sometimes cyclists don’t do our collective image any favors…
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sometimes cyclists don’t do our collective image any favors…
this guy just rolled up and parked his huge bike with trailer partially in a crowded parklet, literally blocking 3/4 the width of the sidewalk. zero consideration for the pedestrians going by. WTF?!?
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Perhaps the person is one of those "make a statement" people. Just cut them some slack and remember to do better yourself. Every crowd will always have a fool in it.
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Not a cyclist. That's an e-ped.
Don't blame us cyclists!!
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Don't blame us cyclists!!
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I’ve seen a few, though I haven’t noticed them rider any faster than other cyclist. I was thinking just yesterday that they’re probably a lot of fun.
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Real cyclists who are seriously overloaded generally show more consideration when parking on the sidewalk.
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Sadly it is tough to tell a bicycle or e-bike from a throttled moped. This is a throttled moped. It is sad they took up the entire sidewalk but I wouldn't be surprised if they rode it on the sidewalk as well. Sadly we just have to educate them as best you can and hope they will one day learn.
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There are a-holes riding pedal powered bikes also. Quite a few on the local mup actually. Have had more than one close call when no notification given as they fly by. And have met riders on e-bikes that otherwise, due to injury, would not be riding at all. Don't think we can throw riders of a particular bike under the bus. That guy would have found a way to qualify as a jerk regardless of what he was riding.
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People are dicks. Doesn’t matter what they ride or if they ride
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Yep. I pulled into a Walmart parking lot in Newport, VT, this morning to take shelter from a passing shower. Saw at least 5 people roll their empty carts so that they slammed into the side of the building. Too lazy to walk them to the cart corral.
A couple of days ago some idiot young woman in a car told me I was riding on the wrong side of the road. She called me a dips**t. I was, of course, riding on the correct side of the road.
A couple of days ago some idiot young woman in a car told me I was riding on the wrong side of the road. She called me a dips**t. I was, of course, riding on the correct side of the road.
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Sadly it is tough to tell a bicycle or e-bike from a throttled moped. This is a throttled moped. It is sad they took up the entire sidewalk but I wouldn't be surprised if they rode it on the sidewalk as well. Sadly we just have to educate them as best you can and hope they will one day learn.
i think he thought it was the only angle he could lock it up at?
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i don’t have any problem with e-bikes, i own a few. but i just don’t understand how someone ride that huge thing down a crowded sidewalk, get off, and then decide to park it almost entirely PERPENDICULAR to the sidewalk!
i think he thought it was the only angle he could lock it up at?
i think he thought it was the only angle he could lock it up at?
If so, welcome to 2022 and beyond.
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I have spent 50 years riding on the roads and have had some unpleasant encounters with motorists during that time. It's nice to know that there are now people who are far more annoying than I am. They will distract the crazies from going after me
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Is it really a revelation to you that a large percentage of the population doesn’t consider how their actions affect those around them or do but make their convenience paramount? No different from someone who, say, parks in the street in front of a huge parking space because they are too lazy to park in the space for their quick errand.
If so, welcome to 2022 and beyond.
If so, welcome to 2022 and beyond.
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At least they parked outside. I get that people don't want to let their bikes out of their sight but do they have to bring them into small stores and coffee shops? The worse indoor behavio I've witnessed was a bike brought into a restroom.
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There are a-holes riding pedal powered bikes also. Quite a few on the local mup actually. Have had more than one close call when no notification given as they fly by. And have met riders on e-bikes that otherwise, due to injury, would not be riding at all. Don't think we can throw riders of a particular bike under the bus. That guy would have found a way to qualify as a jerk regardless of what he was riding.
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i don’t have any problem with e-bikes, i own a few. but i just don’t understand how someone ride that huge thing down a crowded sidewalk, get off, and then decide to park it almost entirely PERPENDICULAR to the sidewalk!
i think he thought it was the only angle he could lock it up at?
i think he thought it was the only angle he could lock it up at?
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I can not prove it, but based on my cycling friends, they have far fewer vehicle accidents than non-riders due to their hyper awareness of their surroundings, so your supposition probably holds a grain of truth. I have not had an accident since 1978 and that was loosing it on black ice.
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