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Cyclist at war!
On Oct 16, 1:58*pm, KingOfTheApes
SNIP Maybe motorcyclists do it for looks when they refuse to wear a helmet. No it looks stupid to not wear a helmet. Regardless of whether you ride a bicycle or a motorcycle. If you choose not to...let the consequences be on your head. Me I'm wearing a helmet. It looks cool though, except in hot summer. Not really...it's suicide to not wear a helmet. Look up a wind chill table some time. 70mph @ 40 F. That's hypothermia right there... No thanks that stuff is a killer. If it's 90 F even and you ride 75 mph all that sweat just evaporates off and you are a potential dehydration/heat injury victim. Unlike if you wear a proper helmet ( full face is best) they insulate you from the heat AND cold. -- Keith |
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Cyclist at war!
On Oct 16, 1:17*pm, KingOfTheApes wrote:
On Oct 16, 3:02*pm, "S'mee" wrote: On Oct 16, 9:21*am, ComandanteBanana wrote: On Oct 15, 8:09 pm, "BryanUT" wrote: "ComandanteBanana" wrote in message ... Well guys, this story happened in Georgia, but I just omitted the rest of the title (link below) because it could have happened where I live. And indeed it has happened to me even more scary. snip As both a bicyclist and a motorcyclist, I am really shocked (not really) at the hate directed at bike riders in the above posts. We, as motorcyclists, have more in common with bicyclists than cagers. *Like it or not, we are on the same team. Share the road. Those of you complaining about riders two abreast, I hope you understand why some of us don't tolerate Harley parades. Self righteous pricks I say. Both of 'em. Yeah, make fun of spandex, and I reserve the right to laugh at chaps and leather vests. You are all a bunch of selfish people. *Me, Me, Me! Share the road with our 2 wheeled friends. *Get off you ass and ride a bike in traffic, I double dog dare you, are you man (or women) ennough? All you loud pipes folks talk of freedom and rights, well, put up or shut up. *Let the pedalers be free. *The roads belong to the people. Share the road. *Don't be a selfish ass. You must have reading comprehension problems. It doesn't say anywhere what you claim, but illiteracy in America is NOT the subject here. Bicycles and Motorcycles do have a lot of common. To begin with the both ride on two wheels (two wheels good, four wheels bad) and they are both at the bottom of the food chain. Well, at least the latter can outrun the predators, but sometimes they just come out of nowhere..- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Uh you are patently WRONG that motorcycles *are on the bottom of the food chain. That place is occupied by pedestrians. Motorcycles when ridden by a experienced rider actually is an apex predator with the resultant problems. 8^) Well that's my personal experience. -- Keith- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I've said motorcycles are at the very bottom, but near the bottom. At least you can run away from bigger predators. But make no mistake WHO'S KING OF THE JUNGLE... SUVs. When I could ride more regularly I wasn't anywhere near the bottom. Go ride in Boston, say Kenmore square to Boston Commons during rush hour. It's easy, peasy. Pretty safe to if you're willing to TAKE what is yours. 8^) As for SUV? The might be King of guzzling but that's it. They aren't much more than prey imo. You have to learn to manipulate their fear. What they are more like is elephants...only dangerous if you stand still. -- Keith |
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Cyclist at war!
On Oct 16, 5:19*pm, "S'mee" wrote:
On Oct 16, 1:17*pm, KingOfTheApes wrote: On Oct 16, 3:02*pm, "S'mee" wrote: On Oct 16, 9:21*am, ComandanteBanana wrote: On Oct 15, 8:09 pm, "BryanUT" wrote: "ComandanteBanana" wrote in message ... Well guys, this story happened in Georgia, but I just omitted the rest of the title (link below) because it could have happened where I live. And indeed it has happened to me even more scary. snip As both a bicyclist and a motorcyclist, I am really shocked (not really) at the hate directed at bike riders in the above posts. We, as motorcyclists, have more in common with bicyclists than cagers. *Like it or not, we are on the same team. Share the road. Those of you complaining about riders two abreast, I hope you understand why some of us don't tolerate Harley parades. Self righteous pricks I say. Both of 'em. Yeah, make fun of spandex, and I reserve the right to laugh at chaps and leather vests. You are all a bunch of selfish people. *Me, Me, Me! Share the road with our 2 wheeled friends. *Get off you ass and ride a bike in traffic, I double dog dare you, are you man (or women) ennough? All you loud pipes folks talk of freedom and rights, well, put up or shut up. *Let the pedalers be free. *The roads belong to the people. Share the road. *Don't be a selfish ass. You must have reading comprehension problems. It doesn't say anywhere what you claim, but illiteracy in America is NOT the subject here. Bicycles and Motorcycles do have a lot of common. To begin with the both ride on two wheels (two wheels good, four wheels bad) and they are both at the bottom of the food chain. Well, at least the latter can outrun the predators, but sometimes they just come out of nowhere.