good laaawwd have mercy, cuss cuss! cyclist rant

[MrSquished]

did a nice city ride today. 23 miles. mostly on the Greenways cause took in a first time city rider.

at one point on the greenway there were two city park officials telling joggers and pedestrians to stop walking on the bike path and go onto the much wider closer to the water pedestrian path.

did do a little bit of street riding. really only saw 2 stupid cyclists going salmon. going crosstown on a bike lane had about 4 times where we had to take the lane as cars were standing on the bike lane. got no honks no curses, signalled we were coming into the main lane and then cut back to the bike lane once it was safe.

ahh ridin in the city. far far away from dumb rednecks. so refreshing.

 

[Humpy]

New bike should be here next week. 2013 closeout from REI:

After nearly 30 years of riding my old road bike recently died when a rear dropout failed. I look forward to riding the new one wherever the fuck I want to. Maybe even on a road.

 

[MrSquished]

New bike should be here next week. 2013 closeout from REI:

After nearly 30 years of riding my old road bike recently died when a rear dropout failed. I look forward to riding the new one wherever the fuck I want to. Maybe even on a road.

that looks like a steel bike based on the tubes.

nice.

 

[Humpy]

that looks like a steel bike based on the tubes.

nice.

Thanks! I'm pretty excited.

It is steel with Tiagra shifting. I like simple bikes and don't like the look of many of the hydro-formed aluminum frames.

 

[brainhulk]

I am going mt cycling this morning. I shall wear spandex in solidarity with my road going brothers

 

[MrSquished]

Thanks! I'm pretty excited.

It is steel with Tiagra shifting. I like simple bikes and don't like the look of many of the hydro-formed aluminum frames.

steel has a much more comfortable ride than aluminum. where steel absorbs a lot of the little bumpy chitter chatter from the road, aluminum does not.

I am going mt cycling this morning. I shall wear spandex in solidarity with my road going brothers

i have my cycling gear on myself. headed to the George Washington Bridge to go for a nice long ride today. be safe all ye riders of the cycles. watch out for misinformed, uneducated and downright insane rednecks in cars.

 

[Brainonska511]

i have my cycling gear on myself. headed to the George Washington Bridge to go for a nice long ride today. be safe all ye riders of the cycles. watch out for misinformed, uneducated and downright insane rednecks in cars.

If I didn't have all this work to do today, I'd take my normal ride over the Queensboro Bridge, up 1st Ave to ~85th St, then cut over to Central Park. When I lived in Manhattan, I used to go crosstown, then up the Hudson to the Little Red Lighthouse.

 

[brianmanahan]

someone needs to rename this thread to:

YABT: OMG I love bikes!

i just rode 25 miles yesterday

 

[FleshLight]

Just rode 105 miles with a bunch of spandex wearing clowns that were riding 2 or 3 abreast, in and out of the bike lane, and ranging from 4 to 50 mph. All those assholes were on the road and not on the sidewalk.

http://www.strava.com/segments/7330659

 

[brianmanahan]

i have always refused to do the spandex thing, i just wear khaki shorts and a tshirt.

 

[alkemyst]

A blast on the horn does wonders.

Not really unless you have a train horn. They will just slow down.

I don't mind cyclists as a whole since I was one and considerate plus obeyed signs/rules of the road and I had no problem using the bike lane and in fact loved they had them at places I rode (like Gainesville, Florida).

I dislike those that refrain from the bike lanes though. Like WTF?, it's paved the same way as the rest of the road and you can go at your own speed and not hinder traffic.

Most cyclists also own motor vehicles so the argument that they don't contribute to road taxes and the like is silly. The real funny part is many arguing that don't own property so only their fuel purchases contribute.

 

[MrSquished]

i have always refused to do the spandex thing, i just wear khaki shorts and a tshirt.

the padding is nice. i wear endura mountain biking shorts that have a padded removable liner. or just wear any spandex shorts underneath. they are pretty dope looking shorts, can be worn socially.

haven't ridden since late last fall. did 23 miles yesterday and 28 today and man i'm feelin' it. but that's how you build, keep ridin when it burns and that's when you add endurance and muscle.

bikes!

 

[alkemyst]

Khaki's on a 50 mile+ bike ride would be a disaster.

I think many think biking is going to the 7-11 for a Big Gulp and some nachos.

 

[brianmanahan]

Khaki's on a 50 mile+ bike ride would be a disaster.

I think many think biking is going to the 7-11 for a Big Gulp and some nachos.

well i wore khakis on a 80 mile ride a couple years ago, so... :whiste:

my butt did hurt a little after that