Sure, you're spending less, but you're making every car in the right lane slow down to less than 15 miles per hour and then stomp on the gas to pass you on the left and accelerate back to 35 before they get rear ended, completely fucking up their fuel economy.

When you do that on a congested street like Hillsborough I really question whether you're helping or hurting fuel consumption as a whole.

Also, you piss me off.

3/20/2008 5:34:31 PM

it pisses me off when i get behind those fuckers on Trailwood when there is a good amount of traffic going both ways

it's impossible to pass them because that road is narrow as hell already and you cant see oncoming cars because the road is so curvy

3/20/2008 5:47:18 PM

why don't people ride on the sidewalks when there aren't people on them?

3/20/2008 5:48:08 PM

if you have a sandwich and decent accuracy you can usually hit them

I tend to play it safe and go for the body, but sometimes I'll go for the headshot, especially if they're not wearing a helmet

3/20/2008 5:50:19 PM

I just want those assholes to know that they're drinking our milkshakes.

3/20/2008 5:53:07 PM

Quote :

"why don't people ride on the sidewalks when there aren't people on them?"

Ummm, maybe because it's ILLEGAL to ride a bicycle on the sidewalk? I know, crazy idea...

3/20/2008 5:54:05 PM

3/20/2008 5:55:27 PM

Ive only filled my car three times since January because of riding to work. And one of those fillups was on the return trip from above the border.

3/20/2008 5:59:52 PM

it's good for physical fitness unless you get hit by a driver or inhale too much exhaust

3/20/2008 6:05:14 PM

or if you get too smug.

3/20/2008 8:12:08 PM

saves you gas, kills you faster.

interesting tradeoff.

3/20/2008 8:34:50 PM

maybe if more people rode bikes or walked to class instead of jumping in their cars to drive half a mile down the road hillsborough wouldn't be so congested

3/20/2008 8:35:28 PM

i enjoy flinging scratched cd's at em. . .

3/20/2008 8:43:50 PM

when I ride my bike, I generally stay out of the way of cars

except for when I can't, in which case they need to get the fuck off my ass

3/20/2008 8:50:52 PM

You would think/hope that NC State or the city of Raleigh would be aware of the fact that Hillsborough is used by a good number of students and as such would accomadate by adding a bicycle lane or something equally intelligent. But then again this is Raleigh we are talking about so oh well.

3/20/2008 8:58:07 PM

there's no room to widen hillsborough st, unless you consider losing the hundreds of parking spaces.. .. . .

3/20/2008 9:00:04 PM

^ if you can acknowledge that it's not likely that hillsborough will be widened, and recognize that people in this area are predominantly college students, then why is it so hard to accept the fact that bicycles are going to be on the road sometimes, adding on maybe 30 seconds to your trip time. as both a cyclist and driver, i've seen far more close calls come as a result of some asshole driver and their god-complex than a cyclist just being there on the road.

3/20/2008 9:15:52 PM

Quote :

"maybe if more people rode bikes or walked to class instead of jumping in their cars to drive half a mile down the road hillsborough wouldn't be so congested"

A minority of cars on Hillsborough Street are people going to class.

3/20/2008 9:41:25 PM

I still call BS.

3/27/2008 12:24:53 PM

Quote :

"why don't people ride on the sidewalks when there aren't people on them?"

Agree

Quote :

"Ummm, maybe because it's ILLEGAL to ride a bicycle on the sidewalk? I know, crazy idea..."

that's retarded.

They don't belong on the road and since apparently they don't belong on the sidewalk, then make some fucking bike lanes already.

3/27/2008 12:28:04 PM

Whether or not it is illegal to ride on the sidewalk, I will most definitely continue to ride my bike on them because of assholes like you guys who throw shit out your windows.

If I could get hit by a car and live, I would totally ride down the middle of the road just to piss off all you douchebags who complain about bikers.

3/27/2008 12:32:30 PM

bicycles are supposed to abide by the same rules as cars. So they have as much right to the road as you do. What pisses me off is when those fuckers don't follow traffic laws(stop signs, lights, etc) and almost get plowed

3/27/2008 12:35:51 PM

illegal to ride a bicycle on the sidewalk, eh?

i heard its also illegal to drive an automobile on the street

3/27/2008 12:41:10 PM

you are incorrect.

