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[BLACKYOSHI1000]

I'm no great fan of their road manners either but it's the leg shaving and lycra wearing that I reckon they should be locked up for.

Euughh

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[jrandom]

We struck psyclists racing in Arthurs Pass... Absolute friggin' curse... Get a 4x4 and ride through the lot of 'em.

you fugging old troll, I've a good mind to come over there and give you a thump for that one.

support vehicles were worse. They were doing the same speed in the oncoming lane...

well *that's* wrong and unnecessary. I don't think most roadracing events allow it.

[Mr Skid]

have you ever tried riding a pushbike 50km on the road in 'normal' shorts with seams and all?

your crotch will be bleeding down into your boots for the rest of the day.

A women needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle?

[curious george]

The road code says single file but .....

but they need to remember its a public road, and as it is with motorcyclists they need to do their utmost to keep themselves safe (eg obeying the road rules)

Cyclists are allowed to ride side by side. Dems da rules.
safety is paramount. Keeping safe does not always meen obeying the rules however.... as anybody riding a bike here will attest.

Get a 4x4 and ride through the lot of 'em.

Get Farked troll.

[jrandom]

i realise that. i am a cyclist too, and would be doing this ride if i could. attitudes like lous though permeate through, and often unfortunately apply to 4x4 vs motorcyclists too

pre-bloody-cisely

so much venom on this forum directed against cagers for their attitude, yet precisely the same crap is passed on to cyclists by motorcyclists?

silly.

the K2 rules do state that it's ever racer's duty to respect other traffic on the road. unfortunately in any roadrace you're going to get bunches riding along taking up most of the lane, it's the only way to get around in decent time.

[The_Dover]

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Mostly dudes Yoshi, are you sure you haven't been at Texmo's cookies??

only the shorts are lycra, and for good reason. its not looks, its function.

have you ever tried riding a pushbike 50km on the road in 'normal' shorts with seams and all?

your crotch will be bleeding down into your boots for the rest of the day

Shit, I thought that was from the weeping sores........

[Lou Girardin]

That wound the sods up didn't it.
Can anyone spot the psyclists on this thread?
When they obey even half the rules they're supposed to, I'll respect them.

[Ixion]

Cyclists are allowed to ride side by side. Dems da rules.
safety is paramount. Keeping safe does not always meen obeying the rules however.... as anybody riding a bike here will attest.


Get Farked troll.

Only two abreast. And not when passing parked vehicles. or if they impede traffic

From the LTSA

42. If cyclists are travelling in a large group, can they ride outside a cycle lane on the road?

Yes, but they must not ride more than two abreast and they must ride single file if passing another vehicle (including another cycle), or if riding two abreast would disrupt traffic.

And the law. Road User Rule 2004 SR2004/427 Rule 61001

11.10 Riding abreast
(1) A person must not ride a cycle or moped on a roadway so that
it remains abreast and to the right of—
(a) 2 other vehicles that are cycles or mopeds; or
(b) 1 other cycle or moped while that cycle or moped is
overtaking and passing another vehicle, including a
parked vehicle; or
(c) any other vehicle having 3 or more road wheels (including
a motorcycle fitted with a sidecar).
(2) Subclause (1) does not apply if cyclists are participating in a
race that is subject to a traffic management plan agreed by the
road controlling authority.

Note teh exemption in 11.10(2) though.

Dems da rules. Unfortunately I observed that very few cyclists indeed either know or obey any of the road rules.

I still want to know, if cyclists are permitted to race on the public roads, why are not motorcyclists?

[jrandom]

That wound the sods up didn't it.

you know how people have floated the idea many times around here that cage drivers shouldn't be allowed a licence until they've spent six months on a motorcycle?

well, *I* reckon *motorcyclists* shouldn't be allowed a licence until they've spent six months on a pushbike.

it'd get rid of all those annoying old fat bastards on Harleys, for starters.

When they obey even half the rules they're supposed to, I'll respect them.

says the man who gets stopped every day by the Highway Patrol so that they can shake his hand for making their job easier...

[Lou Girardin]

I still want to know, if cyclists are permitted to race on the public roads, why are not motorcyclists?

Because, as the AA says, cycles are much safer than bikes.

[marty]

hey, you're not allowed to exceed the speed limit either, but that doesn't stop anyone on here doing it.

why don't you approach LTNZ with a proposal to race a K2 type race from Whitianga to Whitianga, using motorcycles? have you ever asked or are you just presuming that won't be allowed.

[jrandom]

I still want to know, if cyclists are permitted to race on the public roads, why are not motorcyclists?

fastest you'd ever get on your roadbike throughout the K2 would be mebbe 80kph.

no speed limits being broken.

people don't often die.

you don't need a 50m gravel runoff area to keep a pushbike race reasonably safe.

...

you're trolling, aren't you?

[jrandom]

Because, as the AA says, cycles are much safer than bikes.

well now *I'd* just like to have a grump about bloody PEDESTRIANS.

focking blind as a bat and off in their own bloody little world, don't they realise that they're often walking along paths purpose-built for bicycles and that someone could pop up behind them at 40kph at any moment?

nothing worse than yelling "look out on your right" at some dope in front of you and seeing them freeze and look in every direction but the one you're fast approaching from.

[Motu]

You seem to be on the side of the bicycles here fish - very random of you....

[Ixion]

fastest you'd ever get on your roadbike throughout the K2 would be mebbe 80kph.

no speed limits being broken.

people don't often die.

you don't need a 50m gravel runoff area to keep a pushbike race reasonably safe.

...

you're trolling, aren't you?

Nope. No troll. Principle of the thing. Suppose a scooter club wanted to organise a race for small bore scooters round the loop? (Could actually be a good gimmick for a scooter importer, with all the interest nowdays). Scooters wouldn't break the speed limit either (peace Mr Texmo, I know some can, let's assume these ones won't) .

Why should people die more readily on motorcycles than push bikes, other factors being equal ? Motorcyclist has better protection, I know if I had to come off at 80kph I'd rather come off a motorcycle than a pushbike - wearing leather not lycra.

Don't need a gravel runoff to keep a motorcycle safe either .

So why can push bikes claim to race on the public roads more or less as a matter of right but for everybody else it's breaking the law. Incidentally I thought it was illegal to race on the public highway , even if no speed limits were broken? Or so the old snake of my youff said when he caught us racing our Bantams (which wouldn't exceed 100kph either)

Similar gripe: Noticed those "cyclists" boxes at the front of the traffic lights ? Where cyclists can wait to get away ahead of the traffic (holding it all up nicely). Now the only way that the treadleys can get to the box is to filter through the traffic waiting at the lights. But if motorcycles do that, we get a ticket! How come two different rules. And why can't we use those boxes?


(Don't actually mind pushbikes being able to do these things. But if they can, so should motorcycles be able to)