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Cyclist has threatened to trash my bike

Brown81 said:
In hindsight, the OP is just about the most reasonable person here. :laughing
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Please keep this thread on topic :mad


we must find the op, take his man-card away, dress him in pink, and hoist him up a flag pole as an example for all those who haven't killed or maimed anybody this week :p
 
750_sport said:
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20 mph is screaming fast on flat land....
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in my fat and outta shape self i average 23mph on my 28 mile roundtrip commute....with a grand total 300' total ascent.....

20mph IS NOT FAST.....it's "toodling"...or conversation speed...

but...i'm primarily a cyclist....
 
You are all getting a bit off topic. Please limit the scope of your posts to the proper way one should go about slapping an unruly bicyclist into a backflip right the fuck off their Schwinn. When I was a lower case "G" I once slapped the tater tots out of some little hood for accusing me of cutting him and his tricycle off in my Go-Go Power Wheel.

True story.
 
This is why illegally carrying, murderous thugs multiply. Even fronting the image is enough to scare enough people.

Which is why I believe in evening the score. Better to ask forgiveness than permission, and better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6-always good advice. Because sometime, somewhere, the balance of fear *has* to swing in the favor of the law abiding, or we're screwed.

But back on topic-you gave this guy enough room that he had to actually catch up to make his threat? Then after talking shit about vehicle rules, rides off into a *pedestrian* area?

Money says this guy is one of those Critical Mass-holes and/or is dealing with roid-rage while trying to bulk up. Bet he's so indignant about his treatment by motor vehicles he completely lacks the balls to pull threats to lowered cars or big black Lincolns. he probably saw you use signals, and stop at signs and lights-which is more legality than his "Quicksilver-wannabe" badassness ever exhibits. Probably figured you for someone "safe". And his girl probably lusts after real bikers.

Ed. said:
You are all getting a bit off topic. Please limit the scope of your posts to the proper way one should go about slapping an unruly bicyclist into a backflip right the fuck off their Schwinn. When I was a lower case "G" I once slapped the tater tots out of some little hood for accusing me of cutting him and his tricycle off in my Go-Go Power Wheel.

True story.
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hyperd said:
Pick your battles carefully. A friend just lost her boyfriend to a road rage incident. Shot point blank. Not likely a bicyclist is packing heat but I have some bicyclist friends that are badass mfers. The tone of this thread might be different if a cage made a right turn in front of a moto.
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Junkie said:
I'm saying that a 4-5 second lead (I'm assuming 50 yards and 20-25mph, which is a pretty decent pace) is plenty that he'll be out of the way of the bicyclist before he gets there. That's not enough to make the bicyclist brake sharply or crash.
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Well I think your math is good, my objection is mainly to the idea that a turn signal absolves the motorist of blame. The cyclist can't see it 200 feet behind, 2000 feet or 20 feet behind, he sees it as the rear of the car swoops in front of him. Sometimes that is VERY close.

Also a cyclist at 20 MPH/30 FPS is gonna need close to 100 feet to react and stop, the brakes really suck what with no front suspension and miniscule contact patch.
 
CHUM said:
in my fat and outta shape self i average 23mph on my 28 mile roundtrip commute....with a grand total 300' total ascent.....

20mph IS NOT FAST.....it's "toodling"...or conversation speed...

but...i'm primarily a cyclist....
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Goddammit chum.

*goes to dust off the Bianchi*
 
Lovedoc said:
Well I think your math is good, my objection is mainly to the idea that a turn signal absolves the motorist of blame. The cyclist can't see it 200 feet behind, 2000 feet or 20 feet behind, he sees it as the rear of the car swoops in front of him. Sometimes that is VERY close.

Also a cyclist at 20 MPH/30 FPS is gonna need close to 100 feet to react and stop, the brakes really suck what with no front suspension and miniscule contact patch.
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what? I can pull stoppies on my old POS roadbike with the tires at 100psi. I'm not claiming to be any good at them, just that I can get the rear wheel off the ground without a problem.
 
nicebloke said:
I passed a cyclist right before I turned right into the free bike parking area downtown, and gave him plenty of space.
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What's "plenty of space"? How much space from him to you as you turned, would you guesstimate? just curious

Just recently a young girl cut me off turning right whilst in her Beemer as I was going along on my roadbike at the... apparently amazing (in this thread) speed of ~ 20 mph, I was braking as hard as I could and just barely missed her car. Since she drove into a residential area I went after her and actually she pulled over and I asked her WHY, WHY, WHY in the _ _ _ _ did she think that was a good idea... etc, etc, no answer really :rolleyes
 
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Jaxian said:
I live in Santa Cruz the town of the 'entitled bicyclists'...
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Yeah, I live in SC and ride bikes too.

