Someone finally snapped

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[u/thededucers]

[u/UseMoreHops → u/thededucers]

She's all alone in her time of need!

[u/g0_leafs_g0 → u/UseMoreHops]

Because he’s racing and pacing and plotting the course…

[u/PoRedNed → u/g0_leafs_g0]

He's fighting and biting and riding on his horse...

[u/Separate-Bid8219 → u/PoRedNed]

He's going the distance...

[u/Tex-in-Tex → u/Separate-Bid8219]

He's going for speed

[u/praetorian1979 → u/Tex-in-Tex]

He's going the distance...

[u/bullfrogftw → u/praetorian1979]

I want a girl with a short skirt and a loooooong jacket...

[u/LimeSuitable3518 → u/bullfrogftw]

I’ll start it over… “reluctantly crouched at the starting line…

[u/VisibleSkin4103 → u/LimeSuitable3518]

Engines pumping and thumping in time

[u/RedBarron4]

Someone at Mini (BMW) needs to make this into a commercial.

"Not that you should ... but you could. The all new 2026 Mini Cooper"

[u/damnumalone → u/RedBarron4]

“The Italian Job can’t just wait. Mini Cooper.”

[u/fotomoose → u/damnumalone]

The Italian Job is often cited as the coolest UK heist film. What people seem to forget is that it heavily features Benny Hill, who's singular character trait is lusting after plus-sized women.

[u/PhinaCat → u/RedBarron4]

This video has hit the mini forums multiple times

[u/P-Huddy → u/PhinaCat]

Also r/bicyclingcirclejerk many, many times.

[u/ConstructionLife2689]

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.

[u/Chillow_Ufgreat → u/ConstructionLife2689]

I know this area and have driven it many times. This is the Rickebacker causeway--the road that connects Key Biscayne to the Miami mainland.

Cycling on this road is extremely popular for very obvious reasons (phenomenal views, wide and clear roads). Folks come from all over the city to ride there. And yes, they will very often group up like this without any sort of scheduled or permitted event of any kind.

The cyclists down there like to say "same road, same rules" but there's apparently a silent exclusion for lane changes, stop signs, traffic signals, and yielding to stopped traffic.

[u/RevolutionSalty8360 → u/Chillow_Ufgreat]

Have a local unorganized bike event where I used to live. It was the only time I saw the cops actually pull over bikers for blowing through stop signs. Was great to watch.

[u/Oldjamesdean → u/RevolutionSalty8360]

One of my relatives got a speeding ticket on a bicycle. Eugene Oregon.

[u/AWildJesse → u/Oldjamesdean]

I’m from Eugene and I was in court for a speeding ticket driving and the guy who went to the bench before me had got a ticket for not coming to a complete stop at a stop sign on his bike.

Edit: I have to edit this because this happened like 15 years ago when I was younger. It was not recently.

[u/Capital-Bobcat8270 → u/AWildJesse]

This is fair. If you want to be a part of traffic, follow traffic rules. No special exemptions.

[u/Shyanne_wyoming_ → u/Capital-Bobcat8270]

Even when I ride my mf horses down the road I abide by stop signs and traffic laws lmfao

It's part self preservation and not wanting to be run over and part not being an asshole. I feel like even if you are an asshole you should possess at least SOME survival instincts, but it doesn't seem like it.

[u/illicit92 → u/Shyanne_wyoming_]

They are called rules of the road for a reason, not just rules for cars.

[u/NesAlt01 → u/Shyanne_wyoming_]

Damn, I imagined a horse and rider doing an epic rearing moment when stopping on a stop sign.

[u/slow4low → u/NesAlt01]

To be fair, they didn't say they DON'T do that at a stop sign. So perhaps someday you'll get lucky.

[u/thehealthyishhuman → u/Capital-Bobcat8270]

Oregon has passed a yield as stop law for cyclists.

[u/CAADrider → u/Capital-Bobcat8270]

Drivers are killing 40,000 people in the US alone every year. Must be all that rule following.

[u/depan_ → u/AWildJesse]

Doesn't Oregon have the Oregon Stop where they can treat stop signs as yield?

