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I used to be this annoying when cycling in London sometimes when I was a bit younger. When cycling this assertively, it's just a matter of time before someone d

I used to be this annoying when cycling in London sometimes when I was a bit younger. When cycling this assertively, it's just a matter of time before someone does one of three things: a super-close revenge overtake, ram your back wheel, or fight you in the street

enneff 4y ago
It’s true. Drivers can often be absolutely psychotic. Like they actually, sincerely want you dead because you (theoretically) inconvenience them briefly. I rarely ride my bike on the road in my home country, Australia, for fear of my life. Instead I travel to bike-friendly countries, like Japan and the Netherlands, to do my cycling. The difference is night and day. Somehow in countries where cycling is normal drivers just don’t seem to have an issue with you taking up space on the road. (As the guy in the video says, “I am traffic.”) It’s a great shame that the most efficient and environmentally friendly form of transport is so despised in so many places. And that’s a massive understatement.
- the-printer 4y ago
  Almost purchased a bike second-hand this afternoon. Reasons like this made me back out.
  - ars 4y ago
    I ride exactly the opposite - I move over the right side and let cars pass me unless I'm about to turn left. And I've never once had a single car get mad at me - quite the opposite they are respectful of me, as I am of them. I am aware that I drive slower than cars, and I act that way. Cars don't get mad a bikes for being not-a-car. They get mad at bikes for being slow. I also drive, and when I see a bike acting like he's a car, I also get annoyed - and I'm a bicyclist too! A bike is not a car, and should not act like one.
jeffbee 4y ago
Can confirm. I was intentionally rammed from behind in Oakland, California, while riding 25 in a posted 25 zone on College Ave on my e-bike. Some clown just decided he would murder me because he wanted to go faster.

enneff 4y ago

It’s true. Drivers can often be absolutely psychotic. Like they actually, sincerely want you dead because you (theoretically) inconvenience them briefly. I rarely ride my bike on the road in my home country, Australia, for fear of my life. Instead I travel to bike-friendly countries, like Japan and the Netherlands, to do my cycling. The difference is night and day. Somehow in countries where cycling is normal drivers just don’t seem to have an issue with you taking up space on the road. (As the guy in the video says, “I am traffic.”) It’s a great shame that the most efficient and environmentally friendly form of transport is so despised in so many places. And that’s a massive understatement.

the-printer 4y ago
Almost purchased a bike second-hand this afternoon. Reasons like this made me back out.
- ars 4y ago
  I ride exactly the opposite - I move over the right side and let cars pass me unless I'm about to turn left. And I've never once had a single car get mad at me - quite the opposite they are respectful of me, as I am of them. I am aware that I drive slower than cars, and I act that way. Cars don't get mad a bikes for being not-a-car. They get mad at bikes for being slow. I also drive, and when I see a bike acting like he's a car, I also get annoyed - and I'm a bicyclist too! A bike is not a car, and should not act like one.

jeffbee 4y ago

Can confirm. I was intentionally rammed from behind in Oakland, California, while riding 25 in a posted 25 zone on College Ave on my e-bike. Some clown just decided he would murder me because he wanted to go faster.