3/27/2008 12:41:55 PM

Quote :

"bicycles are supposed to abide by the same rules as cars."

why are they allowed on the road? they don't pay insurance or any of that shit.

3/27/2008 12:43:03 PM

if i see a little kid riding his bike down the sidewalk i'm always like "hey kid! you're breaking the law! now ride in the street with all the cars"

3/27/2008 12:43:44 PM

Quote :

"or if you get too smug."

Mr. Joshua

Ha-ha! Like some of those Hillsborough Street fuckers that are always screaming about sharing the road or bicyclists against the war or some shit.

And the bike ride/protest du jour must always end at Sadlack's. Those are the rules.

3/27/2008 12:48:22 PM

^^^neither do mopeds I dont think...



[Edited on March 27, 2008 at 12:53 PM. Reason : or mexicans...]

3/27/2008 12:53:02 PM

Quote :

"Ummm, maybe because it's ILLEGAL to ride a bicycle on the sidewalk? I know, crazy idea..."

It's not illegal to ride a bicycle on the sidewalk in NC. You may find some shithole town that has a local ordinance against it, but there is nothing in the NC General Statutes preventing it.

3/27/2008 12:53:21 PM

You should try riding a roadbike with 1 inch wide tires 25mph on a sidewalk.

Not going to happen.

3/27/2008 12:54:45 PM

I do it all the time.

[Edited on March 27, 2008 at 12:55 PM. Reason : it's nerve racking at 40mph on a greenway trail though.]

3/27/2008 12:55:19 PM

^...works well enough for me

3/27/2008 12:57:49 PM

This is what I do to people who try to throw things/hit cyclists....

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3/27/2008 12:59:41 PM

This thread is a Mythbusters episode waiting to happen.

3/28/2008 6:49:58 PM

SCOOTERS ftw

3/28/2008 6:53:53 PM

segway powered by whale oil ftw

3/28/2008 6:54:51 PM

3/28/2008 6:56:24 PM

Bikers that stop traffic suck ass, and gas. Keep right.

3/28/2008 6:58:46 PM

Way the fuck right.

4/24/2008 12:19:23 PM

< 2 months till i can ride my bike to work.

I calculate that this will save me about $100/month.

and who knows how many pounds.

4/24/2008 12:21:38 PM

Quote :

"but you're making every car in the right lane slow down to less than 15 miles per hour and then stomp on the gas to pass you on the left and accelerate back to 35 before they get rear ended"

In fairness, no one is making you stomp on the gas. If you get rear-ended it is the fault of the asshat behind you (and I've been that asshat) not your own.

Besides, by current laws, bikers have the same right to make you waste gas by slowing you down as you have to waste gas by buying whatever car you might want.

Bikers can be self-righteous douchebags though, no doubt.

4/24/2008 12:22:40 PM

They've given out tickets and warnings around campus for riding on sidewalks. Campus police was promoting bicycle safety and there was an article in the technician last year about it.

4/24/2008 12:22:57 PM

In the end, I would say even if the vehicles are slowing down and speeding up again, the biker is saving gasoline.

I mean, fuck, if I had a bicycle that wasnt a mountain bike I would ride that shit to school. Shit, I'd take my Longboard if I could.

4/24/2008 12:36:19 PM

if this bullshit doesn't end soon

and you drivers don't wash the sand out from your vaginas

I'm gonna turn into this dude, except on a bicycle

4/24/2008 12:37:03 PM

You mean this guy?

4/24/2008 12:38:40 PM

what movie is that i saw it once years ago but i can't remember what it is.

4/24/2008 12:38:41 PM

Falling Down

4/24/2008 12:39:03 PM

it is illegal to ride bikes on sidewalks, you are supposed to ride your bike down the middle of the street WITH traffic as if you were a motor vehicle

4/24/2008 12:46:28 PM

not the middle, as far right as possible

4/24/2008 12:47:22 PM

Get more bike lanes.

4/24/2008 12:47:29 PM