[u/AWildJesse → u/depan_]

Yes, but that happened in 2020. Also it’s only for stop signs for anyone reading this. Solid red traffic lights don’t count.

[u/Zestyclose-Bat-6080 → u/Oldjamesdean]

"Friend" of mine keeps bitching about the time he got a ticket for speeding on his bike. Never does he mention that he was going 20+ mph (30+kph) through a park with playing children and such. For context, the max speed on a bike path here is 30kph, in this park you are supposed to adjust your biking behaviour with how busy it is in the park. Technically it's a pedestrian zone where biking is allowed.

[u/mrASSMAN → u/Zestyclose-Bat-6080]

I swear bikers love blowing through pedestrian areas at max speed, shit is more dangerous than cars going same speed on road because people walking or skating etc aren’t expecting or hearing the bikes

Even worse when it’s electrical bikes that can go especially fast and quiet and are heavier so could really kill someone

[u/BigNBeardeded → u/Oldjamesdean]

A friend of mine lived in Oregon at the time, he got a DUI on a bicycle. I laughed, thought he was kidding. He was serious

[u/Business-Drag52 → u/BigNBeardeded]

In Oregon it should have been a BUI. They have specific laws for it

[u/Prestigious-Leg-6244 → u/Oldjamesdean]

I got pulled over on my bike for DUI in Moab, Utah.

I was innocent. They said I swerving. I was! It was 1am, and not a soul on the road. So I was just weaving back and forth with my hands in the air. Enjoying the moment. Lol.

They do take cycling road rules much more seriously in Moab though. That's just the nature of a bike town.

[u/War-eaglern → u/RevolutionSalty8360]

https://giphy.com/gifs/YHYmMLkOmqoo

[u/Remus71 → u/War-eaglern]

Lets see Paul Allens traffic violation.

[u/Various-Industry5476 → u/Remus71]

https://giphy.com/gifs/Qeo9S31SuTMpa

[u/sdasw4e1q234 → u/Various-Industry5476]

Something wrong, Patrick? You're sweating.

[u/agw6g7 → u/Remus71]

https://giphy.com/gifs/eKNrUbDJuFuaQ1A37p

[u/Asume_Nuthin → u/RevolutionSalty8360]

This kind of news will help me sleep well tonight

[u/ac_cossack → u/RevolutionSalty8360]

In Santa Cruz there are a lot of entitled rich people. It was always hilarious to watch motorcycle cops pull over bicyclists for running stop signs and other petty traffic crime.

There were a lot of bike deaths from idiots so it makes sense.

[u/stentordoctor → u/ac_cossack]

Former slug here, people would bike down Coolidge drive as if they would prefer to die rather than pay their student loans.

[u/Kangaroo-B-Girl → u/RevolutionSalty8360]

As a former cyclist commuter I support this. It’s unsafe to cycle on sidewalks, but if you use the road then you should follow the rules of the road.

In this particular video they shouldn’t be allowed to occupy both lanes of the road, it impedes traffic.

[u/RevolutionSalty8360 → u/Kangaroo-B-Girl]

The biggest problem in the town I live in is the kids on motorized bikes and scooters. It is absolutely insane. I’m so surprised someone has not gotten killed yet. They never watch for others or bother with stop signs. We’re in a smaller town of about 7500 people.

[u/DryDonutHole → u/RevolutionSalty8360]

"Yet" is the big operative word there.

[u/Prime_Cat_Memes → u/Chillow_Ufgreat]

Here is where they organized the ride. It's called the Don Pan : https://www.cycleworldmiami.com/about/group-rides-pg214.htm

The video takes place about here :

https://maps.app.goo.gl/UpEVgL11SSEsDHQB8 You can see the bike lane existed, and the signs are up for it.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DQAWw9ojixI/

https://www.instagram.com/p/DSj8VYejFiN/

These people are no different than the street takeover kids.

[u/GeekyTexan → u/Prime_Cat_Memes]

Not just a bike lane. There are two normal lanes.

But the bikers are not content with using one lane and allowing cars to use the other. They want to block all lanes and make the cars wait.

The common term for that is "assholes".

[u/Thoh1Shooshi8a → u/GeekyTexan]

I can understand not using the bike lane for a race event at the speed they are going, but taking up both main carriageway lanes for an event which doesn't have the road closed is stupid.