I just don't get it. I ride as though the laws don't apply to me, and yet, I never have trouble with cars...never.

It's just sooo fucking easy, especially on a bike to just never be in that danger zone. It's also really easy to be courteous to autos and peds. Sure, sometimes you have to wave for someone to go while giving a friendly smile, but it only hurts my face for a second, and traffic flows smoothly.

OTOH, I do notice that many SC bike riders don't seem to realize they are on bicycles. There is also my mom on her bike...entitled, on drugs, possibly deranged....oh, and they let her out of the mental health lockdown today, so watch out...she's on the loose! :rofl
 
It's pretty easy to avoid road rage on a bicycle, really. I've gotten close to zero abuse in all of my years riding on the street. Sure, I blow stop signs if noone is around, but I stop if there are cars coming. Usually they just wave me to go first as I'm slowing thru about 2mph, so then I sheepishly have to step on it to clear the intersection in something like a reasonable amount of time... but their hearts are in the right place.
 
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Forget everything I said earlier. Sometimes a hug is all we need. Missing a possible new friendship, that's what is really at steak. :thumbup OP, did you offer him a hug?
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Jesus, that's brilliant... use reverse psychology to fuck with the guys head. Poor bastard would be so confused, he wouldn't know whether to shit or go blind.
 
Junkie said:
what? I can pull stoppies on my old POS roadbike with the tires at 100psi. I'm not claiming to be any good at them, just that I can get the rear wheel off the ground without a problem.
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OK I'm wrong, googlefu gives me about 15-20 feet stopping distance, say another 20 feet reaction time, call it 40 feet? that would be close to a minimum probably. Wet rims =double
 
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nicebloke said:
The whole interaction lasted less than 10 seconds and ended with the guy going somewhere I couldn't follow him. Finding him, beating him, taking his picture, hell, even engaging him in an argument were all impossible even if I wanted to.

Whether I cut him off or not is a matter of conjecture. I ride my bicycle in the City too, so I like to think I'm courteous to our non-motor 2-wheel brethren. Clearly this guy felt differently. I think that giving 50 yards of space after I passed him before I turned was enough but given his tone, his threats and the fact he rode off without even giving me a chance to either apologize or argue leads me to believe he's a pretty high-strung individual. With all that in mind, I'm still interested in what people think is the best course of action moving forwards. For the time being, I've moved the bike.
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Swap bikes with a friend for a while, and I like the idea of taking the fool's picture.

If you don't have anything to lose, (ie. through a lawsuit), it's easier to get into a fight.

If you HAVE something to lose, get into a fight, and win, the guy will take you to the cleaners on a civil suit after reporting you for assault to the cops. And I'm sure there would be witnesses and not much sympathy should it go to jury.

You did the best you could under the circumstances, seems to me.

Next time I'm guessing you'll let the bicyclist clear the driveway before pulling in.
 
Bicyclist threatened to topple my bike? I'd throw him off his bicycle, throw it into oncoming traffic and then put my lollipop back in my mouth.


Damn bicyclists.














:teeth Seriously, just don't cut people off, but don't take shit like that from people and move your bike.
 
Don't worry about your bike, dude. He's not gonna do shit. He obviously rides by there on a routine basis, and if he did something to your bike he would have to change his route to avoid seeing you. Most likely he was just trying to scare you so that you would be more hesitant to pull in front of bicyclists. If you see him again, be sure to take a photo and jot down a description of him in case something ever happens to your bike.
 
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It is precisely this kind of cowardice that I am referring to. Who ever said win, and who led you to believe that you should only fight fights that you can win. I'm going to let you in on something here...........free of charge. It is fighting the fight you probably cannot win that makes you a truly tuff guy my friend. Like I said earlier, and you would have noticed if you had not resorted to your "youthful testosterone" hiding place so that you can look down your nose at those of us that feel that putting a fist through the face of some ass hole is a perfectly acceptable end to a failing discussion, if someone threatens you just ask them to make good on the threat or tuck their tail and scurry on down the yellow belly road.
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Great post.

How do you treat a bully? You bully a bully.

Sometimes in life it's better to take a beating or get arrested then to just take the shit. I'm not the billy badass of BARF (like Brown :twofinger, but it's this simple:

I'm not taking any shit

from some dickhead guy on a bicycle.
 
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