It's Not a Bike Accident When a Car Hits a Rider

[dan_pdx]

Is that Belmont St?
I’m guessing alcohol was a contributing factor?

Good eye! It's 15th and Belmont - you must know the neighborhood well, I wouldn't have been able to ID Belmont from this pic. Apparently the car was stolen and the perp got away, so don't know for sure, but seems likely substances were involved.

[ill-advised strategy]

Latest I heard was that they think it was a solo accident and when they found him he was alone and no evidence of another vehicle being involved, but I don't know if that's official.

In my hood, we have a growing epidemic of oldsters going from not having ridden in ages to ebiking at speeds they cannot handle.
I’ve twice now seen old ladies just ride straight through a curve onto this one grass area because they can’t negotiate a turn on their ebikes. If there was anything or anybody in front of them it would have been a wreck both times.

Bunch of places where there are no sidewalks because there’s this “multi-use” bike path presumably suitable for shared use by cyclists and pedestrians…which was always kind of an iffy plan, given everything inherent to walking vs cycling. Now, though, with a hailstorm of wobbly 70 year olds doing 27mph on ebikes, we pretty much need a new bike path system for pedestrians and actual non-moped bicycles, because nobody can muster the will to tell the e-bike people to go do motorized speed in the road with the rest of the motorized traffic.

[dan_pdx]

In my hood, we have a growing epidemic of oldsters going from not having ridden in ages to ebiking at speeds they cannot handle.
I’ve twice now seen old ladies just ride straight through a curve onto this one grass area because they can’t negotiate a turn on their ebikes. If there was anything or anybody in front if then it would have been a wreck both times.

Bunch of places where there are no sidewalks because there’s this “multi-use” bike path presumably suitable for shared use by cyclists and pedestrians…which was always kind of an iffy plan, given everything inherent to walking vs cycling. Now, though, with a hailstorm of wobbly 70 year olds doing 27mph on ebikes, we pretty much need a new bike path system for pedestrians and actual non-moped bicycles.

Yeah, I've seen that too...been passed on a straight by an e-biker who then immediately slams on the brakes to negotiate a minor turn. Definitely a gap between their skills and the speed they're able to travel.

[Dantheman]

Last weekend I was driving down BCC and followed a rider for a while through a steep section (Storm Mountain area) where he was riding near or above the speed limit (30-45 mph). He wasn't claiming the lane like he should have given his speed which would have been an invitation for less courteous drivers to make a dangerous pass. He seemed a little shaky and didn't look like a very confident descender. Then, he started taking corners with his inside pedal in the 6 O'clock position Luckily he wasn't leaning into the corners very aggressively. I was literally cringing as I watched his pedal get millimeters from the pavement at 40 mph multiple times.

[Timberridge]

Looks like Enzi's accident was just that, sorry for jumping the gun.

No worries, that's how we do it in the PR.

[Timberridge]

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If you zoom in you'll see a bike in the back.

Lesbian bikers?

[old goat]

You think that's bad. Just wait until all those Boomers with hip and knee replacements are bombing about on their battery powered mobility carts/scooters.

While we're at it can I bitch about all the people who scooter around the hospital way faster than the walkers. We had to take one guy's scooter away because he ran down a couple of nurses. (This was after I took away his legs.)

[MultiVerse]

Last weekend I was driving down BCC and followed a rider for a while through a steep section (Storm Mountain area) where he was riding near or above the speed limit (30-45 mph). He wasn't claiming the lane like he should have given his speed which would have been an invitation for less courteous drivers to make a dangerous pass.

Sort of related is how people in cars react in this situation when the bike is going roughly the same speed as traffic: a car will often pull alongside the rider and then brake or slow down to match the bikes speed before passing. It should happen just like passing a car where you wait for an opening and then make the pass but instead there's this weird parallel sequence before making the pass.

[::: :::]

I had a lady make a left onto the road I was on this morning & swing wide beyond her lane (i was in the bike lane)
her windows were open so I yelled "hellllloooooo!?!"
luckily it was all curb cut to my right so i could swerve wide without issues onto the driveway aprons
she was apologetic at the next intersection
but geez...i know it was early with few vehicles out, but maybe a little more coffee was needed before heading out to try to stay inside the lines?

[dan_pdx]

If you zoom in you'll see a bike in the back.

