I am not boiling over with rant fumes but I feel this issue needs to be addressed.
ATTENTION: TO ALL OF THOSE WHO ‘POWER BIKE’ OR CONSIDER THEMSELVES ‘BICYCLIST’ … GET OFF OF MY DAMN ROAD.
Those pink and yellow spandex audacities you are wearing suck. Your aluminum alloy pedd-a-ly bike should be on the F&(#!%& SIDEWALK. Oh, and THANK YOU for wearing a helmet. I am happy to see you are concerned with safety while RIDING IN THE SAME LANE WITH 1 to 3 TON FOUR WHEELED GLUTTON TANKS (H2, Escalade) aka Urban Assault Vehicles.
And no, that little arm wave is NOT a signal that you are going to cut in front of me whilst not looking. The sparsity of your gesture should be evident. Thanks for trying. The problem is … if I accidentally tap you off your ultra-lite-flower-bike-with-bell … I get the ticket, and the fine, and the hospital bill.
An H2 driver (no, not me) considers themselves to be omnipotent beings and will not see you when they change lanes or turn a corner. Do you know why? Because while they are trying to control their hulking beast with four wheels, they are also yelling at their kids in the backseat, watching a DVD, talking on a cell phone and eating their McDonalds. Really, I tell this to you, the biker, for YOUR safety.
Don't misunderstand what I am saying. Bicycles have place ... and that place is on the sidewalk OR outside the solid white line. If your bike can't handle the acorns and driveway dirt that is on the sidewalk ... to flippin' bad. I think it is GREAT that you are using ZERO gas and you are using alternative means of transportation ... but until you learn that you are NOT part of traffic and that you SLOW things down for everyone else ... you suck.
PS. To any friend who fits the above description ... I still like you. Sort of. ;)