Watch this video to see a couple of bicyclists get in an argument with a local. One of them tries a faggy looking, sloppy spinning kick.
That kick was slow enough that if you try it in a real fight, you are going to get your ass kicked.
One of the interesting things about this video is that the cowboy starts to blade off and reach for his right hip. The two bicycle idiots were about a second away from becoming the subject of some future CCW classes.
I am about tired of dealing with stupid bicyclists. Why do they all have to dress like they are in the Tour de France? Why do they have to take over the road? Even when there is a bike lane or bike path, they still block the road like a bunch of assholes.
I don’t know who instigated what, but I am inclined to believe that the guys on the bikes were just being assholes.
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C · November 6, 2024 at 7:56 am
I want to start taking a bicycle to work. It’s only five miles away. Unfortunately there are no bike lines anywhere in my county. There are two groups of these Tour de France assholes around here. They’ve burned out all the good will with the locals around here. Literally middle of the road with 3pm traffic and can’t be bothered to go the side to cycle in single file to let all the traffic pass. As much as I’d like the cost savings and exercise I’d rather not risk getting my ass run over.
Bad Dancer · November 6, 2024 at 8:09 am
Good rule of thumb.
Here they’re insufferable and refuse to use the bike lanes they forced a levy on to build because “those are for casual and commuter cyclists”.
When it was announced that the yearly cancer research bike ride would be rerouted onto less used roads many particpants backed out proving it wasn’t about charity but to be seen and applauded.
And across campus you have kids and one old hippie teacher who has a 2×2 wooden bar attached to his bike on a pivot he tilts to keep cars and people out of his little personal bubble who blow through stop signs, red lights, will ride along the curb in stopped traffic to crawl through a red light and blow through cross walks at full speed with people walking through them.
They do all this while decrying cars and claiming some moral superiority for using a bike. Any time you try to nail one down on how they dont obey the rules of the road you’ll get a “but but but I saw a car roll through a stopsign once so its okay” type answer.
TRX · November 6, 2024 at 9:16 am
I bought a bicycle six months ago, for exercise. I ride primarily on the extensive bike paths a couple of towns over; there’s over a hundred miles of shared bike/pedestrian paths there.
The biketards in their stretch pants and plastic hats, hunched forward staring at their own front tire, are a menace. Not just to pedestrians, but to each other and other bicyclists as well. They’ll run people down because they refuse to look where they’re going.
I’m one of the weirdos riding in ordinary street clothes who says “Hi!” to people as we pass. It seemed to put people off at first, but after a few months I wasn’t the only one doing it.
Craig · November 6, 2024 at 9:42 am
I commuted to work on my bicycle for a few years. Never had an issue with cars, mainly because I followed the rules of common sense: stay as far right as possible and don’t be a dick.
Mike Hendrix · November 6, 2024 at 9:50 am
Lance Armstrong costumes, I’ve always called those fancy yoga tights and colorful hats. But in light of the intentionally obnoxious way they conduct themselves on the streets, I suppose a more apt nickname would be “Battle Dress, Uniform.”
SiG · November 6, 2024 at 10:49 am
Let me do the unpopular thing. Not back the a**holes in the video, but say all cyclists aren’t like that nor are all people in cars pleasant and doing their level best to not hurt you.
First off, I started riding after persistent knee pain after running, and a third visit to an orthopedic surgeon. He did the fatherly hand on my shoulder and said, “you know, you’re not built like a runner” and at 6′ and over 200 lbs at 40 years old, he was clearly right. I switched to cycling from running then, 1994. I avoided the dorky pants for a couple of years, but you know what? We wear them because they work well. Designed for the application. Your “wedding tackle” takes much, much less abuse from the bike seat with the shorts. That was 1994.
Second off, I’ve been yelled at by people in cars for stopping at stop signs and intersections. I get yelled at or flipped off no matter what I do. I often wave cars around me at stop signs. Some people don’t like that. I have “three-cornered” stop signs in my car and on my bike. In both cases, I’m pretty damned sure that there’s nobody coming. On my regular ride, there’s one light I stop at virtually every time I cross that busy road. When I’m starting, I pull off to the right in the intersection and let the two or three cars behind me go around. I go as slow as I can until they’re past.
