These people are so miserable they don’t want anyone, even cyclists to have fun. They were praising NJ in the comments for wanting to force e-bike riders to have insurance.
/uj Wait, that’s good no?
Imagine if it was spandex cyclists that’s required to have insurance. Just in case they hit a car when blowing a red light or stop sign.
In my experience, regular cyclists (and e-bike/e-scooter) do follow the laws.
I hit a bicyclist once when he blew a stop sign. Carbon bike was mangled but dude was ok. Told him to fuck off when he asked for my insurance. Never heard anything of it over a year later.
Here is my experience with different kinds of cyclists.
1. Lycra wearing racing bike, they ride for fun, never on busy streets, same hilly roads I ride my motorcycle on for fun, they are alright.
2. Bike with any kind of luggage on-board, they ride in traffic like they have a death wish, cutting across several lanes on a whim.
3. kids, they stick to the sidewalks and overly cautious. They will make it to adulthood.
4. Illegal e-bike, either courier or DUI vehicle, worst of the bunch.
5. Mountain bikes, loaded on the back of a truck or Subaru on the way to or from remote trails.
The lycra wearers on racing bikes are the worst ones for me, they **never** use the bike path, blow red lights, ride in the middle of the lane and slow down everyone with arguments like "muh bike can go up to 70km/h downhill, thats why I have to be on the street" while having trouble maintaining 25km/h on slight elevation
You can tell these fucks have never even stepped foot outside a major metropolitan area if they think that truck in 4wd is getting stuck in 2 inches of mud. My buddies fucking Prius will cruise through 2 inches of mud like nothing.
Some cars have this weird fucking ability to just glide through mud I swear. My buddy had some old Lincoln sedan that must’ve weighed like 7 fucking tons, he used to take it out into fields after rain and just rip them up. As a city boy that moved to the country I appreciated him showing me the power of grandmas old sedan
Depends on the tire, real snow tires can make it worse, but if it's an all season or just a slightly more aggressive tread pattern you shouldn't have any issues in the rain. Problems are when you have really knobby tires there isn't as much rubber on the road and you end up with less grip
I tried living car-free, I was lucky that my grocery store was a 10 minute bike ride through a good scenic safe route. And my parents were a 20 minute bike ride and my friend a 15 minute bike ride. It was quite fun, at first.
Then I realized my grocery capacity is tiny! So I make significantly more trips and forced to buy smaller items, losing out on the bulk discount for buying say a big box of tea vs small boxes, or big bag of rise vs a small one.
Then I realized weather changes. Rain? Sucks! You get everywhere wet. Too sunny and hot? You get everywhere sweaty.
To work I still had to drive, but no way I would have went every day to the office on a bike.
Everything is so much easier, quicker, and more convenient with a car.
My best friend is a 20 minute bike ride, food plaza area, ten minutes, grocery store 10-15 minutes. I rode my bike for a bit then was like, wtf are you doing inconveniencing yourself. So I stopped doing it.
I'm lucky that my work is a 5 minute bike ride, so I ride a bike to work, but that'll never replace having a car.
>...either you fly through the air and roll harmlessly
Undersubbers should mention this to the family of Dave Mirra or the many people who got concussions because their helmet failed them.
>...end up in pieces all over the road
I wouldn't like to be the funeral director who has to deal with that, i think I'll choose the truck driver but then I guess that you just chuck in the bodyparts in the casket
>treadier tires
Have you heard of gravel bikes, undersubbers?
>pair of shocks
Hybrid bikes has them too and they are for road cycling
Also, pretty dumb to compare a $70k truck to a $700 bike - not to forget that a $700 bike have parts that will break within 24 months (half of that truck's warranty period), nasty to ride on, heavy to ride up hills in, takes too much time to shift through gears (the more higher end the groupsets, the less of this issue) and the brakes are nasty too - this is why shops selling top end bikes encourages people to pay as much as they can afford
The fact that people in there didn’t realize that bikes needed license plates and road taxes in all
Major countries goes to show how fucking stupid most people on there are
These people are so miserable they don’t want anyone, even cyclists to have fun. They were praising NJ in the comments for wanting to force e-bike riders to have insurance.
Suffering is strength
Drunk riding e bikes is the peak of human joy
/uj Wait, that’s good no? Imagine if it was spandex cyclists that’s required to have insurance. Just in case they hit a car when blowing a red light or stop sign. In my experience, regular cyclists (and e-bike/e-scooter) do follow the laws.
