Cyclists in lycra

[EJT]

the difference is motorcycles travel at the same speed as the rest of the traffic on the road

Now thats the first time I've heard that on this site Only time I travel at the same speed as the rest of the traffic is when I'm stuck behind them

But I know what you mean.

[Oakie]

Yeah I guess I see cars having to cross the centre line a couple of times a week on my daily commute along Port Hills Road / Centaurus Road.

Worst thing about them though is when you come up behind a nice lycra clad girly bum and having admired it for a few seconds realise when you get beside them that the girly bum actually belongs to a boy. Man that pisses me off!

[Mikkel]

Cyclists haven't yet come to realise the wisdom of the saying: "Own your lane but never defend it."

As someone said in an earlier thread, the problem is that a lot of them have their raceface on. They are going flat out and since they aren't breaking the speed limit (all the time) it's thought to be ok. Traffic isn't paper rocks & scissors. Motorbike beats bicycle. Car beats bicycle and motorbike. Truck beats bicycle, motorbike and car. It's really not that difficult to grasp and it's a game worth playing with an aim just not to loose.

[AllanB]

Yep - getting seriously dangerous around Christchurch - the bastards have taken over the hills in the weekends. It's not uncommon to come around a blind corner to find a car overtaking a bunch of cyclists riding 3 - 4 abreast

The only good thing is when they are riding towards you on a hot day, they tend to have their fronts unzipped - a lot

[zzzbang]

The horn was invented for a reason. Use it.

[merv]

Guff on cycling rules here http://www.landtransport.govt.nz/factsheets/01.html

[zzzbang]

Oh.. and this might be relevant too

[inorganic]

no running red lights.... no travelling at dangerously slow speeds (an offence).. no wearing silly clobber... no riding on public highways(you guys have that rail trail thingy whatever)... and no bicycle carriers on cars!!!... if you love your cycle ... ride the stupid thing!!!

[Robbo]

Mmmmm!!! Shapely female cyclists in lycra. Now that could be Very Distracting in itself and possibly cause me to run off the road or run wide on a corner.
Ban them i say.

[madbikeboy]

the difference is motorcycles travel at the same speed as the rest of the traffic on the road, cyclists travel 2 or 3 abrest at 15 to 20 ks

That's abreast.

15-20k's is what you would do. I'm old and slow and I cruise all day at 30-35, and when I'm on my time trial bike, I do more like 42 kph.

This country is fucked. Taxes are stupid, I'm supporting bludgers like skidmark, people keep trying to steal my shit, I get abused if I ride my motorcycle, and when I'm riding the pushie to help the traffic problem and global warming, we get the bash literally and figuratively from the likes of you lot.

I've been knocked off and hospitalised 7 times. I take up about 1 meter of road space. I don't take up your parking spaces, and I'm not the one who's in the car in front slowing your fat ass down.

I pay road tax for a car (1.6l), and for 2 motorcycles. I pay my dues.

I'm going to ride across Europe on the pushie later this year, I can almost guarantee I won't have a single incident (never have in cycling mad Belgium, Holland, or Germany) - there are more people sharing congested roads - the difference, they're not aggressive assholes who think they own the road.

[Oakie]

Queen ... Bicycle Race

[jrandom]

Fuckin roady's.

Mm, rightio. So, ignoring the apostrophe crime, what are you, some form of hardcore downhiller? Got any Fat Airs recently?



Or did you go to a bike park once with your fully-suspended five-ton Warehouse Special, hear someone say "roadies", and think you'd found an anti-something to fit in with?

Fuck me, I don't think I'll ever understand why people can't just ride their bikes and be happy.

[Oakie]

- the difference, they're not aggressive assholes who think they own the road.

The cyclists?

[gatch]

Mm, rightio. So, ignoring the apostrophe crime, what are you, some form of hardcore downhiller? Got any Fat Airs recently?



Or did you go to a bike park once with your fully-suspended five-ton Warehouse Special, hear someone say "roadies", and think you'd found an anti-something to fit in with?

Fuck me, I don't think I'll ever understand why people can't just ride their bikes and be happy.

Nope, I'm no hardcore downhiller, getting Fat Air is not something I would regard as a pastime. My bike is not from the Warehouse and I can find enough reasons to call road cyclists dick heads without hanging around silly bike parks.

I ride the push bike out of necessity rather than want.

You make fun of me for insulting your brethren, did I touch a nerve ?
I remember a thread on here not long ago specifically about you running a red light.. This kind of dumb shit is why I will continue to stereotype fuckin roadys

[SMOKEU]

[QUOTE=Oakie;2003610]Yeah I guess I see cars having to cross the centre line a couple of times a week on my daily commute along Port Hills Road / Centaurus Road.

I know what you mean, there always seem to be big cycle gangs riding down Centaurus Rd holding up traffic.