise complaints are more likely to get the ear of the police than cyclists are.

Yep. Because the neighbors are definitely going to call the police because someone honked on the road outside once.

Keep dreaming, trike.

Youre only going to do it once? great we wont even notice it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a big bike fan, but it's just wrong for cyclists to want to bike on major, heavy-traffic arteries with no bike infrastructure during rush hour, and NOT expect increased risk to themselves and to incur the wrath of drivers. It's just not polite or being a good citizen to do that. I love biking and I wish we had more opportunities to do it safely. But the answer is NOT to deliberately misuse traffic arteries.

+1000

I love biking, and would love nothing more than to get to bike to work every day. But when biking to work means slowing down countless people behind me, all having precious minutes shaved off their day- on a commute they no doubt planned and calculated as fitting a normal speed for a car- I don't understand how anyone could do that or thing that it's acceptable. Hopefully the city will make better bike routes, but until then, I'll limit my riding to times when I know it's not inconveniencing hundreds of people.

Not sure which city or county you live in, but DC, Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax, City of Falls Church, and, yes, Montgomery all want MORE people to bike commute to help county/city goals on congestion, air pollution, and health. Its not selfish at all.

Again, it is hard to make sense of these posts when the "bike commuting is bad" people won't say where they are referring to.

AFAICT the few occasions when someone will admit where they live, its the slice of MoCo in and near Potomac. Not surprising so many entitled people on both sides there.

I'm in Bethesda, right off River Road. Pretty sure no one has any issue with you biking to work- so long as you stay off the major thoroughfares and don't inconvenience everyone else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is why I run a camera on my helmet. Drivers should be aware that if they participate in dangerous and illegal behavior they may be held to account.

I’m quaking in my boots waiting for the cops to come to my door about my honking at you. Good luck, trike.

Honking is not dangerous to cyclists. It might annoy the neighbors though.

I'm glad you think so. That's why I will use this considerate technique on all cyclists I see.

Neighbors with noise complaints are more likely to get the ear of the police than cyclists are.

Yep. Because the neighbors are definitely going to call the police because someone honked on the road outside once.

Keep dreaming, trike.

Youre only going to do it once? great we wont even notice it.

Every time I see a bicyclist. Nice and loud

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does the poster who keeps using the word "tricycle" not understand the word they're looking for is "bicycle"? Or do they think this is clever for some reason? I'm genuinely puzzled - I guess if it's supposed to be the latter, I'm missing it. They just kinda sound deranged and senile.

They're making fun of you.

I started to follow this thread kind of late. So didn't see all of the posts about tricycles except for the later ones. But was just assuming that the poster was referring to recumbent bikes:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recumbent_bicycle

Where one of the posts mentioned the tricycles not fitting in lanes designed for bikes too.

I use it and I'm just making fun of them because to me they look like little kids on tricycles (seem to have the emotional maturity levels of one too). But I have seen those things also

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a big bike fan, but it's just wrong for cyclists to want to bike on major, heavy-traffic arteries with no bike infrastructure during rush hour, and NOT expect increased risk to themselves and to incur the wrath of drivers. It's just not polite or being a good citizen to do that. I love biking and I wish we had more opportunities to do it safely. But the answer is NOT to deliberately misuse traffic arteries.

+1000

I love biking, and would love nothing more than to get to bike to work every day. But when biking to work means slowing down countless people behind me, all having precious minutes shaved off their day- on a commute they no doubt planned and calculated as fitting a normal speed for a car- I don't understand how anyone could do that or thing that it's acceptable. Hopefully the city will make better bike routes, but until then, I'll limit my riding to times when I know it's not inconveniencing hundreds of people.

Not sure which city or county you live in, but DC, Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax, City of Falls Church, and, yes, Montgomery all want MORE people to bike commute to help county/city goals on congestion, air pollution, and health. Its not selfish at all.

Again, it is hard to make sense of these posts when the "bike commuting is bad" people won't say where they are referring to.

AFAICT the few occasions when someone will admit where they live, its the slice of MoCo in and near Potomac. Not surprising so many entitled people on both sides there.

I'm in Bethesda, right off River Road. Pretty sure no one has any issue with you biking to work- so long as you stay off the major thoroughfares and don't inconvenience everyone else.

Its always frigging River Road. Look I don't ride on friggin River Road, and cant answer all the issues there - but the stuff that gets posted by folks is not limited by area and does not make sense for most of the region. For example there are plenty of arterials in DC where, until new bike lanes are added, riding in the general travel lane makes absolute sense. And in Arlington. And in Alexandria.

Why do you people have to dominate discussion of biking in this forum? Because you live in frigging Potomac? Don't you have some listserve to complain to?

