Scooter rider wasted on Dom Rd

[Grub]

firstly, tour de france is on closed streets without idiot drivers

secondly, cyclists would die form heat exhaustion wearing even jeans and a jacket

thirdly, who said they didn't get badly hurt?

Firstly, the still fall off, usually going faster than 50kmh and they do it in big groups

Secondly, exactly

Thirdly, I didn't, they do

The point, which you may have missed, was how ironic it is that we all express Outrage & Indignation about what scoot riders wear but maintain a double-standard when it comes to cyclists

[motorbyclist]

Firstly, the still fall off, usually going faster than 50kmh and they do it in big groups

Secondly, exactly

Thirdly, I didn't, they do

The point, which you may have missed, was how ironic it is that we all express Outrage & Indignation about what scoot riders wear but maintain a double-standard when it comes to cyclists

probably because cyclists, unlike scooterers, don't come under our statistics

we don't generally talk to cyclists, though i'm sure here no-one pretends that they are any less vulnerable than ourselves

and i do see what you are getting at, but frankly that doesn't mean we should lay off scooters, it just means we should harass cyclists too

as far as i'm concerned cyclists should have to get a licence for the damn things - and after seeing one run a red light nearly causing an accident, i reckon they should be rego'd and possibly require 3rd party insurance also.

[skidMark]

50kph is still 50kph hurts just as much whether ur on a 1000cc or a scooter.

[skidMark]

probably because cyclists, unlike scooterers, don't come under our statistics

we don't generally talk to cyclists, though i'm sure here no-one pretends that they are any less vulnerable than ourselves

and i do see what you are getting at, but frankly that doesn't mean we should lay off scooters, it just means we should harass cyclists too

as far as i'm concerned cyclists should have to get a licence for the damn things - and after seeing one run a red light nearly causing an accident, i reckon they should be rego'd and possibly require 3rd party insurance also.

fook me those guys are nuts.

yeah i'm sitting home with a sore ass, was on the bmx at top of khyber pass road around 7 am ish. traffic everywhere...crossing went green sweet sweet.....

2 people were crossing in same direction as me. went around them and pedalled up a wheelie.....wee this is high ooo no dropping down.pedal...ahhh fuck too much. boof. got gravel rash on me arse i does. landing smack on ya ass at 20kph hurts ive discovered.

god damn evil pushbikes.

it's kawasaki green too....good old spray cans....

flipped a wheelie last week outside old ferry building too infront of like 500 people! arg.

better than flipping the zxr250 though, come fecking close to that in the past.

don't make me get a pushbike license. then i can't get anywhere! lol i'd loose it within a week.

[Badjelly]

we don't generally talk to cyclists, though i'm sure here no-one pretends that they are any less vulnerable than ourselves

Who's this "we"?

Some of the people who use this forum are cyclists. (Me, I'm more of an ex-cyclist.)

[motorbyclist]

Who's this "we"?

Some of the people who use this forum are cyclists. (Me, I'm more of an ex-cyclist.)

the royal we

dunno bout you, but i find cyclists aren't too talkative (though there are exceptions)

mind you, they may just be trying to catch their breath

[Patch]

I ride a racing pushbike, I ride it as fast as I can go. Down Ngauranga Gorge I (and other pushbikes) get up over 70kmh, I wear spandex. All pushbikers wear spandex.

Getting to old to hit the hundy are we?? slowpoke

This cyclist never wore spandex, just lycra with pink racing stripes

Its a lot easier to pick out the gravel from shaved legs - unsure why Gixser shaves his tho must be a honda thing



There's a risk in everything we do. No amount of protective gear is going to stop Fate.

[PirateJafa]

Shit, I didn't see my normal scooter chick-who-praks-next-to-me lady this morning... Fuck, fingers crossed she caught the bus!

[Grub]

Getting to old to hit the hundy are we?? .

Now that would be interesting ... even in Welly we don't have any hills long and steep enough for that! Nor do I have a top gear anywhere near tall enough so I can give it the heave. I think the fastest cadence I can manage is about 105.

My personal goal was to get to 91kmh down Ngauranga so that I got snapped by the speed camera (80 speed limit) ... THAT is a photo I'd love to have.

[motorbyclist]

try getting over 160kph


(mildly graphic)


suddenly a full face helmet seems like a good idea dunnit?

(edit: i just noticed he had special shape wheels without spokes etc, but they clearly never bothered to reinforce the frame which they are obviously putting past design limits)

[Squiggles]

imagine if that was ashphalt... WOULD HE HAVE A FACE LEFT????

[breakaway]

Damn cyclists. "I'm a road user too but I don't pay any road related charges, don't obey traffic lights, and I don't know what a riding formation is."