I’ve had a driver’s license since 1970 and I know (and follow) the rules of the road. Studies by traffic engineers consistently show that cyclists who ride as far to the right as practical, like any tractor or heavy equipment and let the cars pass have the least accidents. (The definitive book is “Effective Cycling” by John Forester, MIT Press) Like car accidents, cyclists accidents tend to be most common at intersections and are the least likely when we ride in a predictable manner – that is, following the laws everybody knows and expects. A big problem with bike paths or sidewalks is that they increase the number of intersections and being lightly traveled, one that a lot of drivers just pull through to get closer to the road before they stop.
I don’t like riding bike paths or sidewalks because the people walking on those tend to wander side to side and not go straight expecting to be passed. I haven’t ridden in a group other than parts of an organized 100 mile ride, and the last time I did what was about 20 years ago. I have seen groups of cyclists do stupid things, but I don’t think every cyclist is an a**hole. I’ve had drivers pass so close they’re either unaware I’m there or they’re just trying to scare me, and I’ve some of the “rolling coal” guys blow black exhaust at me, but I don’t think every driver is an a**hole, either.
Beans · November 6, 2024 at 12:47 pm
Someone coined the term “Spandex Mafia” regarding the bike jerks. All LARPing their dreams.
As to the spin kick in the video, I had someone try that to me. Caught the leg with my left arm while stepping in and punched him hard in the nutsack. Deflated his ego very quickly. And I was being nice as I could have easily screwed up his knee.
Cowboy was, as you pointed out, very close to giving them heavy metal poisoning. Stupid idiots.
Chutes Magoo · November 6, 2024 at 12:48 pm
They dress that way because they love schvetty ballsacks!
TCK · November 6, 2024 at 4:53 pm
And yet, those same assholes will complain bitterly that no one gives a shit anymore when one of them gets isekai’d.
TRX · November 7, 2024 at 11:02 am
I finally got a chance to play the video. I wish there was more than 17 seconds of it.
Start: Bicycle Guy is up in Old Guy’s face, arms out, blocking Old Guy when he attempts to move to the sides. There are several different laws in my state that a prosecutor could slap onto that, up to felony level, as it meets the local standard for “kidnapping.” (which the courts have decided includes “preventing someone from leaving the area.”
Old Guy pushes Bicycle Guy away. Legit self-defense in my book.
Bicycle Guy retaliates with flashy sport karate high kick. Hard to tell if it was a bad miss or just intimidation. That’s a felony here, too.
Old Guy reaches around his back, a common place for concealed carry. Clip ends.
Hard to tell what was going on. I see a lot of this on YouTube, where posters crop something so short all context is lost.
For all the Mad Karate Skillz, Bicycle Guy sure fell back easy when pushed. Easy enough I wondered if it was a setup to try to claim personal injury, like the people who throw themselves at cars at stoplights.
Aesop · November 7, 2024 at 11:28 pm
I was taught proper manners: when some entitled @$$hole gets in your face, step one leg past them, then the chest push.
Once they’re on the ground, personal preference dictates whether the follow-up stomp/kick is to the head, the abdomen, or the crotch.
A distant second place would be those Byrna non-lethal pistols; I’m betting the crotch pad in the bike shorts isn’t proof against the OC projectiles at phonebooth distance, and half a dozen OC pellets to the nads would be a healthy dose of “Rethink your life choices.”
And SiG is right about bicyclists. They aren’t all like this.
95% of them give the other 5% a bad reputation.
Being near to 2 colleges and a well-travelled urban bike route, if I had an extendable pipe bumper on my car that would shoot out 5′ to the right side, with a deployment switch on the dashboard, I’d gleefully use it at least once a week until the problem resolved, and bicyclists started driving using common sense, without their heads shoved up their @$$#$, and a 200# Entitlement Chip on their shoulders. If more of them got a bumper or a beating, there’d be less of them to contend with, and less trouble in general.
Wild, wild west · November 10, 2024 at 3:45 pm
I would strongly disagree with your list of follow-up targets, but only to the extent of ADDING a knee to it.
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