[Anonymous]

How about roads that have separate bike lanes/paths but bikers ride in the road ANYWAY!!! Like on the GW Parkway. WTH? I even saw someone biking across the 14th street bridge on 395.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does the poster who keeps using the word "tricycle" not understand the word they're looking for is "bicycle"? Or do they think this is clever for some reason? I'm genuinely puzzled - I guess if it's supposed to be the latter, I'm missing it. They just kinda sound deranged and senile.

They're making fun of you.

I started to follow this thread kind of late. So didn't see all of the posts about tricycles except for the later ones. But was just assuming that the poster was referring to recumbent bikes:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recumbent_bicycle

Where one of the posts mentioned the tricycles not fitting in lanes designed for bikes too.

I use it and I'm just making fun of them because to me they look like little kids on tricycles (seem to have the emotional maturity levels of one too). But I have seen those things also

Irony lives.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is why I run a camera on my helmet. Drivers should be aware that if they participate in dangerous and illegal behavior they may be held to account.

I’m quaking in my boots waiting for the cops to come to my door about my honking at you. Good luck, trike.

Honking is not dangerous to cyclists. It might annoy the neighbors though.

I'm glad you think so. That's why I will use this considerate technique on all cyclists I see.

Neighbors with noise complaints are more likely to get the ear of the police than cyclists are.

Yep. Because the neighbors are definitely going to call the police because someone honked on the road outside once.

Keep dreaming, trike.

Youre only going to do it once? great we wont even notice it.

Every time I see a bicyclist. Nice and loud

If thats a regular occurrence, and you do it regularly, I think the neighbors might well complain.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is why I run a camera on my helmet. Drivers should be aware that if they participate in dangerous and illegal behavior they may be held to account.

I’m quaking in my boots waiting for the cops to come to my door about my honking at you. Good luck, trike.

Honking is not dangerous to cyclists. It might annoy the neighbors though.

I'm glad you think so. That's why I will use this considerate technique on all cyclists I see.

Neighbors with noise complaints are more likely to get the ear of the police than cyclists are.

Yep. Because the neighbors are definitely going to call the police because someone honked on the road outside once.

Keep dreaming, trike.

Youre only going to do it once? great we wont even notice it.

Every time I see a bicyclist. Nice and loud

If thats a regular occurrence, and you do it regularly, I think the neighbors might well complain.

I don't think you understand how driving works.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does the poster who keeps using the word "tricycle" not understand the word they're looking for is "bicycle"? Or do they think this is clever for some reason? I'm genuinely puzzled - I guess if it's supposed to be the latter, I'm missing it. They just kinda sound deranged and senile.

They're making fun of you.

I get that they are trying to do that. My point is that they fail. Like others have noted, it sounds like they're referring to recumbent bikes or cargo bikes. Mainly gives the impression they're not just rage-y, but also very dim-witted and dorky.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How about roads that have separate bike lanes/paths but bikers ride in the road ANYWAY!!! Like on the GW Parkway. WTH? I even saw someone biking across the 14th street bridge on 395.

They're selfish pigs and can't help themselves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is why I run a camera on my helmet. Drivers should be aware that if they participate in dangerous and illegal behavior they may be held to account.

I’m quaking in my boots waiting for the cops to come to my door about my honking at you. Good luck, trike.

Honking is not dangerous to cyclists. It might annoy the neighbors though.

I'm glad you think so. That's why I will use this considerate technique on all cyclists I see.

You really are an a$$hole and an idiot - what kind of SUV do you drive and how long is your commute?

It's a big one. You'll find out when I'm behind you, I'm sure.

You seem eager to use your vehicle to exercise dominance - though if you were really doing that, I suspect you would spend less time trying to do so online. I pity the people in your life, if there are any.

I'll say the same to you. I can surmise that your complete inability to have any empathy for the people and families you're inconveniencing, and the smug dismissal of people's real concerns, translates to abysmal personal relationships. And that's karma.

Except I also drive. And go out of my way to ease the flow of traffic, including taking a sidewalk in some instances, or pulling into an empty parking to release the lane. And I am not posting here threatening to do anything unsafe or illegal - which some driver or someone posing as a driver, has threatened to do repeatedly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does the poster who keeps using the word "tricycle" not understand the word they're looking for is "bicycle"? Or do they think this is clever for some reason? I'm genuinely puzzled - I guess if it's supposed to be the latter, I'm missing it. They just kinda sound deranged and senile.

They're making fun of you.

I get that they are trying to do that. My point is that they fail. Like others have noted, it sounds like they're referring to recumbent bikes or cargo bikes. Mainly gives the impression they're not just rage-y, but also very dim-witted and dorky.

A nerd bicyclist, who almost always look like white guys who were viciously bullied in high school, has absolutely no credibility when determining what succeeds and fails in the social realm. Sorry.