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Dumbest ride ever
I've been complaining about my Swiss group ride and yesterday, I was
supposed to go on an even worse ride with triathletes (but what else would you expect from them) who ended up not showing up. So I rode alone but when I got to Versaille, there were 4 bike messengers on fixed gear bikes doing their Sunday group ride outside Paris. I rode with them mostly out of anthropological interest. Soon came the red light at which were parked numerous cars, they slowed down to about 30kph and the first 3 made it through, but as there were a bunch of pedestrians crossing (with their green light) the 4th guy saw it would be difficult, tried to slow down, probably hit his front brake and slid out and flew off the bike hitting one of the pedestrians. Luckily for him, he was laying on the floor in such a sad state that the pedestrian didn't have the heart to hit him back. He was wearing a skateboarding helmet so was totally sweating in the 25C weather, and didn't have any gloves so hurt his hands. His buddies came back to help him up. When they started again, his friends went through the next red light, but I thought he may have learned his lesson because he waited. That theory was disproved at the next red light. Anyway, the worst riding I've ever seen, because despite all the badness I've encountered, it never actually ended up with random pedestrian assault. From what I could tell, their ride consists of the guy feeling strongest at the time riding as hard as he can and every one else tries to stay on. So far, pretty similar to a lot of rides. Where it differs is their handling of red lights: The first guy rides as if he's alone and is able to handle the danger, the others feel obliged to follow, but by 3rd or 4th in line, the situation at the intersection has changed so that it's no longer possible for the person to pass and the inevitable accident. Since they're messengers and do all their city riding alone, they obviously have not figured out that you can't ride in a group this way without having accidents. Since they're stupid, they keep doing this even after it leads to an accident. -ilan |
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Dumbest ride ever
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, ilan wrote: I've been complaining about my Swiss group ride and yesterday, I was supposed to go on an even worse ride with triathletes (but what else would you expect from them) who ended up not showing up. So I rode alone but when I got to Versaille, there were 4 bike messengers on fixed gear bikes doing their Sunday group ride outside Paris. I rode with them mostly out of anthropological interest. Soon came the red light at which were parked numerous cars, they slowed down to about 30kph and the first 3 made it through, but as there were a bunch of pedestrians crossing (with their green light) the 4th guy saw it would be difficult, tried to slow down, probably hit his front brake and slid out and flew off the bike hitting one of the pedestrians. Luckily for him, he was laying on the floor in such a sad state that the pedestrian didn't have the heart to hit him back. He was wearing a skateboarding helmet so was totally sweating in the 25C weather, and didn't have any gloves so hurt his hands. His buddies came back to help him up. When they started again, his friends went through the next red light, but I thought he may have learned his lesson because he waited. That theory was disproved at the next red light. Anyway, the worst riding I've ever seen, because despite all the badness I've encountered, it never actually ended up with random pedestrian assault. From what I could tell, their ride consists of the guy feeling strongest at the time riding as hard as he can and every one else tries to stay on. So far, pretty similar to a lot of rides. Where it differs is their handling of red lights: The first guy rides as if he's alone and is able to handle the danger, the others feel obliged to follow, but by 3rd or 4th in line, the situation at the intersection has changed so that it's no longer possible for the person to pass and the inevitable accident. Since they're messengers and do all their city riding alone, they obviously have not figured out that you can't ride in a group this way without having accidents. Since they're stupid, they keep doing this even after it leads to an accident. Thanks for the report. As the pedestrian I'd have put the boot in. -- Old Fritz |
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Dumbest ride ever
On May 9, 3:05*pm, ilan wrote:
I've been complaining about my Swiss group ride and yesterday, I was supposed to go on an even worse ride with triathletes (but what else would you expect from them) who ended up not showing up. So I rode alone but when I got to Versaille, there were 4 bike messengers on fixed gear bikes doing their Sunday group ride outside Paris. I rode with them mostly out of anthropological interest. Soon came the red light at which were parked numerous cars, they slowed down to about 30kph and the first 3 made it through, but as there were a bunch of pedestrians crossing (with their green light) the 4th guy saw it would be difficult, tried to slow down, probably hit his front brake and slid out and flew off the bike hitting one of the pedestrians. Luckily for him, he was laying on the floor in such a sad state that the pedestrian didn't have the heart to hit him back. He was wearing a skateboarding helmet so was totally sweating in the 25C weather, and didn't have any gloves so hurt his hands. His buddies came back to help him up. When they started again, his friends went through the next red light, but I thought he may have learned his lesson because he waited. That theory was disproved at the next red light. Anyway, the worst riding I've ever seen, because despite all the badness I've encountered, it never actually ended up with random pedestrian assault. From what I could tell, their ride consists of the guy feeling strongest at the time riding as hard as he can and every one else tries to stay on. So far, pretty similar to a lot of rides. Where it differs is their handling of red lights: The first guy rides as if he's alone and is able to handle the danger, the others feel obliged to follow, but by 3rd or 4th in line, the situation at the intersection has changed *so that it's no longer possible for the person to pass and the inevitable accident. Since they're messengers and do all their city riding alone, they obviously have not figured out that you can't ride in a group this way without having accidents. Since they're stupid, they keep doing this even after it leads to an accident. Guess it pays to be the one pulling when they're coming to an intersection. R |
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