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Didn't think we could find any lower IQ people from a Democrat trolls on the campfire. But I was wrong. Spandex wearing monkey wins the stupidity contest

Notice super Paula has not addressed this .... pussy

Umm, no. But it explains your contributions succinctly....

Pearls Before Swine comic strip visits this topic from time to time.

Bicyclists try to prove they are tough and can take it, until it comes to grills and bumpers.

It should be spelled 'byecyclists'.

Okanagan is spot on.

I ride a fair bit in the warmer months but limit it to back roads and trails. I get fairly disgusted with what I call the "roadie" mentality by many bikers that maintain the attitude that Okanagan describes. Arrogance and stupidity rules the day with many of these people and they pay the price for it at times.

Paul, you are correct that the amount of time it takes a driver to move around a slower "biker" is not much in the big scheme of things, in many cases, but as Billy Goat Gruff mentioned, the traffic here in this part of MT. has gotten too crazy for sane people to spend much time on the highways riding their bikes. I used to ride sections of our local HWY 93 to access forest service roads but have stopped that because of of increased traffic and the danger involved. Instead I drive my truck to the trailhead/FS road for access. When I do ride pavement on the farm roads I ride outside the white line if there is one and am more than willing to pull off into the ditch to let traffic go by if there may be a safety issue. It takes me no longer to do that and get going again than it does the motorist to slow down and go around me. And contrary to popular opinion, I defer to laws of physics long before I ever look to traffic laws to claim innocence.

I have never been to Louisiana, but I can tell you(as an example) anyone who rides a bike on what we refer to as the High Line(hwy 2) from the Flathead in the west corner of the state east to where SamO lives is an idiot. This is a narrow two lane hwy with 70 mph speed limits and many miles between towns where people need to make up time traveling long distances to get the basics, like food.

I had a near head on with two "roadies" coming off Marias pass on hwy 2 last summer when trying to pass a motor home. There was plenty of time between oncoming traffic but the two bikers were in a section of highway with guard rail on both sides. Because of the angle of the curve and timing they were hidden behind the motor home because of their size. A car would be easy to see but two bikers side by side hunched over their handle bars hugging the inside left lane guard rail disappeared until I moved into the left lane to pass. As soon as I did I saw them and hit the breaks and moved back into my lane. They may have had the right to ride the road but they were idiots for doing so, especially on that section during summer time traffic.

On the flip side, albeit very rarely, I've had a motorist act like a total Ricardo Cabeza for no reason other than they hate "bikers" and honk just as they pass, try to side swipe me with their mirrors, make threats etc. This has occurred while riding on back roads, no oncoming traffic, or any other excuse for them to be a-holes, and me minding my own business, riding in a safe manner.

Thing is, a-holes come in all shapes and sizes, operating all kinds of vehicles/ objects. It's part of life and the trick is to hold blame where it belongs, with the individual, not the entire population who use the same "thing" they are associated with. Kinda like guns.
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Best post of the night!

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I ride to work most days, and over the last 5 1/2 years I’ve ridden across twelve states, four countries and two continents.

Go ahead, run my a$$ over, see if I care

‘bout time I met Black Jesus anyhow.....

It takes a little depth of thought to comprehend this, but responses/attention are why people post on social media. Anyone that says otherwise isn't being honest or isn't thinking. Whether you post something entertaining, educational, enlightening or otherwise you are hoping people pay attention to it. If everyone on the forum had you on ignore, would you post?

There can be a fine line between trolling and a thread like this. Trolls will not engage in intellectually honest discussion. While I full well knew most of the responses would be of the "Spandex monkey" type, I happily engaged in thoughtful exchange when respondents wanted it. Trolls don't do that.

I created this thread as a place for people to vent about bicyclists. With that said when I felt like people had serious questions or concerns I responded politely, often providing links to support my comments. I have pointed to behaviors some bicyclists engage in that I will not. I have cited the law. When it appeared people wanted banter, I played right along. I have steadfastly put the "problem" of bicycles on the road in the correct perspective. In the grand scheme of things they are scarcely a blip on the radar. Very easy to deal with. More so than the other motorists on the road. Yet when you look at the responses, the emotion, the anger, the irrationality put on display you'd think they were a bigger deal than distracted or drunk drivers.

Going back to why I created the thread. You are here. If you hadn't found some kind of value in the thread, you wouldn't be here. You do know that you could quietly drift away from it if you don't find value right?

Power to ya, if you enjoy it, do it.

Hell, I might even buy a bike this spring. But I will not ride on highways with oilfield traffic. I will find trails meant for bikes.

I much prefer trails to roads, but trails do not exist in some parts of the country. I'd encourage you to get a bike. It's great exercise and easy on the old joints. I think you'll also find that you get some of the same joy out of cycling that you do out of hunting when you are bicycling out away from it all. You may even find the bicycle a great way to scout.

You know what doesn't take a lot of depth of thought? You are one arrogant, passive agressive dude....

Napolean Syndrome?

Attention starved grown child.

Great thoughtful, substantive post! I do apologize if I came off as passive in any way.

Shouldn't you be off copy and pasting mind-dead content?

This is an old thread, and all I can add to it is that an old friend was killed on a rural Utah highway by a distracted teenager doing 70 mph. My brother-in-law and a good friend's son were killed on their motorcycles. The roads are more dangerous than ever.

I think this pretty well nails it. Judging from the pompous remarks from the OP, confirms it.