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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do the bike folks always make me want to go out and run over a bunch of cyclists? Talk about the most insufferable pedants in the world... [/quote]

Can you cite specifically what has triggered you?[/quote]

I don’t want to run bikers over, but as the wife of an ‘avid’ cyclist, I can help fill in the gaps.

Complete arrogance about sharing the road with cars to the point where some will deliberately ride adjacent to each other, blocking the car, [b]and slow to 20MPH[/b]

Viciousness towards each other if the other biker is moving too slowly for their tastes - who can forget the one biker who actually caused brain damage to another - and that was just on the trail

Most bikers think they are dividing their time between biking and family - they are not. When you are an avid cyclist riding 12+ hours per week and work full time, you don’t have much time for anything else when you add in sleeping, personal hygiene and *of course* working on your bike.

Vacations are often planned around biking, or simply aren’t a priority due to biking. When on vacation with family, they get sullen because “it’s a beautiful day and I’m not on my bike”.

Bike clubs normalize this behavior, and worse, make it seem normal[/quote]

20MPH is the speed limit on any street in DC that does not have a posted speed limit so this isn't a problem.  [/quote]

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