| Author | Message | ||
     Court |
I can't say enough good about the SuperNova V3 from Headlight Revolution. I keep spares for everything . . . funny that way. Over $5,000 worth of, New In Box, Ulysses spares. Must clean house . . . . hahaha  | ||
| Court |
Joe: Have you noticed how "active" the Jeep dynamic lights are? We have a new Jeep Cherokee Summit in FL. The Porsche PDLS (Porsche Dynamic Light System) works well, as does the Subaru (which are not actually "active" . . .but rather activate the fog lights when the wheel turns . . . but . . the Jeep lights, the moment you turn the wheel are off axis and pointed right where you are in the process of turning to. | ||
| Etennuly |
Court I now see! Pun intended!  | ||
| Ratbuell |
I have noticed - on my '14, the inner light pulls what I think of as a "lazy eye" and swings inward, while the outer light stays fixed. Only when you're moving forward. Haven't decided if it's a gimmick or actually helpful...but it's kinda neat to watch it do it. | ||
| Fresnobuell |
I hope the deer didn't suffer? | ||
| Fresnobuell |
Before you blow a gasket, just kidding ya. Glad you are ok. We don't have deers in Central CA generally, just moronic bicyclists | ||
| Airbozo |
"...just moronic bicyclists" Yesterday was bike to work day and I watched 2 of them almost have their last ride because they were doing 2mph uphill in the middle of the lane, on a blind corner, on a narrow mountain road (barely wide enough for 2 cars) where drivers do 40mph+ (mostly plus). It's the same road that they closed a couple of years ago to do one leg of the tour 'de California. | ||
| Fresnobuell |
CA passed a law (gee imagine that) that forces cars to give a "3-foot" buffer to bicyclists. Very arbitrary, right? Now it seems many bicyclists believe they are a "protected class" and will ride in the middle of the lane and not the shoulder, even with traffic bearing down on their ass. Unbelievable. All I can say is bicyclists trust their fellow man ALOT more than I do on these narrow twisty mountain roads. OR they are properly riding on the shoulder but "law-abiding" cagers can only give a 2.5 foot buffer so they choose to drive behind the bicylists causing a mess of traffic behind them and realistically creating more of a hazard for the bicyclists (ie long line of impatient drivers) than if the cars just passed them normally. Of course, no one seems to want to address the REAL cause of bicyclists getting run down by cars--distracted drivers. | ||
| Sifo |
Riding in the middle of the lane is their version of "share the road". It's a typical Progressive mind set, just like we aren't trying to take your guns away. I say this as one who was an avid cyclist most of my life, the majority of cyclists are way left leaning. There were some roads in the middle of nowhere in IL that one year attracted a large group of cyclists every other weekend. I'm talking a few hundred. They would take both lanes, and not care that they were blocking traffic. I thought we were going to have a brawl one day when a few of us got in the middle of them with our bikes. I have a friend who get impatient with dicks like that and just got right next to some of them and started revving his bike to the rev limiter with a pretty loud exhaust. I came across them once in a car and had to go way off the left hand shoulder to pass them. Large bunch of a-holes. I knew someone who had an SUV run his mountain bike over pulling that kind of crap. Probably close to a $4,000 bike too. I told him he was lucky the guy didn't run him over with it. He actually put the bike in the SUV's path and went to yell at the driver for honking at him. I gave him no sympathy. | ||
| Fresnobuell |
I experience here almost every weekend. I know with my Barkers exhaust they hear me approaching. Right or wrong, don't they know they will lose if there is a collision? Again, I would never put myself at the mercy of another person like that. The precedent has been set around here many times. Unless there is GROSS negligence on the driver (ie impaired,) in bicycle/car collisions the driver usually gets a pass under the "shit happens" clause. I personally think it's because that's far easier for the cops than actually opening an investigation, collecting evidence, talking to witnesess etc. You know, doing their jobs... (Message edited by fresnobuell on May 11, 2018) | ||
| Sifo |
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| 86129squids |
Umm- they're crossing from the right side of the road to the left. I dunno, ask John or Graham. Lernin', youns. | ||
| Fresnobuell |
Case in point on yesterday's ride. Yeah he knew I was there. Moron. And besides this idiot there was a women's mass ride up an down the hill. Yippee!  | ||
| Fresnobuell |
(Message edited by fresnobuell on May 13, 2018) | ||
| Fresnobuell |
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| Xdigitalx |
I would hope my bike was running rich so he gets a good wiff of the exhaust. Maybe ride just in front for a few miles... but not before passing him on the right OR if you wanna have fun... pass him slowly then a 1/8 mile beyond, pull over... let him ride by... then follow and pass him again... over and over?? Or maybe hit a train horn a few times following them...?? If you find a way, you can drop some SeaFoam into your intake just as you get in front and make some fog for them to breath. I used to be avid cyclist but these progressives ruin it. | ||
| Barraspalding |
Australia is adopting a legislated 1m gap (<60km/h)>60km/h) to appease the 'danger' to cyclists. The law even extends that you can cross over to the other side of the road to avoid interacting with a cyclist; never mind the oncoming traffic you have put in danger by doing so. PC bullcrap IMO. Cyclists doing maybe 10kmh in the hills, riding side by side with his other wanker mate - on an 80km/h road is just a recipe for disaster. And now the gap laws are making them a protected species. | ||
| Barraspalding |
should read 1m to 1.5m gap (depending if you are under or over 60km/h) | ||
| Hootowl |
I don’t mind them so much, except when it takes me forever to pass, then he blows through the next stop sign, while I’m stopped, and I have to pass him again. | ||
| Tootal |
