Cyclists on SH16 this morning

**Fatt Max** · 24th October 2010, 22:48

Originally Posted by MadDuck

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

Sorry, the rest of them made me do it....

**Toaster** · 24th October 2010, 23:23

Originally Posted by Jantar

The difference being that cyclists riding 3 abreast block the road; motorcyclists exceeding the speed limit or lane splitting free up the road. Personally, I find that to be a big difference.

Only if they dont crash.

**jasonu** · 25th October 2010, 05:24

Originally Posted by Scuba_Steve

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

I remember a long time ago a bit in the Herald about a drunk in charge on a horse on a public road. The guy got done, don't remember the exact charge tho.

**bsasuper** · 25th October 2010, 06:47

I like to take the lead in my old diesel (pours out black smoke when I want it to), and drive slower than they are riding, works well on the hills here in rotovegas, they love it.

**hellokitty** · 25th October 2010, 07:11

Originally Posted by Flip

Double plus one.

I give them a little toot now days as I come up 50m behind them. It lets them know that I am there and to pull over. Works 90% of the time. Sometimes they are doing a rolling road block kind of thing. Then I just pass them at my convenience.

I saw some road rage a while ago, its going to court, but I saw a old grey retired granddad guy simply "owned" an very abusive Lycra lout, who didn't see it coming.

Sometimes they are wobbling around a bit, which freaks me out - the worst is when you are sitting in slow moving traffic and they lane split - you don't hear them and then woooosh there they are. I am scared of hitting them as they have even less protection then us and certainly no protective clothing.

**Tink** · 25th October 2010, 07:32

Originally Posted by MadDuck

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?

Originally Posted by FJRider

*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 ...

I have called *555 for a mattress on the motorway, a cow on a sharp bend and a dude overtaking on a double yellow line.... don't see why I can't call it on 3 bikes abreast on a bend... all hazards going slower than 70km on a 100km road.

and ... I used to ride a race bike on the road... shit myself so I stopped, to many trucks scared me.

**Maha** · 25th October 2010, 07:33

Originally Posted by jasonu

I remember a long time ago a bit in the Herald about a drunk in charge on a horse on a public road. The guy got done, don't remember the exact charge tho.

Yeah that was a bit tough, he was just horsin' around....

**Shadowjack** · 25th October 2010, 07:47

Originally Posted by Maha

Yeah that was a bit tough, he was just horsin' around....

And they needed to rein him in..?
But seriously, folks...I don't often ride the Port Hills for the cyclist reason. Share the roads, for sure, but two abreast on the narrow, winding bits is irresponsible. And yes, I've spent time on the "other" two wheels.

**thepom** · 25th October 2010, 08:01

Christchurch hills are busy with bikers and most of the time are well behaved but I,m sure you get a few that deliberately block the road but I do give them the room and even....even slow down to let them round the bends when they are two abreast as I don,t want myself or the treadly rider killed by the halfwit boyracers and idiot FWD drivers who race around up there....

**MSTRS:Me** · 25th October 2010, 08:07

Originally Posted by scracha

Legally they have as much right to use the road as we do.

Yep. And with that right comes responsibility.
Having a right does not mean do what you like.
The lycra bunch seem particularly bad round these parts (prolly no worse than anywhere else) but hey, round here is where us locals find them...

**FJRider** · 25th October 2010, 08:10

Originally Posted by Shadowjack

..... but two abreast on the narrow, winding bits is irresponsible. And yes, I've spent time on the "other" two wheels.

Two abreast is legal .... as is travelling at 100 km/hr on the open road.

But ... sometimes, it's just plain dangerous to travel at that speed.

Some situations make BOTH dangerous ...

**Devil** · 25th October 2010, 08:49

Originally Posted by 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.

Here is the law, you are only allowed 2 abreast:
http://legislation.govt.nz/regulatio...&p=1#DLM303677