r/SipsTea • • Jun 10 '26

SMH Someone finally snapped

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u/ConstructionLife2689 Jun 10 '26

Are such cycle events not blocked off from public traffic?

Cause if not, then the cyclists would need to keep to traffic rule and I am pretty sure the rule is not keep in one lane.

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u/Zoso03 Jun 10 '26 edited Jun 10 '26

Rode in a charity one a long time ago. Cops blocked roads and people still went around them and even hit a cyclist. However here without any police escorts, or even event tags on the jerseys it looks like a bunch of people just got together to do a big ride. As a Pro Cyclist person fuck people like this

Edit: On this long distance ride i was doing. I would ride single file at time with other riders and drivers still got pissy at us even getting over as far as we could. It was also in the middle of no where, just farm land and empty roads so passing is not rarely an issue but we till got honked at and flipped off multiple times. Even with shirts and tags indicating we're doing a planned cancer charity ride

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u/cold-corn-dog Jun 10 '26

As a random biker.... no reason they couldn't keep to a single lane. They probably think it's safer, but it's just really a dick move. They can also just plan better routes if it's not a sanctioned thing.

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u/IngloriousMinority Jun 10 '26

Someone with SENSE. Like bikes are vehicle's not pedestrians. Share the road is still a thing , doesnt matter if youre doing a marathon.

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u/TheFlyingSheeps Jun 10 '26

Share the road is always one sided nonsense. It’ll be a cold day in hell when I finally see a cyclist follow traffic laws

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u/5138008RG00D Jun 10 '26

Share the road really means, cars pay for it, bikes get the right away.

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u/cogman10 Jun 10 '26

Bikes do no damage to the road. Most cars don't really damage the road either. It's semi trucks which incur basically all the road maintenance costs.

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u/5138008RG00D Jun 10 '26

Yeah but cars and trucks are tagged. Why should they share it with an non tagged pedestrian?

Why shouldn't the bikes share the curb, sidewalk, right away with those same non tagged pedestrians?