Comments on: You know that’s a bike, right?

By: Gelatobaby » Blog Archive » Back behind the wheel

Gelatobaby » Blog Archive » Back behind the wheel — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:54:40 +0000

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By: Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:13:35 +0000

When you are out on your bike, you should carry an acrylic painted egg. It will last for years, it gets better with age and it is easy to throw. Like you experienced it is easy to get away if your timing is right.

Oh, and be careful out there!! Someone may love you….

By: Warren

Warren — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:08:37 +0000

Marshall: I only wish the real world operated the way you describe it. Unfortunately, when a motorist kills a bicyclist in the U.S., they are very seldom charged with anything, much less murder. We are considered collateral damage, the underlying assumption being that we were asking for it by using the road. Check the recent story on several bay area cyclists who were killed when a driver fell asleep at the wheel. It is a perfect example of the attitude that our culture has towards cyclists.

By: ubrayj02

ubrayj02 — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:52:31 +0000

Yell out nonsequitors as fast as they come to mind. This is your chance to free associate in real time, without the mental prep of a poetry slam or beatnik get together.

“Get a real car, Connie Chung!”

“You know you’re all douchebags, right?”

“Vrrooom Vrooooooommmm!” as you coast by them.

“Coooll-ehhhhh-toh!” (call them an asshole in spanish).

“You stopped raping kids yet?” or “Pederasts! Pederasts!”

By: Marshall

Marshall — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:01:42 +0000

I always think it’s a bit stupid when people in cars try to pick fights with cyclists. Unless the driver wants to spend the rest of their life in jail after they kill you, if they really want to confront you, they’re going to have to get into a fight with a adrenaline pumped bike jock who’s probably got the leg muscles (and the carbon fiber soled shoes) to reduce them to tears after you emasculate them.

By: Will Campbell

Will Campbell — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:16:49 +0000

Found your post via Curbed LA’s link love and as someone who bike commutes about 28 miles every day, I HATE reading about incidents like this. Props and kudos for handling such chickenshit tardishness very nicely. Me, I’m not nearly as coolheaded as you and would’ve escalated the rhetoric. But then again, I’m 6′2″ 220 and nowhere near as friendly looking as you so chances are they’d have been smart enough kept their stupidity to themselves.

By: Alissa

Alissa — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:35:26 +0000

I knew it! They’re, like, totally extreme.

By: aaron

aaron — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:23:46 +0000

This car regularly parks overnight on ivar (the portion between yucca and franklin) - most of the times rather poorly. i’m just saying.