Thanks to the bike party organizers!

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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.

Except no one was blocking the road. They were riding on it, as afforded under the law.

Were they riding only two abreast as the law requires?

The whole thing was illegal, which makes it funny to see these folks complain about cars following the law.

It also just makes people hate cyclists, which doesnt seem good for anyone. This stuff makes the streets less safe for everyone.

People are cyclists. Cyclists are people.

drivers too. so...maybe don't be such a dick?

When I am existing, on a bicycle, on a road, I am not doing it for the purpose of making you angry. In fact, I am not doing it for any purpose involving you at all.

Super weird way to characterize blocking traffic on a major road at rush hour. Are you always this mealy mouthed?

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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.

Except no one was blocking the road. They were riding on it, as afforded under the law.

Were they riding only two abreast as the law requires?

The whole thing was illegal, which makes it funny to see these folks complain about cars following the law.

It also just makes people hate cyclists, which doesnt seem good for anyone. This stuff makes the streets less safe for everyone.

People are cyclists. Cyclists are people.

drivers too. so...maybe don't be such a dick?

When I am existing, on a bicycle, on a road, I am not doing it for the purpose of making you angry. In fact, I am not doing it for any purpose involving you at all.

Super weird way to characterize blocking traffic on a major road at rush hour. Are you always this mealy mouthed?

I will never quit this site as long as people write stuff like this. Endlessly entertaining

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I don’t think bike lanes make sense. But I fully support bike trails. I just don’t want bikes and cars in the same place if it can be avoided.

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Anonymous wrote:It seems like a spectacularly bad idea for people on bikes to *try* to piss off people in cars. They're going to cross the wrong person, and end up with a SUV parked on their chest.

Is that a threat?

I think it's common sense. Welcome to the big city.

Exemplifying how unhinged drivers get mad at people while operating a 2 ton vehicle and threatening to use it as a weapon.

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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.

Except no one was blocking the road. They were riding on it, as afforded under the law.

Were they riding only two abreast as the law requires?

The whole thing was illegal, which makes it funny to see these folks complain about cars following the law.

It also just makes people hate cyclists, which doesnt seem good for anyone. This stuff makes the streets less safe for everyone.

People are cyclists. Cyclists are people.

drivers too. so...maybe don't be such a dick?

When I am existing, on a bicycle, on a road, I am not doing it for the purpose of making you angry. In fact, I am not doing it for any purpose involving you at all.

Super weird way to characterize blocking traffic on a major road at rush hour. Are you always this mealy mouthed?

no one blocked traffic and certainly not rush hour. "traffic" is already blocked by virtue of there being so much of it

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t think bike lanes make sense. But I fully support bike trails. I just don’t want bikes and cars in the same place if it can be avoided.

Exactly! And that is what a closed beach Drive is for - bikes.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t think bike lanes make sense. But I fully support bike trails. I just don’t want bikes and cars in the same place if it can be avoided.

That's the whole point of bike lanes.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t think bike lanes make sense. But I fully support bike trails. I just don’t want bikes and cars in the same place if it can be avoided.

Exactly! And that is what a closed beach Drive is for - bikes.

The same boring nonsense over and over again

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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.

Except no one was blocking the road. They were riding on it, as afforded under the law.

Were they riding only two abreast as the law requires?

The whole thing was illegal, which makes it funny to see these folks complain about cars following the law.

It also just makes people hate cyclists, which doesnt seem good for anyone. This stuff makes the streets less safe for everyone.

People are cyclists. Cyclists are people.

drivers too. so...maybe don't be such a dick?

When I am existing, on a bicycle, on a road, I am not doing it for the purpose of making you angry. In fact, I am not doing it for any purpose involving you at all.

Super weird way to characterize blocking traffic on a major road at rush hour. Are you always this mealy mouthed?

no one blocked traffic and certainly not rush hour. "traffic" is already blocked by virtue of there being so much of it

Ah, just own it. You sound pathetic.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t think bike lanes make sense. But I fully support bike trails. I just don’t want bikes and cars in the same place if it can be avoided.

Exactly! And that is what a closed beach Drive is for - bikes.

