Recreational cyclists

partypie · Post by **partypie** » Tue Jan 14, 2014 8:42 am

I live on a road popular with hordes of Lycra clad males in the early hours. Peaceful mornings are punctuated by the sound of their yelling when they go past en masse. I wish they would keep it down as I am caring for someone with advanced cancer and PTSD and mornings are his worst time of the day and it's better for him if he can sleep through it.

Neil Appleby · Post by **Neil Appleby** » Wed Jan 15, 2014 8:04 pm

I'm a recreational rider and love the Capital City Trail and the Kew Boulevard, but I am amazed at the stupidity of some riders really. It is astonishing to watch bike riders screaming down hills of the Merri SHARED Path in Fairfield only to ring the bell when on top of hapless walkers who can't see them coming. I know it scares the bejesus out of me when it happens and so yes, when walking on shared-paths I walk on the right just as I was taught to do at school; I can then see what's coming. Only one bozo has abused me for this, and yes, he rode straight at me screaming expletives. Having said that, most riders I encounter when walking my dog are friendly, cordial fellow-path users.

Not so on the Kew Boulevard though. These (mostly) blokes refuse to ride on the dedicated bike path behind Royal Talbot and instead ride on a narrow lane with double lines preventing legal overtaking by cars. It's almost impossible to pass them leaving the suggested metre clearance. Sitting behind two riders for a kilometre is frustrating in the extreme, especially as the bike only lane was created for them to ride this stretch in safety.

Post by **think positive** » Fri Jan 17, 2014 10:11 am

35 min bike ride at 8am, heat didn't bother me, but gees the wind! didn't look much, almost killed me! came home and did weights instead!

Culprit · Post by **Culprit** » Fri Jan 17, 2014 10:20 am

I had two bike riders on Dandenong Road this morning. Taking up a whole lane then abusing people trying to pass them and getting too close. I hope they have filled out their organ donor forms. No good being in the right if you're dead.

Post by **think positive** » Fri Jan 17, 2014 10:34 am

Culprit wrote:I had two bike riders on Dandenong Road this morning. Taking up a whole lane then abusing people trying to pass them and getting too close. I hope they have filled out their organ donor forms. No good being in the right if you're dead.

Yeah I find that very annoying, also, when they ride on the line of a bike lane rather than in it,

I ride on bike paths! I don't go near the road, can't hear anything coming up behind me and I get a fright, so I'm scared I'll wobble into their path, even if they do see me!

John Wren · Post by **John Wren** » Fri Jan 17, 2014 1:25 pm

think positive wrote:
Culprit wrote:I had two bike riders on Dandenong Road this morning. Taking up a whole lane then abusing people trying to pass them and getting too close. I hope they have filled out their organ donor forms. No good being in the right if you're dead.
Yeah I find that very annoying, also, when they ride on the line of a bike lane rather than in it,

I ride on bike paths! I don't go near the road, can't hear anything coming up behind me and I get a fright, so I'm scared I'll wobble into their path, even if they do see me!

many bike lanes are not wide enough to cater for the opening of car doors. when this is the situation i will always ride on the edge of the bike lane and sometimes in the car lane.

with regards to culprit's experience with two bike riders, there is nothing illegal about riding two abreast but cyclists and motorists should be considerate of each other.

watt price tully · Post by **watt price tully** » Fri Jan 17, 2014 1:30 pm

Pochemuchka wrote:
think positive wrote:
Culprit wrote:I had two bike riders on Dandenong Road this morning. Taking up a whole lane then abusing people trying to pass them and getting too close. I hope they have filled out their organ donor forms. No good being in the right if you're dead.
Yeah I find that very annoying, also, when they ride on the line of a bike lane rather than in it,

I ride on bike paths! I don't go near the road, can't hear anything coming up behind me and I get a fright, so I'm scared I'll wobble into their path, even if they do see me!
many bike lanes are not wide enough to cater for the opening of car doors. when this is the situation i will always ride on the edge of the bike lane and sometimes in the car lane.

with regards to culprit's experience with two bike riders, there is nothing illegal about riding two abreast but cyclists and motorists should be considerate of each other.

Correct weight. Speaking of which, riding in this hot weather has helped shed a few kilo's.

The fact that I'm urinating a very dark yellow has nothing to do with it

Post by **think positive** » Fri Jan 17, 2014 1:34 pm

Pochemuchka wrote:
think positive wrote:
Culprit wrote:I had two bike riders on Dandenong Road this morning. Taking up a whole lane then abusing people trying to pass them and getting too close. I hope they have filled out their organ donor forms. No good being in the right if you're dead.
Yeah I find that very annoying, also, when they ride on the line of a bike lane rather than in it,

I ride on bike paths! I don't go near the road, can't hear anything coming up behind me and I get a fright, so I'm scared I'll wobble into their path, even if they do see me!
many bike lanes are not wide enough to cater for the opening of car doors. when this is the situation i will always ride on the edge of the bike lane and sometimes in the car lane.

with regards to culprit's experience with two bike riders, there is nothing illegal about riding two abreast but cyclists and motorists should be considerate of each other.

im talking about next to the golf course, no cars parked on the side of the road, one lane each way for traffic, and not that wide, road just asks to be sped on! there is a bike lane either side, I rode on it years ago, its a pretty even surface, and plenty wide enough, yet they ride on the line.

whats considerate about 2 cyclists riding side by side on a one lane each way road? how the hell do you get past them? peak hour taking kids to school, or going to work, traffic full both sides of the road, and you get blocked by cyclists.

as a rider and a driver, personally I find a lot of cyclists worse, arrogant, defiant, and some times plain stupid at taking a risk just because they think they have the right of way.

equal rights when they pay rego and insurance to use the roads. whos money pays the hospital bills for the cyclist that gets hit doing something dumb?

then ive been the other side, actually on the bike path near altona beach, some moron does a u-ey, and actually drives on the foot path, nearly put me in the bushes.