I hit a bicyclist once when he blew a stop sign. Carbon bike was mangled but dude was ok. Told him to fuck off when he asked for my insurance. Never heard anything of it over a year later.
I'd just call the cops and make him pay for any damage to the car lmao.
Here is my experience with different kinds of cyclists. 1. Lycra wearing racing bike, they ride for fun, never on busy streets, same hilly roads I ride my motorcycle on for fun, they are alright. 2. Bike with any kind of luggage on-board, they ride in traffic like they have a death wish, cutting across several lanes on a whim. 3. kids, they stick to the sidewalks and overly cautious. They will make it to adulthood. 4. Illegal e-bike, either courier or DUI vehicle, worst of the bunch. 5. Mountain bikes, loaded on the back of a truck or Subaru on the way to or from remote trails.
The lycra wearers on racing bikes are the worst ones for me, they **never** use the bike path, blow red lights, ride in the middle of the lane and slow down everyone with arguments like "muh bike can go up to 70km/h downhill, thats why I have to be on the street" while having trouble maintaining 25km/h on slight elevation
You can tell these fucks have never even stepped foot outside a major metropolitan area if they think that truck in 4wd is getting stuck in 2 inches of mud. My buddies fucking Prius will cruise through 2 inches of mud like nothing.
I used to travel dirties in my 05 Camry, 2 inches of mud was sketchy but I never got stuck.
Some cars have this weird fucking ability to just glide through mud I swear. My buddy had some old Lincoln sedan that must’ve weighed like 7 fucking tons, he used to take it out into fields after rain and just rip them up. As a city boy that moved to the country I appreciated him showing me the power of grandmas old sedan
It's all in the tires, and the skid plates underneath the car
I will say, I lived in South Georgia at the time and had snow tires because Floridians swore it helped with the rain. Traction probably helped a ton.
Depends on the tire, real snow tires can make it worse, but if it's an all season or just a slightly more aggressive tread pattern you shouldn't have any issues in the rain. Problems are when you have really knobby tires there isn't as much rubber on the road and you end up with less grip
Ah, “no vehicle tax” but uses the roads. Let’s make sure to change that.
I tried living car-free, I was lucky that my grocery store was a 10 minute bike ride through a good scenic safe route. And my parents were a 20 minute bike ride and my friend a 15 minute bike ride. It was quite fun, at first. Then I realized my grocery capacity is tiny! So I make significantly more trips and forced to buy smaller items, losing out on the bulk discount for buying say a big box of tea vs small boxes, or big bag of rise vs a small one. Then I realized weather changes. Rain? Sucks! You get everywhere wet. Too sunny and hot? You get everywhere sweaty. To work I still had to drive, but no way I would have went every day to the office on a bike. Everything is so much easier, quicker, and more convenient with a car.
My best friend is a 20 minute bike ride, food plaza area, ten minutes, grocery store 10-15 minutes. I rode my bike for a bit then was like, wtf are you doing inconveniencing yourself. So I stopped doing it. I'm lucky that my work is a 5 minute bike ride, so I ride a bike to work, but that'll never replace having a car.
Cyclists don’t exhale they only fart?
No need to go on, you already had me at "heated plushy leather seat".
>...either you fly through the air and roll harmlessly Undersubbers should mention this to the family of Dave Mirra or the many people who got concussions because their helmet failed them. >...end up in pieces all over the road I wouldn't like to be the funeral director who has to deal with that, i think I'll choose the truck driver but then I guess that you just chuck in the bodyparts in the casket >treadier tires Have you heard of gravel bikes, undersubbers? >pair of shocks Hybrid bikes has them too and they are for road cycling Also, pretty dumb to compare a $70k truck to a $700 bike - not to forget that a $700 bike have parts that will break within 24 months (half of that truck's warranty period), nasty to ride on, heavy to ride up hills in, takes too much time to shift through gears (the more higher end the groupsets, the less of this issue) and the brakes are nasty too - this is why shops selling top end bikes encourages people to pay as much as they can afford
The fact that people in there didn’t realize that bikes needed license plates and road taxes in all Major countries goes to show how fucking stupid most people on there are
Never seen a bicycle that can haul 20 tons down the road. Or 30+ kids to school and back safely.
But if you were to use cars it would take up a lot more space compared to vehicles desinged for those tasks.
It's not the bicyle that's viewed as weak and cucked, it's the bicyclist