Cyclists on SH16 this morning

[MadDuck]

Went for a pootle this morning as you do on such a beaut day. Havent been up SH16 for a while and I guessed that KBers would stay away due to the new "undercover" police car that is supposed to be hiding out there just to catch you

Well I tell ya what the latest threat to motorcyclists on this road is not the police, cars, campervans, other bikers or cow pats. Nope its CYCLISTS! What a bunch of arrogant stupid people I have ever seen.

2 to 3 abreast on blind corners is kind of dumb aint it? Just about to lean the tank into the corner (well as best as it will lean - I hear you all laughing) and two cut the corner right in front of me. This was not just once.

They cant say they didnt hear me cos you can hear me coming for bloody miles Oh and please if you are fat - dont wear lycra!

Apart from that was a great day to be riding that road. Not many cars at all and bugger all bikes.

[mattian]

I believe they are only allowed to ride 2 abrest. Someone will correct me if I'm wrong.

Its suicidal if you ask me. Someone in a big 4x4 or larger truck could easily run over a cyclist riding 3 abreast on a corner, and not even know they hit anything. Having said that! they do have just as much right to use the road as anyone else. Drivers/ riders just need to be more aware of hazards. Just add it to your list of things to watch out for.

[FJRider]

I get a bit of that down this way ...

[neels]

I get a bit of that down this way ...

We get a lot of that around our way.

It's a bit off putting to come around a blind corner to find a bunch of cyclists taking up their lane and some of yours. Riding the bike straight at them seems to scare them back to where they should be though.

[MadDuck]

Having said that! they do have just as much right to use the road as anyone else. Drivers/ riders just need to be more aware of hazards. Just add it to your list of things to watch out for.

Although tempting I wont start a rant over the fact that I pay a hell of a lot to be on the road and they dont.....there is no way to report their poor behaviour as there is with bad drivers/riders. So they are lawless?

[hellokitty]

I was on the road from coatesville to kumeu (is that 17?) lycra clad bicycles everywhere!!! Hard to get around them on the corners - Out of courtesy I normally give them room, but damn hard when I am going to run out of my side of the road.
I can understand why people feel such anger towards them, 2 or 3 abreast is just crazy

[Maha]

Oh and please if you are fat - dont wear lycra!

Thought jrandom had lost weight?

[FJRider]

Although tempting I wont start a rant over the fact that I pay a hell of a lot to be on the road and they dont.....there is no way to report their poor behaviour as there is with bad drivers/riders. So they are lawless?

*555 ... As legal road users, they have to obey the law just as you and I are expected to do so.... dangerous riding, careless use or a bicycle, drunk in charge ... and my personal favourite, impeding the flow of traffic ...

[Scuba_Steve]

*555 ... As legal road users, they have to obey the law just as you and I are expected to do so.... dangerous riding, careless use or a bicycle, drunk in charge ... and my personal favourite, impeding the flow of traffic ...

ya can't get 'em on "drunk in charge" unfortunately as our law is "drunk in charge of a motor vehicle" hence why they can do the deadly pedly pub crawl each year down south

[spacemonkey]

I believe they are only allowed to ride 2 abrest. Someone will correct me if I'm wrong.

No you are correct.

[Daffyd]

ya can't get 'em on "drunk in charge" unfortunately as our law is "drunk in charge of a motor vehicle" hence why they can do the deadly pedly pub crawl each year down south

They could still be done for drunk in a public place.

[GZ250]

I was there too this morning, went for a nice ride in the sun to find at least 40 cyclists along Coatesvillie-Riverhead highway in wide distances - was painful working my way across 3 abreast groups every 800m...

ARGH!

[Scuba_Steve]

They could still be done for drunk in a public place.

do we have such a law??? I woulda thought the only thing we have surrounding that was some-sort of disturbance of the peace type thing. Drunk in a public place well hell thats almost everyone who steps outta a bar/pub

[meteor]

[SIZE="1"]... I pay a hell of a lot to be on the road and they don't...

You'd probably find that there would be few cyclists that don't pay taxes via petrol, rego's etc same as you and I. Some may actually ride motorbikes too! But I'm not for a minute advocating their dangerous riding is lawful or clever.. not like us motorcyclists.... we never break any laws!

[Woodman]

pretty sure the law states that they are allowed to ride as many abreast as they like, but if they are impeding traffic then they have to ride in single file. This includes cycle races. It would only take a conerted effort by some pissed off drivers to start*555ing every cycle race. Still wonder how they get permits to race on public roads that are open to normal traffic. Problem is though, the cyclist always seems to have the moral high ground. Something needs to be sorted soon as it is getting out of control