Fu*king Cyclists

**dunfree** · 08-18-2022, 06:29 PM

Originally Posted by jono

Apoplectic? Nah. I've been there a few times and I notice that the longer I sit there waiting the calmer I get.

Maybe that's the problem for bikes: these horrifying encounters are over before anyone has a chance to reflect and calm down.

or maybe you are just a bullshitter? It’s almost harvest time, watch the people being made late for work because the harvester has to go a couple miles down the only road at 15mph, and report back. Or bullshit

**jono** · 08-18-2022, 06:56 PM

Nope. Some years ago I found myself behind a horse trailer. For a while. After the guy practically jack-knifed it to get around one hairpin turn, my blood pressure was up. Lots of WTF, why can't he pull over stuff. That's about when I started to estimate how much time I'd spent following bicycles over the years. Finished and checked the clock and it was about half of what I'd spent behind the horse trailer. I think about 20 minutes later there was an oddity in the road and I got around. Something like an interior corner that provided an extra long sightline, maybe, I don't recall now. Anyway, there was plenty of time to let the initial adrenaline surge wear off.

**highangle** · 08-18-2022, 08:24 PM

How fast were you intending to essay those hairpin curves tight enough to jack a horse trailer? Were you on your dusty dirt bike?

**jono** · 08-18-2022, 08:31 PM

I was driving a sweet, sweet wagon. Obv. Luckily we were ascending so the horse smell only had to compete with diesel and not brake pads.

**highangle** · 08-18-2022, 08:48 PM

Unlike a bike, downshifting a vehicle [or dirtbike] transmission will save a lot of brakes on long descents.
Uphill's same as your bike, except your engine and tranny and driveline are much happier with higher RPMs than with you lugging it.

**jono** · 08-18-2022, 08:54 PM

I've heard that can be critical. Happily, my sweet, sweet wagon outran that trailer before the top and I didn't have a chance to observe the substandard brake pad management of that driver.

Full disclosure: I was being hyperbolic about the extra 20 minutes part. Turns out the whole thing lasted 8 minutes. Funny how the mind plays tricks.

**highangle** · 08-18-2022, 09:03 PM

Should I picture a 6-horse slant load gooseneck with a big ol' dressing room? Or one of those stock trailers they used to tow saddled horses behind Pontiacs back in the days when cowboys wore highwater jeans?

Was this in Hurricane? Or the Salt River Canyon? I got behind some spud haulers on Cabbage Leaf one time, but they done a fine job. So many questions...

**old goat** · 08-18-2022, 09:21 PM

Originally Posted by Buster Highmen

In the first video at around 24--27 seconds there are a couple of solo cyclists in the oncoming lane riding on the right edge of the pavement with a few cars stacked up behind them without room to pass. FWIW/

That's not a road I'd care to ride a bike on. Not sure I'd want to drive a car on it. I thought BC was a socialist paradise with great roads and healthcare.

**J. Barron DeJong** · 08-18-2022, 09:34 PM

Originally Posted by highangle

^^^ 300db car horn [2 pack] $15.99

They’re like lame wannabe versions of these guys:

**jono** · 08-18-2022, 10:45 PM

Originally Posted by highangle

So many questions...

Sure, close enough. No. No. And no, but not super far from Cabbage Hill, as the crow flies, oddly enough.

**Rideski** · 08-18-2022, 11:26 PM

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**The SnowShow** · 08-06-2023, 09:47 AM

This fucking guy is still at it:

https://youtu.be/ls-nKucnmk4

PB · 08-06-2023, 09:57 AM

He should be dragged across the concrete just for his taste in music.

**::: :::** · 08-06-2023, 10:10 AM

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https://bikeportland.org/2023/08/04/...cyclist-377783

**rideit** · 08-06-2023, 10:12 AM

I really can’t tell if he wants clicks or a deathly beat down.

**Rideski** · 08-06-2023, 10:46 AM

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**::: :::** · 08-06-2023, 11:11 AM

Tline had a cyclist fatality yesterday too on Timberline Road — collision w/ car somehow
Haven’t seen any news on it. Heard from a friend on the hill & Tline’s FB page confirms the event

**climberevan** · 08-06-2023, 11:23 AM

There was a killing in Reno a couple of weeks ago too. Driver ran a stop sign and popo are "investigating". I doubt charges will even be filed.

**The SnowShow** · 08-06-2023, 01:19 PM

Originally Posted by rideit

I really can’t tell if he wants clicks or a deathly beat down.

I’m sure clicks but he did get a beat down a while back by some bouncers at a strip club that he fucked with too much.

And how is that not harassing a police office? Following him and yelling/swearing at him?

**TBS** · 08-06-2023, 06:04 PM

Originally Posted by ::: :::

https://bikeportland.org/2023/08/04/...cyclist-377783

There’s a guy that rides around our village on an adult tricycle while strapped.

**Trackhead** · 08-07-2023, 06:45 AM

As a cyclist who avoids pavement, this thread is a great example of the 1% (maybe 5%) of d-bag entitled cyclists who are perpetually looking for a confrontation with motorists. That said, when your ethically riding on the shoulder, have trucks pass you at 65+mph feet away on an otherwise empty road gets cumulatively frustrating and certainly turns an otherwise mellow person into a defensive rage master. Having your life threatened multiple times per day by motorists too impatient to take a few seconds to slow down and be courteous gets pretty old.

I live in rural Montana and just ride gravel, don’t see anybody typically. If I’m on a shoulder-less rural road sometimes I just stand in the ditch and let trucks go by if the road has more than one car, totally not worth it testing some wanna-be rancher with big tires and aftermarket exhaust.

**benk** · 08-08-2023, 10:19 PM

Sad news out of Timberline/ski bowl. Ski Bowls mtn manager killed descending Timberline Rd. Those that know that turn could question how one could not see a cyclist descending as they make a left turn. There’s a good 1/8-1/4mi line of sight. Comment section of the article indicates the driver may have a history of poor driving skills.

https://bikeportland.org/2023/08/07/...ine-hwy-377924

**54-46** · 08-08-2023, 11:21 PM

Fuck it. My old steel roadie is on a trainer. Just ride the MTB now. A lot of anger out there

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**californiagrown** · 08-09-2023, 08:31 AM

Originally Posted by benk

Sad news out of Timberline/ski bowl. Ski Bowls mtn manager killed descending Timberline Rd. Those that know that turn could question how one could not see a cyclist descending as they make a left turn. There’s a good 1/8-1/4mi line of sight. Comment section of the article indicates the driver may have a history of poor driving skills.

https://bikeportland.org/2023/08/07/...ine-hwy-377924

When 99.999% of roadway traffic is car sized, that is what motorists look out for. Its a trick of the brain to only see things you are looking for and to ignore things you arent. Its the reason why no one sees the gorilla when asked to count the number of basketball passes in that one video. Add in old age and all the deficiencies that come with it (reaction time, eyesight, cognitive decline, etc) and tragic things become a lot more likely.

Im not a huge fan of autopilot/assisted driving in cars, but this is one area where it could be hugely beneficial as the software should be able to see and account for different sized roadway obstacles (motorcyclists, cyclists, pedestrians, etc) much, much better than the human brain.