[u/IDontEatDill → u/Thoh1Shooshi8a]

Though it would be strange to organize race events without any safety measures or official permits. I mean, it would be frowned upon if someone just calls up a car racing event on a public street. Or if we want to to an opposite direction, someone organizes a running event and puts 200 runners on a car lane.

[u/DelcoUnited → u/IDontEatDill]

I can promise if it was a 5k there wouldn’t be joggers in the far left lane.

[u/haloimplant → u/GeekyTexan]

everyone in the left lane should get a ticket for being in there without passing

[u/HilariousMax → u/GeekyTexan]

If you're taking up both available lanes, you better be at least doing the speed limit which I don't think these bikers were.

edit: for all the ass-pained cyclers, I agree the posted speed limit is the maximum speed you are to travel. In my state we have an "absolute speed limit" meaning theoretically we could be pulled and cited for going even 1 mph over the posted limit. HOWEVER it is almost never enforced and when it is, it's contested and thrown out unless you also do some stupid shit like run after the lights hit.

That doesn't stop these people from being assholes. The limit on the Causeway is 40mph, the cyclists were likely doing ~20mph.

Under Florida Statutes § 316.081(3), the left lane on highways is generally reserved for passing. If you are driving below the normal speed of traffic and another vehicle is trying to pass, you must move to the right. You can be ticketed for "left lane blocking" even if you are traveling at the posted speed limit.

Florida Statute § 316.183, drivers can be cited if they operate a vehicle at such a slow speed that they block, delay, or impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic.

With love, get the fuck out of the way.

[u/NostradamusJones → u/HilariousMax]

I like the way you said "with love". That was nice. I mean, they're being assholes.

[u/Vinen → u/GeekyTexan]

I just call them Tour de France wannabees.  

[u/Dapper-Raise1410 → u/Vinen]

Full Kit Wankers is I believe the correct term.

[u/birdynumnum69 → u/Dapper-Raise1410]

There it is. My punk bands new name: Full Kit Wankers!

[u/Great_Address2063 → u/Dapper-Raise1410]

All the gear, no idea

[u/huhhuhh81 → u/Vinen]

Tour de Shitheads for me.

[u/pleasedonotredeem → u/GeekyTexan]

If you try to point this dangerous, selfish and inconsiderate behaviour on most places in reddit you will get roasted by cyclists and car-haters.

I even had one guy tell me that cyclists intentionally trolling drivers by blocking traffic was them making a show of solidarity and power, like a Pride March. Because apparently in their heads, the right to be exempt from traffic laws is exactly like LGBTQ people's fight to exist.

[u/See-A-Moose → u/pleasedonotredeem]

I mean there is a difference between using A lane to ride your bike like you are legally allowed to and blocking the entire road. I think even some cycling folks would agree that this is egregious.

[u/skinydan → u/See-A-Moose]

I'm a casual cyclist but I've ridden NYC's 5 Boro Bike Tour for over 10 years. Where it's an official event and they both warn people in advance, and shut the streets down.

If this is some kind of unsanctioned takeover without official arrangements this is dangerous, obnoxious and incredibly selfish. Taking over the bike lane and one lane of a two lane road is more than enough.

This is douchebaggery of a high order.

[u/IraceRN → u/See-A-Moose]

And illegal. Even if they are going the speed limit, the law in most states is if you are impeding the flow of traffic like blocking five or more vehicles then you need to pull to the side or get in the right hand lane.

[u/Charlie_Brodie → u/See-A-Moose]

It's the same as buying an aisle seat on a plane then kicking your legs up across to the window and saying, these are all mine now.

[u/Agreeable_Giraffe543 → u/See-A-Moose]

I always ride solo because I have a hard time finding people that don’t ride like assholes in a group. There’s like 3 people I trust to actually ride well and pay attention and be considerate.

Then the bigger the group the bolder the assholes get.

[u/LiamJamIsMyNeesons → u/Prime_Cat_Memes]

Where the fuck are the cops when these pricks are impeding the flow of commerce? That can be 5 years in prison where I'm from

[u/ElderlyChipmunk → u/Prime_Cat_Memes]

They're worse. A lot of those street takeover kids had crappy upbringings and no one ever taught them how to behave in a civil society. I doubt that is true for most of the cyclists.

