TimothyH

Trolling and sarcasm.

Jim from Boston is the exception to all this.


-Tim-

Jim from Boston

Thanks for the nod, @TimothyH, though your comment about this thread seems ironic..."This thread is great. A quarter of the people on this thread are full of bluster and another quarter are full of crap...(and the remaining 50%), trolling and sarcasm. (Jim from Boston is the exception)."

Perhaps you may recall that a couple of years ago I posted (with all sincerity):

rydabent

This is a great example of mob rule.

shelbyfv

OP referred to the group as a clot, so "clot rule."

theyseemerollin

could be worse. there is still an unsolved murder in the city i live where a kid got his head pretty much taken off...this was about ten years ago....

TimothyH

I'm an imperfect man Jim, and my first mistake was probably participation in this thread to begin with.

I was thinking of going to confession this week. Its been a little while and I probably should.


-Tim-

KraneXL

Or groupthink? Their feeling of invincibly and self-deluded righteousness.

Daniel4

I was in a group ride last Sunday sponsored by the Advocacy group of which I am a member.

Riding in park multi-use trails we all tried to keep to the right side but sometines we had to get on the left to pass pedestrians, joggers and other slow moving cyclist ( who may or may not be part of our group ride).

So being part of the group, I had no idea if we were in fact unintentionally blocking and inconveniencing everybody else even when we wete trying not to.

It's all based on whose perspective just like the different perspective amongst motorist, pedestrian, and cyclists that could be the same person.

livedarklions

If the group is too large and you are trying to keep it together, the issue I've observed is that the leader starts the pass when the other lane is clear, but by the time it gets to riders further back in the line to pass, they do so even though the lane is no longer clear. I had to yell at a few people doing this very thing on the Minuteman yesterday. They seem completely oblivious because they're so fixated on not being dropped.

AGranquist

Are bicycles allowed on sidewalks in your municipality?

Bicycle...and D

I had to look up the definition of MUP. Why were you riding on "Major Urinary Protein"?

So, did you mean you came upon a kidney stone blocking your path?

This is all very confusing to me.

jbrider

Americans are generally offended when someone points out they’ve done something wrong even if they’re guilty. It’s part of our culture to be inconsiderate to others and offended if that behavior is brought to attention. In Japan that would never have happened. Ah, but our culture is so advanced, NOT.

Notso_fastLane

This method works particularly well on a recumbent with that chain ring out in front like a big buzz saw.

pnczur

that sucks

pnczur

I mean that sucks that you said anything at all

pnczur

I mean that sucks that you said something and that they even said something back at all

pnczur

Next time slow down and scream " Move out of the way *******s!"

pnczur

It really sucks that curse words are censored ******g bull****

pnczur

ok im done now

Turner2

It must be so inconvenient for you that there are other people in the world. As you go forward in life you might find things go better for you when you make an effort to get along with others rather than trying to make them get along with you.

When I ride single track if I meet a solo rider I expect him/her to give way as much as I do. That's just common courtesy. But when I meet a group I always get out of the way and let them pass. That's just common sense.

myisland

WTF is a MUP?

spinnaker

Really?

Multi use path.


WTF is WTF?

myisland

really?
what-the-****

shelbyfv

Someone planned ahead and accumulated a supply of socks....

Senior Ryder 00 

This tread is so typical of current social media activity. An insignificant post turns into a urination contest. Turn off your phone, computer, tablet, etc & go for a ride!