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Uh you are patently WRONG that motorcycles *are on the bottom of the food chain. That place is occupied by pedestrians. Motorcycles when ridden by a experienced rider actually is an apex predator with the resultant problems. 8^) Well that's my personal experience. -- Keith- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I've said motorcycles are at the very bottom, but near the bottom. At least you can run away from bigger predators. But make no mistake WHO'S KING OF THE JUNGLE... SUVs. When I could ride more regularly I wasn't anywhere near the bottom. Go ride in Boston, say Kenmore square to Boston Commons during rush hour. It's easy, peasy. Pretty safe to if you're willing to TAKE what is yours. 8^) As for SUV? The might be King of guzzling but that's it. They aren't much more than prey imo. You have to learn to manipulate their fear. What they are more like is elephants...only dangerous if you stand still. -- Keith- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - That sounds like the cyclists. Sitting ducks waiting for soccer mom to be on the phone while driving her SUV. "Never saw him!" |
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In article
, "S'mee" wrote: On Oct 15, 6:56*pm, Rob Morley wrote: On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:44:33 -0400 "Vito" wrote: "Bob Myers" wrote In that case, the solution is obvious. You guys need to get engines. Yup. *Major difference between bicycles and motorcycles is that one runs on muscle and the other on brains. ITYM one runs on legs and the other on the right wrist - both require a modicum of grey matter if one is to survive long. uh-huh...I ride both. It takes more brains to ride a motorcycle, period, end of discussion. Then why do I keep meeting smarter people riding bicycles than riding motorcycles? I think you'd need to find some way to back up your claim besides "period, end of discussion." Your statement is less than convincing. |
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bugbear wrote: ComandanteBanana wrote: There's only one side you can be on, if you know what I mean. The concept of "you're either with us or against us" does not have a noble history. Nice summation. |
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In article
, "S'mee" wrote: On Oct 16, 1:58*pm, KingOfTheApes SNIP Maybe motorcyclists do it for looks when they refuse to wear a helmet. No it looks stupid to not wear a helmet. Regardless of whether you ride a bicycle or a motorcycle. If you choose not to...let the consequences be on your head. Me I'm wearing a helmet. It looks cool though, except in hot summer. Not really...it's suicide to not wear a helmet. That's a little extreme, especially if you are talking about the styrofoam hats that bicyclists wear. http://www.cyclehelmets.org/ |
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"Road Glidin' Don" wrote in message ... On Oct 15, 12:59 pm, ComandanteBanana wrote: On Oct 15, 2:10 pm, Lew wrote: On 15 Oct 2008, ComandanteBanana wrote in news:9ea7ca05-62f5-472a-b948- Just wanted to share my latest email with you guys to show what is going on in Georgia: Not sure why this was posted to Reeky; this guy was on a bicycle. I live in Georgia and haven't heard of or experienced much cage vs motorcycle road rage. I think this is pretty common all over the land, but MOTORCYCLES DON'T SLOW DOWN CARS, and that may account for the rage against bicycles. Then trim motorcycle newsgroups from your posts, you stupid, ****ing idiot. You got that right you tell him! ..... I'll bet he's even stupid enough to ride children on the back of his "bicycle" without a helmet. It's not like any real motorcycle rider with any common ****ing sense or born outside of Hooterville would ever think of doing something ****ing retarded like that. Right? |
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Cyclist at war!
"Tim McNamara" wrote
Then why do I keep meeting smarter people riding bicycles than riding motorcycles? I think you'd need to find some way to back up your claim. It only seems that way to you because they think like you. People commonly believe those more intellegent than they are stupid simply because their higher logic is beyond them. Your demand that I "back up" what should be obvious to even the most casual observer is an excellent example of that. |
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Share the road. Don't be a selfish ass.
Hard to imagine any more selfish than a group of cyclists riding 3 & 4 abreast at 12 mph on a 2-lane public highway with a 55 mph speed limit. And no, it's not a fantasy - I used to see it every Saturday morning. That's one reason "jousting" became popular. |
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On Oct 16, 8:28*pm, "Vito" wrote:
Share the road. Don't be a selfish ass. Hard to imagine any more selfish than a group of cyclists riding 3 & 4 abreast at 12 mph on a 2-lane public highway with a 55 mph speed limit. *And no, it's not a fantasy - I used to see it every Saturday morning. *That's one reason "jousting" became popular. oh ****. Who'd a thought I'd agree with you. ;^) |
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