Lesbian bikers?

Haha, I didn't notice that. More like tweakers stealing anything not nailed down I think, but maybe the bike was in the car when they stole it - a twofer.

[highangle]

Sort of related is how people in cars react in this situation when the bike is going roughly the same speed as traffic: a car will often pull alongside the rider and then brake or slow down to match the bikes speed before passing. It should happen just like passing a car where you wait for an opening and then make the pass but instead there's this weird parallel sequence before making the pass.

They're telling you there's a goddamned BIKE PATH 20' to your right.

[MultiVerse]

They're telling you there's a goddamned BIKE PATH 20' to your right.

You should throw your drink at them to make the point even clearer, asshole.

[Toadman]

Yeah, I've seen that too...been passed on a straight by an e-biker who then immediately slams on the brakes to negotiate a minor turn. Definitely a gap between their skills and the speed they're able to travel.

I was commuting home last week, and some guy on an e-bike asked me to pull through. I politely told him, he was the one with the battery and continued to suck wheel. I guess he was pissed that he couldn't drop me. Although, if I had done a pull on the front, I probably would have popped after a minute on the front at the pace we were going.

[old_newguy]

That encounter with a bike on the outside of the fog line while he rumbled down his 12’ wide lane on the Seward highway got high angle so jacked up he could spot the words “Pedialite” printed on the bottle as he went by at 50+ the next time he saw them.

Really fucked his life up.

[Timberridge]

I was commuting home last week, and some guy on an e-bike asked me to pull through. I politely told him, he was the one with the battery and continued to suck wheel. I guess he was pissed that he couldn't drop me. Although, if I had done a pull on the front, I probably would have popped after a minute on the front at the pace we were going.

You need to get a Zero and drop his motherfukin' ass next time.

[::: :::]

I was commuting home last week, and some guy on an e-bike asked me to pull through. I politely told him, he was the one with the battery and continued to suck wheel. I guess he was pissed that he couldn't drop me. Although, if I had done a pull on the front, I probably would have popped after a minute on the front at the pace we were going.

ha

[highangle]

That encounter with a bike on the outside of the fog line while he rumbled down his 12’ wide lane on the Seward highway got high angle so jacked up he could spot the words “Pedialite” printed on the bottle as he went by at 50+ the next time he saw them.

Really fucked his life up.

Kid was prob squirty from the jostling heat and unrelenting traffic noise. I notice you disregard the innocent child in all this as readily as his/her road biking parents? Sad.

[highangle]

You should throw your drink at them to make the point even clearer, asshole.

Nalgene bottles are expensive af, and they just bounce off and litter the bike path you should be riding on.

[dunfree]

Nalgene? Always that a real Alaskan like you only drank Light Beer when driving.

[MultiVerse]

Nalgene bottles are expensive af, and they just bounce off and litter the bike path you should be riding on.

I don't ride bikes on the road but that doesn't mean I support physical assault and intimidation just because it doesn't affect me. Maybe you're also the type of person who also assaults people face-to-face when doling out parenting advise but it's far more likely you use the relative anonymity of your vehicle to shield your abusive behavior. Seek help.

[highangle]

Nalgene? Always that a real Alaskan like you only drank Light Beer when driving.

Bro my town is 8 blocks wide and a mile and a half long, has the most liquor licenses per capita in the state, and there's usually 2 police patrol cars circulating...
Many try to run The Gauntlet, but only a few make it.

[highangle]

I don't ride bikes on the road but that doesn't mean I support physical assault and intimidation just because it doesn't affect me. Maybe you're also the type of person who also assaults people face-to-face when doling out parenting advise but it's far more likely you use the relative anonymity of your vehicle to shield your abusive behavior. Seek help.

I think the word is "Advice", princess.

[MultiVerse]

Because resorting to facile spelling corrections is totally ninja, is that it tough guy?

[dunfree]

Bro my town is 8 blocks wide and a mile and a half long, has the most liquor licenses per capita in the state, and there's usually 2 police patrol cars circulating...
Many try to run The Gauntlet, but only a few make it.

so you are a law abiding pussy cowed by the man who lashes out at random bicyclists in infantile rage brought on by the unwillingness of your healthcare plan to cover organic viagra

[berko]

I suspect that HA is only upset due to the fact that this episode must have thrown a wrench in his brake pad preservation routine.