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

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googling on preferred cruising speed there are a few hits for bikes when you narrow it to "bikes" (but even then most are for motorcycles)

When you don't you get a lot more hits for BMWs.

So I am guessing Mr Trumpkin Troll drives a beemer. It figures, doesn't it?

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And the bike trail is pretty much parallel to the parkway from Mt Vernon to Memorial Bridge. I've seen bikers, going north and south in Fairfax County, in Alexandria, in Arlington by the airport and by the cemetery. so pretty much from end to end. Literally, all jazzed up in their biker clothes, in the GW parkway. They know exactly there is a bike lane

Please come back when you know the difference between a bike lane, a bike trail, and a multiuse trail.

What diffence does it make when the biker who rode on GW parkway ends up looking like Mr. Bill? All because he didn't want to use the trail or whatever?

Well its kind of hard to have an intelligent conversatioin with someone who doesnt know what they are talking about.

And again, I have never seen a rider on the GW Parkway. And I ride the MVT ALOT. I mean I am sure it happens, but is it as common as, say, people who drive their cars into stores?

Man, you seriously are a pain. It's hard to have any conversation, intelligent or not, with a "know it all", because they've never seen it before, it must not ever happen because you're such an expert, from your lips to God's ear I guess. You're insufferable.

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And the bike trail is pretty much parallel to the parkway from Mt Vernon to Memorial Bridge. I've seen bikers, going north and south in Fairfax County, in Alexandria, in Arlington by the airport and by the cemetery. so pretty much from end to end. Literally, all jazzed up in their biker clothes, in the GW parkway. They know exactly there is a bike lane

Please come back when you know the difference between a bike lane, a bike trail, and a multiuse trail.

What diffence does it make when the biker who rode on GW parkway ends up looking like Mr. Bill? All because he didn't want to use the trail or whatever?

Well its kind of hard to have an intelligent conversatioin with someone who doesnt know what they are talking about.

And again, I have never seen a rider on the GW Parkway. And I ride the MVT ALOT. I mean I am sure it happens, but is it as common as, say, people who drive their cars into stores?

Man, you seriously are a pain. It's hard to have any conversation, intelligent or not, with a "know it all", because they've never seen it before, it must not ever happen because you're such an expert, from your lips to God's ear I guess. You're insufferable.

As I said above, maybe it happens, but I have not seen it. That is simply reporting my own personal experience. My anecdote is as good as yours, eh? As for the cars driving into buildings, I have you a link for those.

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What?

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Well that sums up my thoughts on the whole thread also.

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Anonymous wrote:What?

One of the bicyclists had a mental break 10 pages back. It's actually highly entertaining if you take the time to read it all

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Anonymous wrote:Reading the comments by cyclists in this thread makes me hate cyclists more than I ever thought possible. The entitled smugness is just boundless. I used to be sort of indifferent to them, but now that I think about all the times I've seen them blow through redlights or stop signs, then post here how it's no big thing and deflect the issue saying drivers run redlights too.... you know what? I've never seen a car drive along the shoulder past other traffic waiting for a light, and then drive through the light forcing other cars to avoid them. But I see cyclists do it all the time. Then I read some of them on this thread, it infuriates me. I hate them. HATE them!

Yeah. I think this thread should sufficiently answer OP's question. It appears to be a huge level of smugness, total lack of concern for other people bordering on some kind of cognitive social disorder, and a superiority complex. Not a good combination, to say the least.

And I came into the thread not disliking cyclists either.

really. you came in neutral saw a guy making remarks about nerds getting beaten up, wanting to drive within 6 inches of them, saw some cyclists respond with explanations and facts and that is making you dislike cyclists? I. DO. NOT. BELIEVE. YOU

I mean I could explain how part of the reason I bike is precisely for the greater good, but I guess you would call that smug as well. Basically you attack us and when we defend ourselves anything we say is smug.

I think you are not someone who came in as neutral, but someone using your typical DC rhetorical skills to shame people when you cannot answer substantive arguments.

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Anonymous wrote:Reading the comments by cyclists in this thread makes me hate cyclists more than I ever thought possible. The entitled smugness is just boundless. I used to be sort of indifferent to them, but now that I think about all the times I've seen them blow through redlights or stop signs, then post here how it's no big thing and deflect the issue saying drivers run redlights too.... you know what? I've never seen a car drive along the shoulder past other traffic waiting for a light, and then drive through the light forcing other cars to avoid them. But I see cyclists do it all the time. Then I read some of them on this thread, it infuriates me. I hate them. HATE them!

Yeah. I think this thread should sufficiently answer OP's question. It appears to be a huge level of smugness, total lack of concern for other people bordering on some kind of cognitive social disorder, and a superiority complex. Not a good combination, to say the least.

