Always wear your helmet

Post by **mcrib** » Tue May 15, 2007 9:13 pm

There are actually real problems with the critical mass movement here in Lex currently. There is a real split from a few who see the critical mass as a means to piss of cars and those who truly understand it as a means to raise cars awareness that there are bicycles on the road and the law grants them the same rights to those roads as cars.

Post by **mcrib** » Tue May 15, 2007 9:14 pm

Saxman I hope you are kidding.

Post by **Saxman** » Tue May 15, 2007 9:43 pm

I am not kidding. Too many cyclists think they can run stop signs and red lights in front of people and it not have an effect. Last fall I was riding my bike to UK and yelled at a guy for running a stop light in front of a bunch of traffic. He simply flipped me the bird and went on. This was someone training, not just a kid on a bike. I run stop signs all the time when no one is around. Doing it in front of traffic is just asking for someone to run you off the road.

Post by **mcrib** » Tue May 15, 2007 10:13 pm

And that incident represents the majority of the problems in the struggle for harmony between cars and bikes? I'll admit there are bad eggs on the roads that are only hurting the cause but couldn't the same be said for drivers who violate traffic laws? If the city and state were doing more to promote safer options for bikers I think that would go further toward eliminating the problem than trying to get rid of the asshole cyclist.

Post by **Crankmas** » Wed May 16, 2007 4:54 pm

take away the bike and the asshole cyclist is merely an asshole you can come up with your own scenarioes if you would like to play along at home- for some reason Lexington has a population of piss poor drivers, when called out the familiar bird is their answer and you hate Jerry Falwell? what about these pole smokers? oh wait can't you see the rainbow? but I drive a beamer! get over yourselves and slow down and show some courtesy! its amazing how many times you get passed by someone in a no passing zone, they're doing 15+ over the speed limit and then you end up right behind them at the next stoplight okay I'm done

Post by **dmw** » Wed May 16, 2007 6:58 pm

in the ville the critical masses, from what I can remember of them, really just pissed people off. now when zombies roamed the highlands, now that really raised some awareness. but for zombies. so it isn't applicable.

Post by **Crankmas** » Wed May 16, 2007 7:11 pm

zombies are cool but can smell weird when you get sorta close to em

Post by **krampus** » Thu May 17, 2007 12:32 pm

don't worry, if the zombies decide to raise awareness in the highlands I will be one of the first to know. I am guessing that the shrill of the peacock mating call that usually comes from the cemetery will be replaced by a low grumbling. Then if I should happen to notice good ol Colonel Sanders and Jim Beam frolicking about I will be sure to shout something rude about the diminishing quality of their product, run to my roof, and make some calls. I honestly have put too much thought into this

Post by **krampus** » Thu May 17, 2007 5:02 pm

Hehe, I just realized the guy was a physicist, now I know it was his hard head that saved him and not his helmet.

Post by **dmw** » Thu May 17, 2007 6:01 pm

are they buried there? I would think about it at great lengths too if I lived so close to sooo many dead people. Yuck.