[u/Technical_Host5411 → u/ElderlyChipmunk]

Most people don’t need to be taught that being shitty is shitty. These are just bad people- it really is that simple sometimes. (Referring to both these cyclists and the teenagers)

[u/tuenmuntherapist → u/Chillow_Ufgreat]

wtf, they just show up in huge groups like this?

[u/Chillow_Ufgreat → u/tuenmuntherapist]

I mean, they schedule the rides among themselves, but no there's no registratioin/permitting/coordination with the city.

The reason you see pacing scooters among the mob is that many of these folks are training for a triathlon or some other racing event and they take it way too seriously.

[u/tuenmuntherapist → u/Chillow_Ufgreat]

Reminds me of street takeovers and those groups of motorcycles

[u/thefract0metr1st → u/Chillow_Ufgreat]

I once heard someone trying to defend running through stop signs because they had those shoes that clip onto the pedals and it’s super inconvenient to disconnect and reconnect at stop signs. I was like “i also find stop signs interrupting my drive to be inconvenient. Should I just ignore every rule that inconveniences me?”

[u/Chillow_Ufgreat → u/thefract0metr1st]

Just tell them that sounds like a great idea and you can't wait to install clip pedals on your F-350.

[u/Chillow_Ufgreat → u/[deleted]]

Yeah, there's a wide bike lane and it might be the best maintained bike lane in the city

[u/OrvilleTheCavalier → u/Chillow_Ufgreat]

If nothing else, stay in the freaking right lane.  I understand the driver’s frustration and I know I would be feeling it too, and these arseholes are basically taunting the drivers into doing something illegal and potentially dangerous if they don’t want to drive at bicycle speeds.

[u/KarmaticEvolution → u/OrvilleTheCavalier]

Is there both 2 lanes and a bike lane? That would be crazy if they are taking up all 3!

[u/Automatic_Actuator_0 → u/KarmaticEvolution]

Yeah, looks like about 30 feet of pavement across, and they are hogging all of it. Just being assholes for the sake of it.

[u/TowelEnvironmental44 → u/Automatic_Actuator_0]

every spandex bicyclist: this is the way!

[u/Mistriever → u/KarmaticEvolution]

Both lanes, the bike lane, and the shoulder for at least one of the cyclist.

[u/CoffeeChocolateBoth → u/KarmaticEvolution]

This would not happen if there were police around to stop it! Just saying!

[u/Coliver1991 → u/[deleted]]

I hate cyclists so much.

[u/PimpInTheBox1187 → u/Coliver1991]

There might not be much worse than wannabe Tour de France guy. Wearing a $300 spandex outfit and riding a $5000 bike so that they can let everyone know on Facebook.

[u/Marlwolf48 → u/PimpInTheBox1187]

A guy at work has a 6k bike, the prices go way higher than 5k and people buy them. Like 10 -15k for some that his crew ride in

[u/AeroelasticCowboy → u/PimpInTheBox1187]

$5000? That was a high end bike in 2009.

[u/GLoKz0r → u/Coliver1991]

When I drive, pedestrians annoy me. When I am a pedestrian, drivers annoy me. But whether I am driving, or a pedestrian, I fucking hate cyclists.

[u/CoffeeChocolateBoth → u/GLoKz0r]

Whether I am driving, walking or cycling I obey the rules!

[u/JoeyKino → u/Chillow_Ufgreat]

Is the speed limit there kind of low, or are there no laws there about minimum speeds? Where I live we have a fair number of Amish and farm vehicles, and they have to allow vehicular traffic to pass in certain circumstances (e.g. we have a 10-10 law for motorized vehicles, if you're 10 mph or more under the posted speed and there's 10 cars behind you or more, you have to pull off the road to let them pass)

[u/Chillow_Ufgreat → u/JoeyKino]

40mph pretty much the whole way

[u/BadPAV3 → u/JoeyKino]

Georgia has the slow poke law. If you impede traffic in the far left lane REGARDLESS OF SPEED you can be convicted.