And I came into the thread not disliking cyclists either.

really. you came in neutral saw a guy making remarks about nerds getting beaten up, wanting to drive within 6 inches of them, saw some cyclists respond with explanations and facts and that is making you dislike cyclists? I. DO. NOT. BELIEVE. YOU

I mean I could explain how part of the reason I bike is precisely for the greater good, but I guess you would call that smug as well. Basically you attack us and when we defend ourselves anything we say is smug.

I think you are not someone who came in as neutral, but someone using your typical DC rhetorical skills to shame people when you cannot answer substantive arguments.

LOL. If you think that's funny you need to read the rest of what the delusional bicyclist said. I promise it gets even more ridiculous, and kept up for several hours. This is a great thread to read with a bottle of wine when you're bored and need some amusement

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I had another wonderful ride this morning, the weather was great. Best part of the day. Sorry you are stuck on Wisconsin or River Road or whatever.

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Anonymous wrote:I had another wonderful ride this morning, the weather was great. Best part of the day. Sorry you are stuck on Wisconsin or River Road or whatever.

Did you remember to take your meds this morning? Or can we all expect another morning of riveting entertainment?

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Anonymous wrote:I had another wonderful ride this morning, the weather was great. Best part of the day. Sorry you are stuck on Wisconsin or River Road or whatever.

Did you remember to take your meds this morning? Or can we all expect another morning of riveting entertainment?

Don't need meds. The exercise and the wind and the views are too wonderful to need any meds.

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Anonymous wrote:I had another wonderful ride this morning, the weather was great. Best part of the day. Sorry you are stuck on Wisconsin or River Road or whatever.

Did you remember to take your meds this morning? Or can we all expect another morning of riveting entertainment?

Don't need meds. The exercise and the wind and the views are too wonderful to need any meds.

No, it's obviously not. If you need a list of therapists I'm sure myself and others would be only too happy to provide them

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Anonymous wrote:I had another wonderful ride this morning, the weather was great. Best part of the day. Sorry you are stuck on Wisconsin or River Road or whatever.

Did you remember to take your meds this morning? Or can we all expect another morning of riveting entertainment?

Don't need meds. The exercise and the wind and the views are too wonderful to need any meds.

No, it's obviously not. If you need a list of therapists I'm sure myself and others would be only too happy to provide them

You seem like you want to pick a fight. You should get a hobby. You might try riding a bike.

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Anonymous wrote:I had another wonderful ride this morning, the weather was great. Best part of the day. Sorry you are stuck on Wisconsin or River Road or whatever.

Did you remember to take your meds this morning? Or can we all expect another morning of riveting entertainment?

Don't need meds. The exercise and the wind and the views are too wonderful to need any meds.

No, it's obviously not. If you need a list of therapists I'm sure myself and others would be only too happy to provide them

You seem like you want to pick a fight. You should get a hobby. You might try riding a bike.

What I want is to get a quite obviously deranged person who posted all manner of bizarre things yesterday the medical attention they need. And yes it would be entertaining if you went into one of your spiels again so I confess I might be guilty of trying to provoke that... but only for entertainment's sake.

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Anonymous wrote:Reading the comments by cyclists in this thread makes me hate cyclists more than I ever thought possible. The entitled smugness is just boundless. I used to be sort of indifferent to them, but now that I think about all the times I've seen them blow through redlights or stop signs, then post here how it's no big thing and deflect the issue saying drivers run redlights too.... you know what? I've never seen a car drive along the shoulder past other traffic waiting for a light, and then drive through the light forcing other cars to avoid them. But I see cyclists do it all the time. Then I read some of them on this thread, it infuriates me. I hate them. HATE them!

I am confused - is your problem behavior at stop signs, or is it filtering to the right?

Filtering to the right is legal and in many places makes traffic work better. In particular I can use it to get to a bike lane, or a right turn, and get out of the way of motor vehicles. I don't filter in places where I am going to have to stay in the general lanes, and will only need to be passed again.

Treating stop signs as yield signs is not legal in the US outside Idaho and Colorado - but it is much like cars going a couple of MPH over the limit - its not really a big deal. Thats not smugness, its reality. The fact is that all types of transportation system users - drivers, cyclists, and walkers, violate the law. In ways that are specific to their mode. Maybe we should discourage that, but its not a reason to hate them as a class.

I also note again, one difference is that most cyclists have driven cars (or even do so regularly) and all walk. While most drivers and pedestrians have never ridden in traffic, and don't actually understand what we do.

Are you on the spectrum?

Yes.

Thank you, I understand now. You may not understand why your logic isn't swaying people then.