Moronic Things Bike Riders Do

yeah i am not talking about making an exception when it's necessary i am talking about people who are doing it wrong

"Wrong" side here is flexible if there's no bike lane...because you might think that you're supposed to ride to the right of traffic (basic rules) but then bike lanes are usu to the left of traffic (to keep them away from buses, I think) so there's precedent for both sides.

I don't rly understand what yr talking about, harbl? Frankly I'd do it if I could make the left without stopping & waiting...but that's a cheat and I know it.

wrong side = the left side of the street. bike lanes are to the left of traffic???

i am not talking about bike lanes btw. people riding in the street, wanting to go left, getting scared, switching to the wrong side of the street to turn so they can stay by the curb. nevermind. i thought this was a common thing novices do!

noob left turns are going through the intersection, stopping at the crosswalk, and then waiting for the light to go red instead of cowboying the fuck up and taking the lane like an adult

To be perfectly clear: bike lanes are on the left of traffic on a lot of 1-way streets in NY (possibly on all one-way sts but I cannot personally verify) and I don't know specifically why but it definitely keeps bikes away from buses (which stop and go on the right side of traffic). So the ansewr to your question is "yes".

I don't know where you live, harbl? There kind of are no curbs on most streets that I can think of here, b/c there are cars parked all the way down both sides instead. So

i am thinking of two-way streets. this would obviously not be a problem on a one-way as long as you're turning on to another one-way. by curb i mean, the side of the street. i guess i'm the only person in the world who has seen people do this then. though the crosswalk thing is another version of it. wish i could draw a picture

i live in not-nyc btw

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tmz.com/media/2009/12/1216_anne_hathaway_fnp_ew_0044302-copy.jpg

^^
no helmet
no ipod
front brake tho

^^^guilty of aerospoking and hipstering

lavender and fuchsia

ride bikes

waht does ur bike look like cankles

If I accidentally hit a cyclist who, it turned out, had no front brake, I would take every pleasure in seeing their compensation case fall apart like so me=any badly-constructed plastic-spoke wheels.

sorry, drunk syntax. "like some badly-". Am disappointed to see this guy did have a front brake considering what a cunt he looks like.

you should go out and teach someone a lesson

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4019/4409955768_24fd11de70_b.jpg

backstory: east bay dude has a shit ton of bikes that he keeps in his (locked) garage. wakes up one morning, goes outside, notices garage door is open, only one of his bikes is missing...

also, if you have the $$$$ for nagasawa and dura ace drivetrain, surely you have the money for an equivalent wheelset? it's like putting camaro wheels on a ferrari.

In honor of seeing someone do all three at the same time this weekend.

― Alex in SF, Monday, February 4, 2008 5:57 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

p-i-m-p

some contenders in this

http://vimeo.com/24572222

obv it's cherrypicking the worst contenders - and lots of the situations highlighted really aren't all that bad - still i've never seen cycling that insane in london. charging between two lanes of moving traffic *in the opposite direction* wtf

dude on kingsland road about 6pm yesterday wins this thread

no brake
headphones
no helmet

in addition, chains, lock, badges, shit hanging off him and his bike - "courier style"

annoys pretty much every cyclist / car during the few minutes i was following him

gets to a big junction on kingsland road, hops on to path at speed, near miss with woman and pram, he turns around and laughs when she shrieks, hops back on to road, gets in the way of me, crosses red light having to go on the other side of the road causing a car to beep at him.

how is this guy still alive!?

Ride the wrong way down a busy one-way street with no bike lane with a 2-year-old in a back seat when there's a street with a bike lane going the correct way one block over.

jeez!

there are a lot of parents with back seat babies round here. scares this shit out of me tbh.

riding to work in the rain this morning in swimming shorts and a vest was pretty moronic. also FUN!

so my huge group ride rolls up the canyon while i hang back with a newby friend who i invited to join us. the group is supposed to proceed to a small town, really a collection of ramshackle hippy shacks/shops in the canyon where chicks sell free-range wheatgrass on the sidewalk. there, we are to refill water and then head back to town.

well, my friend and i get there about 15 mins after everyone else. the others, 15 riders or so, are collected on the side of the road, are beginning to head back down the canyon. but there is an altercation with a guy in a 30 y/o rusty truck. This two days after a cyclist was run over and killed on this road about 5 miles away, so there's def tension. another friend of mine is next to the driver, saying something like "buddy, just keep rollin up the road, just get out of here, we weren't doing anything wrong at all." truck guy is all "you goddamn riders are in the road, i can't get by, if you want trouble you'll get it, etc." trucker then pulls forward 20 feet, thereby placing me between him and the group (i had been trying to get out of the way). he gets out and starts snapping pictures. despite having no fucking clue what had happened/was happening, i will be the "face" of this shit in the pics. i'm now the closest to the truck, maybe 15 feet away, between him and the whole scrum of riders, who are maybe another 15 yards away now. and i'm in kit from the restaurant that sponsors the ride. now a couple guys 30 yards away from us are cussing/flipping off truck guy emphatically while he takes pictures. then of course, some fucktard starts mooning truck guy from the middle of the street while he takes pictures. i'm incredulous.

the group leaves, my newby friend stays with me. i need to use the bathroom in the restaurant, so i am now hanging out with angry truck guy as he berates the patrons and staff of the joint about the cyclists. i literally have to brush by him him to accomplish my mission, while he rants. i just say "pardon me" and shrug as i go through. good times y'all.

Today I saw THE hottest girl riding a fixie, no helmet with headphones and a grocery bag in one hand. Super trafficy street. She tried to track stand at the light and fell over. I lolled.