True, they don't pay road taxes but want to own it and yet they blow through stop signs. Somethings wrong here! Single file on the right no problem. Side by side is BS! | ||
| Fresnobuell |
I passed him slowly (what other option did I have) and gave him the "look" along with some choice words I know he didn't hear. He smiled back. I couldn't tell if it was a "I'm clueless" smile or a "I know I'm an ••••••• and enjoy being one" smile. | ||
| Xdigitalx |
How about some pepper spray up thru moon roof after you pass him?? ... small mist could do some minor irritation for some easy payback... | ||
| Mnscrounger |
I always thought if they're going to be given the whole lane shouldn't they need to register their bicycles? I get that they wear the road out at a much lower rate, and therefor the fee or road tax or whatever your state calls it, should be lower. If they are going to use it and be involved in all the risks therin, shouldn't they be registered, and maybe even require insurance for when asshats like these cause accidents? | ||
| Natexlh1000 |
Yeah the spandex clowns are pretty terrible up where I live. I used to have to commute through their "nest" in Dover, MA. They would ride three abreast on occasion. They would not move aside for traffic. Rich idiots that didn't need to get to work right away. On more than one occasion, I passed through their little formation at highway speed with the old X1. | ||
| Aesquire |
Wow.... Cycle hate. I would like to remind you that hitting a 200 pound bicyclist will hurt as much as hitting a 200 pound deer, and they don't charge you for manslaughter for hitting the deer. I just must not have the cretins you guys have. I don't have much problem with bicyclists. I DO have a problem with cage drivers when on my bicycle. Remember, they are just as invisible to car drivers as you are, and don't have as much mass or protective gear. A good buddy was hit on his bike, scooped up, into the windshield, and then dumped by the side of the road as the car ran away. His riding buddy was brushed by the car, and really regrets being distracted by his friend being thrown past him, and not getting a license plate number. I got the call he'd been hit and went to the ER, where they were scooping gravel out of his scalp, and prepping him for surgery. He had short term memory short circuit, so the conversation was repetitive. "what happened" "You got hit by a car, but you are in the hospital, and they are taking care of you." "oh. What happened?" Broken leg, broken back, every thing else, minor. Over a month in traction, then years in a plastic back support corset. Luckily no nerve damage, but he never will remember what happened that day.... or most of that month. I was working 2nd shift at the time, so after work I'd grab a bite, go down to the hospital, walk right in, up to the ward, ( looking like you know where you are going gets you past all kinds of security ) and I'd chat with the nurses, until the bells started ringing as the meds wore off, and then I'd go wait for my buddy to be awakened by the bells, groan, hand him his call button, chat until they got to him to dope him up again, and until he fell back asleep. The whole ortho ward did that every night. The call bells would wake everyone up around 2 am. and the nurses would trank everyone in turn until morning. The Gastro ward, OTOH, was full of people watching the Food Network. Irony in a wing. I'd chat with guys who were happy they were going to get to eat broth tomorrow, while they watched Emeril throw stuff at a rack of lamb wrapped in bacon. BAM! ( I did a week there after they OD'ed me on rat poison ) You might want to move the bicyclist angst over to the annoyance thread. I'd rather read about mega lights. | ||
| Fresnobuell |
I don't want any part of a collision with anyone or anything, which is the main reason I don't try to put my boot in their ribs.....It is just a matter of time before I come around a blind corner and one of these asshats is doing what's pictured above. It's completely unnecessary and just dangerous. For what? Because they can? Because there was a law passed a couple years ago that "protects" them with a 3 foot buffer? Sure you can be right, but who cares when your picking gravel out your scalp like Aesquire's friend or worse? Pepper spray. There's an idea. Hmmm.... | ||
| Hootowl |
Bicycles are a hazard to navigation. If someone produced a car that could only go 2 mph up a hill, the DOT would never allow it on the road. Bicycles should stay on the shoulder where it's safe for both them and other people on the road. Or, as Jeremy used to say: Work harder. Buy a car. | ||
| Sifo |
I used to know a guy who did a lot of triathlons. He said he learned from others in the spandex crowd to ride erratically whey a car is approaching from the rear. The idea was that it would scare them into giving you a lot of space. Seems to me that it could, and probably should be used against them if they ever get hit by a car. The reality is that they occupy an odd cross between being expected to follow the rules of the road, and pedestrian rules. Lawmakers have really fumbled the ball on bicycles. All this gray area helps ass-hats be ass-hats. I really hate when bikes ride on the wrong side of the road. If they are doing 15 mph in a 45 zone, suddenly the closing speed, instead of being 30 mph, is now 60 mph. On top of that, the car, motorcycle, truck, etc. may not be able to choose exactly where they pass, forcing them to be unable to yield space. There are reasons I gave up road riding decades ago. | ||
| Xdigitalx |
I would pass a law that cyclists would have to yield to traffic and give out tickets to the fruitloops who do not..., for revenue.  | ||
| Bartimus |
I have no problems with cyclists, as long as they stay out of the traffic lanes. Traffic lanes are for motorized traffic that is properly registered, and licensed to be on the roads. Should a cyclist choose to ride on, or in, the street, they should go through the proper channels to register, and license their cycle, and affix said license to the rear of the cycle. thus showing proof, that the vehicle is legal for on road use.  Vehicles not displaying a legal license plate, should be pulled over, and ticketed for unlicensed vehicle... |