HAL · Post by **HAL** » Fri Jan 17, 2014 1:34 pm

watt price tully wrote:
Pochemuchka wrote:
think positive wrote: Yeah I find that very annoying, also, when they ride on the line of a bike lane rather than in it,

I ride on bike paths! I don't go near the road, can't hear anything coming up behind me and I get a fright, so I'm scared I'll wobble into their path, even if they do see me!
many bike lanes are not wide enough to cater for the opening of car doors. when this is the situation i will always ride on the edge of the bike lane and sometimes in the car lane.

with regards to culprit's experience with two bike riders, there is nothing illegal about riding two abreast but cyclists and motorists should be considerate of each other.
Correct weight. Speaking of which, riding in this hot weather has helped shed a few kilo's.

The fact that I'm urinating a very dark yellow has nothing to do with it

That's good information. Where did you get it?

Post by **think positive** » Fri Jan 17, 2014 1:37 pm

watt price tully wrote:
Pochemuchka wrote:
think positive wrote: Yeah I find that very annoying, also, when they ride on the line of a bike lane rather than in it,

I ride on bike paths! I don't go near the road, can't hear anything coming up behind me and I get a fright, so I'm scared I'll wobble into their path, even if they do see me!
many bike lanes are not wide enough to cater for the opening of car doors. when this is the situation i will always ride on the edge of the bike lane and sometimes in the car lane.

with regards to culprit's experience with two bike riders, there is nothing illegal about riding two abreast but cyclists and motorists should be considerate of each other.
Correct weight. Speaking of which, riding in this hot weather has helped shed a few kilo's.

The fact that I'm urinating a very dark yellow has nothing to do with it

you just need to drink a lot more water

HAL · Post by **HAL** » Fri Jan 17, 2014 1:41 pm

Why? . Where did you get it?

Culprit · Post by **Culprit** » Fri Jan 17, 2014 1:53 pm

Pochemuchka wrote:
think positive wrote:
Culprit wrote:I had two bike riders on Dandenong Road this morning. Taking up a whole lane then abusing people trying to pass them and getting too close. I hope they have filled out their organ donor forms. No good being in the right if you're dead.
Yeah I find that very annoying, also, when they ride on the line of a bike lane rather than in it,

I ride on bike paths! I don't go near the road, can't hear anything coming up behind me and I get a fright, so I'm scared I'll wobble into their path, even if they do see me!
many bike lanes are not wide enough to cater for the opening of car doors. when this is the situation i will always ride on the edge of the bike lane and sometimes in the car lane.

with regards to culprit's experience with two bike riders, there is nothing illegal about riding two abreast but cyclists and motorists should be considerate of each other.

You are right, it's not illegal but their arogance makes them the perfect candidates to be organ donors.

Post by **think positive** » Fri Jan 17, 2014 3:15 pm

Culprit wrote:
Pochemuchka wrote:
think positive wrote: Yeah I find that very annoying, also, when they ride on the line of a bike lane rather than in it,

I ride on bike paths! I don't go near the road, can't hear anything coming up behind me and I get a fright, so I'm scared I'll wobble into their path, even if they do see me!
many bike lanes are not wide enough to cater for the opening of car doors. when this is the situation i will always ride on the edge of the bike lane and sometimes in the car lane.

with regards to culprit's experience with two bike riders, there is nothing illegal about riding two abreast but cyclists and motorists should be considerate of each other.
You are right, it's not illegal but their arogance makes them the perfect candidates to be organ donors.

hahaha! I actually laughed out loud at that one!!

Post by **stui magpie** » Fri Jan 17, 2014 3:48 pm

Culprit wrote:
Pochemuchka wrote:
think positive wrote: Yeah I find that very annoying, also, when they ride on the line of a bike lane rather than in it,

I ride on bike paths! I don't go near the road, can't hear anything coming up behind me and I get a fright, so I'm scared I'll wobble into their path, even if they do see me!
many bike lanes are not wide enough to cater for the opening of car doors. when this is the situation i will always ride on the edge of the bike lane and sometimes in the car lane.

with regards to culprit's experience with two bike riders, there is nothing illegal about riding two abreast but cyclists and motorists should be considerate of each other.
You are right, it's not illegal but their arogance makes them the perfect candidates to be organ donors.

Their brains would be particularly good quality. Almost brand new, hardly used.

Post by **think positive** » Fri Jan 17, 2014 4:43 pm

Hehehehehehehe!

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