More than just bikes. Tons of people walking their dogs, on rollerblades, people in wheelchairs, skateboards, and just plain walking or hiking.

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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.

Except no one was blocking the road. They were riding on it, as afforded under the law.

Were they riding only two abreast as the law requires?

The whole thing was illegal, which makes it funny to see these folks complain about cars following the law.

It also just makes people hate cyclists, which doesnt seem good for anyone. This stuff makes the streets less safe for everyone.

People are cyclists. Cyclists are people.

drivers too. so...maybe don't be such a dick?

When I am existing, on a bicycle, on a road, I am not doing it for the purpose of making you angry. In fact, I am not doing it for any purpose involving you at all.

This perfectly encapsulates the attitude. All about you. No one else exists but you. This is truly the most obnoxious and corrosive of America attitudes which is why we as a country cannot have nice things.

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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.

Except no one was blocking the road. They were riding on it, as afforded under the law.

Were they riding only two abreast as the law requires?

The whole thing was illegal, which makes it funny to see these folks complain about cars following the law.

It also just makes people hate cyclists, which doesnt seem good for anyone. This stuff makes the streets less safe for everyone.

People are cyclists. Cyclists are people.

drivers too. so...maybe don't be such a dick?

When I am existing, on a bicycle, on a road, I am not doing it for the purpose of making you angry. In fact, I am not doing it for any purpose involving you at all.

This perfectly encapsulates the attitude. All about you. No one else exists but you. This is truly the most obnoxious and corrosive of America attitudes which is why we as a country cannot have nice things.

This is what the people of dcum think of someone who bikes to work I can't write this parody. Yall are truly legendary

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Anonymous wrote:It seems like a spectacularly bad idea for people on bikes to *try* to piss off people in cars. They're going to cross the wrong person, and end up with a SUV parked on their chest.

Which is, once again, the reason we advocate so fiercely for dedicated bike lanes

Your game plan to get more bike lanes is to piss off drivers so much they want to run you over? Good luck with that. Pretty sure that's the worst advocacy campaign I've ever heard of.

To the contrary, I think it is brilliant. For the strategy simply adopts that which has worked so well for drivers. That is, when they routinely clog the roads with their vehicles (often single occupied) to the point of causing gridlock, drivers are often rewarded with extra lanes. No one can reasonably blame the cyclists for venturing that, by clogging the streets with their bicycles, our transportation officials might react in the usual manner and give them a lane or two of their own.

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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.

Except no one was blocking the road. They were riding on it, as afforded under the law.

Were they riding only two abreast as the law requires?

The whole thing was illegal, which makes it funny to see these folks complain about cars following the law.

It also just makes people hate cyclists, which doesnt seem good for anyone. This stuff makes the streets less safe for everyone.

People are cyclists. Cyclists are people.

drivers too. so...maybe don't be such a dick?

When I am existing, on a bicycle, on a road, I am not doing it for the purpose of making you angry. In fact, I am not doing it for any purpose involving you at all.

This perfectly encapsulates the attitude. All about you. No one else exists but you. This is truly the most obnoxious and corrosive of America attitudes which is why we as a country cannot have nice things.

It's so entitled and selfish of me to be going about my own business on a bicycle on a road? And that's why we as a country cannot have nice things? Huh.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It seems like a spectacularly bad idea for people on bikes to *try* to piss off people in cars. They're going to cross the wrong person, and end up with a SUV parked on their chest.

Which is, once again, the reason we advocate so fiercely for dedicated bike lanes

Your game plan to get more bike lanes is to piss off drivers so much they want to run you over? Good luck with that. Pretty sure that's the worst advocacy campaign I've ever heard of.

To the contrary, I think it is brilliant. For the strategy simply adopts that which has worked so well for drivers. That is, when they routinely clog the roads with their vehicles (often single occupied) to the point of causing gridlock, drivers are often rewarded with extra lanes. No one can reasonably blame the cyclists for venturing that, by clogging the streets with their bicycles, our transportation officials might react in the usual manner and give them a lane or two of their own.

Oh look now the cyclists are admitting the whole point is to block traffic and make life worse for everyone else