Comments on: Biker Down in Portland http://drunkcyclist.com/2007/10/15/biker-down-in-portland/ Two Wheels. One Dark Lord. Wed, 23 May 2012 22:53:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Herbert Stutheit http://drunkcyclist.com/2007/10/15/biker-down-in-portland/#comment-38980 Herbert Stutheit Sun, 18 Apr 2010 20:35:46 +0000 http://drunkcyclist.com/wordpress/2007/10/15/biker-down-in-portland/#comment-38980 articles articles

]]> By: gloria stitz http://drunkcyclist.com/2007/10/15/biker-down-in-portland/#comment-5013 gloria stitz Sat, 24 Nov 2007 21:42:33 +0000 http://drunkcyclist.com/wordpress/2007/10/15/biker-down-in-portland/#comment-5013 In japan (they say) ANY contact with a non-car gets the motorist in Trouble. Here in Marin, if you rear end a cyclist, it's the cyclist's fault. Happened to teacher JoAnne Black, racer Jim Bryan, and photographer Bob Snyder, contractor Jeff Miller. All hit from behind (and lived) and all had to shoulder the blame.., cops sympaathized with the motorist In japan (they say) ANY contact with a non-car gets the motorist in Trouble. Here in Marin, if you rear end a cyclist, it’s the cyclist’s fault. Happened to teacher JoAnne Black, racer Jim Bryan, and photographer Bob Snyder, contractor Jeff Miller. All hit from behind (and lived) and all had to shoulder the blame.., cops sympaathized with the motorist

]]> By: Matthew http://drunkcyclist.com/2007/10/15/biker-down-in-portland/#comment-3893 Matthew Thu, 18 Oct 2007 16:42:32 +0000 http://drunkcyclist.com/wordpress/2007/10/15/biker-down-in-portland/#comment-3893 We can all be self-righteous and inconsiderate pricks, whether we ride bikes or drive cars. Hell, I've nearly doored people and had extremely close calls with perfectly law-abiding cyclists while rolling through stop signs in my Honda. And I've had my share of fist-waving, fuck-you confrontations with drivers after I pulled some dopey stunt on the road bike. Too, I've been utterly (well, almost) violated on the streets by soccer moms while they talk on cell phones. These, I of course follow to let the air out of their tires. Not slash, that would be totally illegal...just a little mayhem done unto people who likely can't beat me up. What more can I say? Plenty, but I'm at work and shouldn't be doing this anyway. We can all be self-righteous and inconsiderate pricks, whether we ride bikes or drive cars. Hell, I’ve nearly doored people and had extremely close calls with perfectly law-abiding cyclists while rolling through stop signs in my Honda.

And I’ve had my share of fist-waving, fuck-you confrontations with drivers after I pulled some dopey stunt on the road bike.

Too, I’ve been utterly (well, almost) violated on the streets by soccer moms while they talk on cell phones. These, I of course follow to let the air out of their tires.

Not slash, that would be totally illegal…just a little mayhem done unto people who likely can’t beat me up.

What more can I say?

Plenty, but I’m at work and shouldn’t be doing this anyway.

]]> By: ghost bike lives on!! http://drunkcyclist.com/2007/10/15/biker-down-in-portland/#comment-3845 ghost bike lives on!! Tue, 16 Oct 2007 22:48:04 +0000 http://drunkcyclist.com/wordpress/2007/10/15/biker-down-in-portland/#comment-3845 name says it all.. much respect.. ride safe and fuck agro cars name says it all.. much respect..

ride safe and fuck agro cars

]]> By: big jonny http://drunkcyclist.com/2007/10/15/biker-down-in-portland/#comment-3837 big jonny Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:44:31 +0000 http://drunkcyclist.com/wordpress/2007/10/15/biker-down-in-portland/#comment-3837 Ike, I feel you man, I really do. There are a few cats out there who are just begging for it. I drive too, and fuck, I've had kids come out of nowhere, straight at me, on a one way street here in Flagstaff. Come the fuck on, man. Riding straight in to traffic? And I'm down by law here folks. I give cyclists lots of room, acres, kilometers, miles... Jeez. And, this morning, when I rode to work for the first time in forever, some lady tried to pass me on the right, then successfully on the left, while we were both turning left on to Beulah out of my neighborhood. It was insane. Where the fuck was she trying to go? All I heard was here flooring her Range Rover. In fact, it was the noise of her engine revving so high that I noticed first when she came up on the right. It is a one lane left turn. And she sound three lanes. Behind me, to the right of me, and finally, to the left of me. Map here: <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&time=&date=&ttype=&q=West+University+Heights+Dr+S+%26+S+Beulah+Blvd,+Flagstaff,+Coconino,+Arizona+86001,+United+States&sll=35.170335,-111.665168&sspn=0.01505,0.018239&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=0,35.166980,-111.670290&ll=35.168038,-111.670296&spn=0.007525,0.00912&z=16&iwloc=addr&om=1" rel="nofollow">maps.google.com</a> Ike, I feel you man, I really do. There are a few cats out there who are just begging for it. I drive too, and fuck, I’ve had kids come out of nowhere, straight at me, on a one way street here in Flagstaff.

Come the fuck on, man. Riding straight in to traffic? And I’m down by law here folks. I give cyclists lots of room, acres, kilometers, miles…

Jeez.

And, this morning, when I rode to work for the first time in forever, some lady tried to pass me on the right, then successfully on the left, while we were both turning left on to Beulah out of my neighborhood.

