Cyclists bite the dust

[Beemer]

Hahahahaha - made you bite!

Just waiting for Beemer to charge back in so I can have a go about things like objectivity, subjectivity and where they fit in with the concept of journalistic integrity.

Not going to bite, just listed the facts and expressed a desire to know if said riders were riding two abreast and leaving room for other road users travelling at greater speeds than they were, or if they were possibly riding without giving due courtesy and consideration to others. At that time of the day, with the sun at the height it is, any cyclist should be very aware of sunstrike and ride accordingly.

Roll on next weekend, secondary school cycling championships on around the corner - and our neighbours are shifting out - bet they will be rapt at being held up!

[bell]

Aaahhhh, the old "I'm a paying road user so I'll assume that the cyclist doesn't deserve to be on the road so I'll hit/main/kill them rather than ride/drive around them" attitude rears its ugly head....

[onearmedbandit]

Aaahhhh, the old "I'm a paying road user so I'll assume that the cyclist doesn't deserve to be on the road so I'll hit/main/kill them rather than ride/drive around them" attitude rears its ugly head....

Never heard it taken quite that far before. Think before you post.

[Squeak the Rat]

Never heard it taken quite that far before. Think before you post.

Did you read the previous page?:

I pay to use the road, you dont so fuken move.

. They had there chance. Move or get hit.

[bell]

..... No thanks. I pay to use the road, you dont so fuken move.
. They had there chance. Move or get hit.

Each to their own onearmedbandit eh? If I reckon the attitude displayed above is a bit "extreme" and wish to put that forward why should I censor my thoughts? And yes, I did think before I posted.

[Hillbilly]

Over here cyclists have thier own lanes, even on the freeways.

[onearmedbandit]

Sorry, what I meant by my statement is that no normal sane intelligent person would think like that. Only those with a low IQ or the maturity of a fruit fly would think like that. And yes I did read the whole thread, posts like rg100's just cement my argument.

Bell, thanks for the link to that site, great to see.

[sunhuntin]

2 abreast on the open road is insane! as a high school student, i used to ride out in the open road to take the long way home...i always rode as far left as i could safely get. even then, it was dangerous, let alone having another cyclist or 3 around me.

its ok for a motorbike...we can generally go wide around them and stay in our lane. the one that pissed me off most was one i encoutered on the levin bridges...and they have a "safe cycle track" specially for them that goes underneath! damn insane....no room for anyone to go if someone does fuck up. cars have a different story....if the cyclist wont move, the car has to go wide around them, usually going half into the lane of oncoming traffic. what if that oncoming car, fails to see the car swerve and they hit each other. whos at fault there?

i have no problem with one or two, so long as they are in single file. its when they get in groups and refuse to go single file that they become a hazard. i think the roads should be wider to allow for that.

[Lou Girardin]

I've said it before, if you can't maintain the same speed as other traffic, you're a danger. In this case, to themselves.
Would the pro-psyclists also think it's OK for runners to run 2 or 3 abreast in the middle of the road?
They're road users too.

[marty]

um, in the country, they do. remember auckland is only a very small part of new zealand.

and winja, no sports guys give a fuck about you either, so i guess it's even

[Lias]

If you are on any vehicle that cannot do 100km an hour (be it bicycle, scooter, skateboard or whatever) you best be keeping your shit about 2 inches from the left hand side of the road.

It was good enough for me on the streetmagic back in the day, it should be good enough for those clowns too.

Two abreast pushbikes in a 100km zone is asking to be run over.

[WINJA]

um, in the country, they do. remember auckland is only a very small part of new zealand.

and winja, no sports guys give a fuck about you either, so i guess it's even

YOU ON THE RAG OR SOMETHING MARTINA

[sunhuntin]

I've said it before, if you can't maintain the same speed as other traffic, you're a danger. In this case, to themselves.
Would the pro-psyclists also think it's OK for runners to run 2 or 3 abreast in the middle of the road?
They're road users too.

lou...agreed. i got stuck in that goddam lake taupo run thing this year going to paeroa.
im just glad i was on a bike, otherwise id still be sitting there.
i tried to wait it out, but it was hot, myself and scuffy were both over heating, so i just split...right up the center lane, sometimes on the left if i had no choice, and the shoving my way back in, lol.
im guessing they do that the same day every year, so next year im leaving a day earlier...dont wanna get stuck in that again.
wasnt so much the runners, but their support vehicles...pulling out and then driving at the participants pace or whatever.

[McJim]

I used to get really pissed off about motorcyclists blocking the road at slow speeds when I was practicing race pace mountain descents on the bicycle.

An experienced racing cyclist descends twisties at a frightening speed - watch the tour de France in the Alps or the Pyrenees some time - it'll be an education.

[Lou Girardin]

I used to get really pissed off about motorcyclists blocking the road at slow speeds when I was practicing race pace mountain descents on the bicycle.

OK. You on your pushy, me on my bike. From the summit of the Crown Range Rd to the Cardrona. Loser buys until the winner falls over.