Flash Mob Bike Ride

[lulu5kamz]

There is also some road rage on display in this video. Towards the end of the video (4:25 mark) a follow SUV turns the corner behind the last bike riders. It has it's emergency lights flashing. At the 4:50 mark a truck passes the SUV. The driver of the SUV does not appear happy. It speeds up and as both vehicles drive out of the frame they are side by side. By the way, this road is marked with signs in both directions that say bike riders are allowed to use the full lane. Bonus points if you can spot the bike rider who appears to wearing a Santa Clause suit. The reason some end up walking is that this road goes uphill.

 

[concord]

Even the horse was interested in the bikers.

 

[sebastiantombs]

I guess the basic rules of the road, like keep to the right, don't ride abreast, yield to faster traffic, don't apply to bicyclists in your neck of the woods. Here that would have turned into multiple slices of road pizza.

 

[lulu5kamz]

I guess the basic rules of the road, like keep to the right, don't ride abreast, yield to faster traffic, don't apply to bicyclists in your neck of the woods. Here that would have turned into multiple slices of road pizza.

I would estimate that most bike riders keep to the right and stay in the bike lanes. Occasionally, large groups of riders use that road. The signs are there to protect the riders, as this road goes around a hill. So they can use the full lane if they need to. Once you get to the other side of that hill, the road gets wider and bike riders have to stay in the bike lanes.

 

[sebastiantombs]

Sure. I guess that's why they were riding in the opposing traffic lane then. They displayed no respect for the basic rules of the road for almost the entire video. No excuses for that. We get a lot of cyclists and groups of cyclists on our street, a fairly narrow unmarked two lane street. They move to single file when a vehicle approaces from either direction and do not, deliberately, block traffic like that group did.

 

[handinpalm]

I have to agree with Seb. I am a cyclist, but those half wits give everyone a bad name. Some of them deserved to be run over.

 

[samplenhold]

Santa had to walk from about half way up. There were a couple of guys that were on the wrong side of the road and pulled wheelies right in front of the cars coming down the hill. The first one looked like he hit the car with his front tire?

 

[vandyman]

A couple horn blasts from my pickup truck would have cured the bikers in the wrong lane.

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[Oceanslider]

A couple horn blasts from my pickup truck would have cured the bikers in the wrong lane.

I didn't know you have a car horn that sounds exactly like an extremely loud submachine gun?

 

[lulu5kamz]

Even the horse was interested in the bikers.

You are right. That large tree blocks the view, but the horse has a clear view of the street from behind it's fence.

 

[Xeddog]

A couple horn blasts from my pickup truck would have cured the bikers in the wrong lane.

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In Commiefornia, the sunsabitches would start daring you to do something.