It was insane. Where the fuck was she trying to go? All I heard was here flooring her Range Rover. In fact, it was the noise of her engine revving so high that I noticed first when she came up on the right.

It is a one lane left turn. And she sound three lanes. Behind me, to the right of me, and finally, to the left of me.

Map here: maps.google.com

]]> By: The Fox http://drunkcyclist.com/2007/10/15/biker-down-in-portland/#comment-3836 The Fox Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:38:28 +0000 http://drunkcyclist.com/wordpress/2007/10/15/biker-down-in-portland/#comment-3836 Yeah, sadly as a cyclist in NYC, I find myself shaking my head more often than not at the dumbassed maneuvers many of us are pulling. Not as much as I shake my head at jackass drivers but enough to make it hard for me to ever imagine a time when cyclists aren't marginalized in the city partly due to our blatant disrespect of traffic rules. Yeah, sadly as a cyclist in NYC, I find myself shaking my head more often than not at the dumbassed maneuvers many of us are pulling. Not as much as I shake my head at jackass drivers but enough to make it hard for me to ever imagine a time when cyclists aren’t marginalized in the city partly due to our blatant disrespect of traffic rules.

]]> By: Ike the Viking http://drunkcyclist.com/2007/10/15/biker-down-in-portland/#comment-3834 Ike the Viking Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:22:10 +0000 http://drunkcyclist.com/wordpress/2007/10/15/biker-down-in-portland/#comment-3834 I love it when I try and drive through downtown Flagstaff in my overweight work truck, and some moron with an IPOD is swerveing the wrong way down Beaver on their Walmart bike. I love it when I try and drive through downtown Flagstaff in my overweight work truck, and some moron with an IPOD is swerveing the wrong way down Beaver on their Walmart bike.

]]> By: nick http://drunkcyclist.com/2007/10/15/biker-down-in-portland/#comment-3832 nick Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:53:40 +0000 http://drunkcyclist.com/wordpress/2007/10/15/biker-down-in-portland/#comment-3832 Hmmmm..... I would have agreed that bikes don't collide with vehicles, or certainly aren't normally at fault for the accidents that they are injured or killed in. I thought that until last night, when some dumb ass on a bike merged into the street inches from my car, he cut across the sidewalk, over the curb and would have hit me had I not swered into the oncoming lane. I just glared back at this dumb ass with a screwed up look meant to say 'do you have a freeking death wish?' Maybe it should go without saying, but even idiots can be taught to ride a bike. Hmmmm….. I would have agreed that bikes don’t collide with vehicles, or certainly aren’t normally at fault for the accidents that they are injured or killed in. I thought that until last night, when some dumb ass on a bike merged into the street inches from my car, he cut across the sidewalk, over the curb and would have hit me had I not swered into the oncoming lane. I just glared back at this dumb ass with a screwed up look meant to say ‘do you have a freeking death wish?’
Maybe it should go without saying, but even idiots can be taught to ride a bike.

]]> By: John C http://drunkcyclist.com/2007/10/15/biker-down-in-portland/#comment-3831 John C Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:44:23 +0000 http://drunkcyclist.com/wordpress/2007/10/15/biker-down-in-portland/#comment-3831 <a href="http://kentsbike.blogspot.com/2007/10/avoid-suicide-slot.html" rel="nofollow">Avoiding the Suicide Slot</a> Avoiding the Suicide Slot

]]> By: John http://drunkcyclist.com/2007/10/15/biker-down-in-portland/#comment-3829 John Tue, 16 Oct 2007 09:46:47 +0000 http://drunkcyclist.com/wordpress/2007/10/15/biker-down-in-portland/#comment-3829 It needs to be taught in prisons. Period. It needs to be taught in prisons. Period.

]]> By: bikesgonewild http://drunkcyclist.com/2007/10/15/biker-down-in-portland/#comment-3827 bikesgonewild Tue, 16 Oct 2007 09:35:26 +0000 http://drunkcyclist.com/wordpress/2007/10/15/biker-down-in-portland/#comment-3827 ...maybe someday in the distant future, when enough of us have died on the streets due to car & truck fatalities, it might occur to some politician, that healthy minds & bodies are being wasted for no reason other than a lack of attention... ...w/ all the "encouraged" distractions in this modern world, if cycling safety is not taught early & often in schools & fully re-enforced throughout life, it will never get better ... …maybe someday in the distant future, when enough of us have died on the streets due to car & truck fatalities, it might occur to some politician, that healthy minds & bodies are being wasted for no reason other than a lack of attention…

…w/ all the “encouraged” distractions in this modern world, if cycling safety is not taught early & often in schools & fully re-enforced throughout life, it will never get better …

]]> By: Tommy Boy http://drunkcyclist.com/2007/10/15/biker-down-in-portland/#comment-3826 Tommy Boy Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:46:37 +0000 http://drunkcyclist.com/wordpress/2007/10/15/biker-down-in-portland/#comment-3826 Like anywhere else, even in bike-friendly Portland, those of us out on 2 wheels are mere targets at times for folk in cars. I've had so many close calls on the streets of Portland that I've stopped counting. But cyclists DO collide with cement trucks when they turn right directly in front of you. Like anywhere else, even in bike-friendly Portland, those of us out on 2 wheels are mere targets at times for folk in cars. I’ve had so many close calls on the streets of Portland that I’ve stopped counting. But cyclists DO collide with cement trucks when they turn right directly in front of you.

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