yeah... that guy

i'm that guy
but before you read why i say that - read the prequel:
http://www.gewilli.com/2013/05/how-to-turn-left-and-why-i-did-what-i.html


maybe you've been on a ride with me.

maybe you've heard me over and over "preach" vehicular cycling.

lately i've had to come to a complete stop mid-intersection or wait and extra round or two at a 4-way because a person on a bike has blown through a stop sign.

two particular instances the person realized that they fucked up (based on look on face) and apologized but will that be enough to get them to stop next time?

probably not.

getting on a fucking bike isn't a carte blanche to be a lawless fucking asshole.

douchebag just has so much panache rolling off the tongue and is unmistakable.

my reaction time serves me well.  Kept me from having to clean up 64 oz of just black cherry juice off the floor this weekend.  but it also means that if you do something pretty douchey and my tolerance bank is overdrawn? yeah well...  HAIR TRIGGER.

For a minute there I thought there was gonna be a rumble at Waterman Circle....

The challenge is for cyclists, not pissing off "them" which really isn't too hard.

But is really hard to fathom when it is so easy to split lanes, roll right to the front of an intersection and turn in front of everyone who waited. one option would have been to pull in the gap i was creating in the turn lane. You know, motorcycle buddy up style.  No... roll two cars in front of me, middle of the lanes, and then pull in front of the car at the head of the lane.  Sure that care is turning left and so are you but they waited to get there.

I can come across as a jerk, my knee jerk reaction can be a bit harsh and i drive friends away with me over-reacting too.  I am what i am.

I don't have much tolerance for the people who ride bikes like idiots, even out of ignorance or oblivion, you don't have to be maliciously unlawful to trigger my wrath.  I mean it is great you're on a bike, stop acting like you're above the law and can do what ever the fuck you like.  Not everyone in a car appreciates it and some of them will never be on two wheels and never will appreciate why you're doing that.  The time you save may be a life you take.  Fortunately my lashing out is only words...  i've worked for years to remove the physical reaction. And with success more or less.  Words though - they fly out sometimes.

Years of riding with a kid in a trailer behind me have conditioned me to be hyper away of driver behavior and sometimes being a bit slower paced I get to watch them react to d'bags on bikes from not too far away. Then again I'm also a driver and encounter people on bikes doing stupid stuff.

So many cyclists expect to be given loads of room but then blow through stop signs only to expect you to give them just as much room in less space than you did the first time.  Great, you're on a bike.  Wonderful.  It makes me happy.

But you riding like a self centered asshole pisses me off.  Not that anyone reading this would ride like that.  Or that i always react.

Rarely i do react. But usually like when i blow up mid-race in September at GMCX, it is more or less thermonuclear.

heddwch (ironically)
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