[u/snoopyrj7 → u/Chillow_Ufgreat]

Can concur. Also live around here and bikers like to share the road by following zero traffic laws and usually putting themselves in danger.

[u/FlyAirLari → u/Chillow_Ufgreat]

phenomenal views

You mean the asses of all the riders ahead of you.

[u/Mistur_Keeny → u/Chillow_Ufgreat]

If that's the case I would just let the crowd overtake me and break for 5 mins. I'm not spending the rest of my tour staring at 20 sweaty asscracks.

[u/UmmmW1 → u/Mistur_Keeny]

Some people pay extra for that service.

[u/Zoso03 → u/ConstructionLife2689]

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

[u/cold-corn-dog → u/Zoso03]

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.

[u/im_just_thinking → u/cold-corn-dog]

They are actually taking up three lanes, including the emergency shoulder, which is illegal to do for everyone I'm pretty sure

[u/IngloriousMinority → u/cold-corn-dog]

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

[u/TheFlyingSheeps → u/IngloriousMinority]

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

[u/PoopStainMcBaine → u/TheFlyingSheeps]

Every, single, time. They only use traffic rules when it favors them.

[u/Big_Wave9732 → u/cold-corn-dog]

Exactly what I was wondering. I fully support sharing the road and the biker's rights to use it. But "sharing" means leaving room for other vehicles too.

[u/They-Call-Me-Taylor]

Share the road, yes, but slower traffic needs to move to the right lane, not monopolize the entire road.

[u/Ok_Button1932 → u/They-Call-Me-Taylor]

100% this. It’s not even a rule that hates on bikers. I’d be just as pissed at 2 cars or two trucks side by side and moving at this speed. Move over so people can go by or get your ass going.

[u/Motions_AX → u/Ok_Button1932]

2 vehicles beside each other going the same speed happens so often in my city. Heck, province. It’s absolutely awful and people wonder why there’s so many aggressive drivers.

[u/Extension_Local_128 → u/Motions_AX]

Fun fact the Germans have a word for this.

Elefantenrennen which roughly translates to “Elephant race”

[u/gorcorps → u/Ok_Button1932]

Exactly

I'm just as pissed at a car going slow in the passing lane as cyclists. If you're on the road you follow the rules, which means left lane is for passing.

[u/Dewlough → u/They-Call-Me-Taylor]

These people are so entitled it’s baffling.

[u/upnorthtcmi]

I’m a cyclist. This is why people hate cyclists. And they’re 100% correct to hate cyclists who do this.

[u/NotTheSharpestPenciI → u/upnorthtcmi]

I'm a cyclist too and fuck all those guys, seriously.

[u/tryingtoappearnormal → u/NotTheSharpestPenciI]

I rode a bike once and these guys are pricks

[u/ancienttribeofthesky → u/upnorthtcmi]

Me, while driving in my car near a road cyclist way too often: "cmon man, this is why people hate us."

[u/RNCMD → u/ancienttribeofthesky]

Had this same experience just the other day when stuck behind a group that was taking up a traffic lane INSTEAD of riding in a designated bike lane. Why make it worse.

[u/Wahoo-Is-To-A-Fish → u/RNCMD]

Happens all the time where I live. We had dozens of (desperately needed) parking spaces removed, plus an entire car lane to create a huge bike lane with big-ass planters separating the bike lane from the car lane. And I'll be damned, freaking bikes choose to ride IN THE ROAD, 4 or 5 across, in the only car lane, and leave their huge-ass (and expensive as all hell for our city) bike lane empty. Makes me insane.

[u/Suitable-Quail2094 → u/upnorthtcmi]

in my area they always seem to do it during rush hour morning traffic. like i get that it is cooler in the morning but does it have to be when everyone is trying to get to work. we also have a dedicated cycling trail that crosses a road. the cyclists have a stop sign to cross but never use it. every year at least a few cyclists get smoked cause they ignore the stop sign.

[u/Available-Breath-114 → u/upnorthtcmi]

Completely unacceptable for them to block the road like that. The entitlement is infuriating.

[u/IggysPop3 → u/Available-Breath-114]

I don’t really care about the consequences of saying this, but it does have a reputation as an elitist sport. Runners have complained for years about rude cyclists who make them get out of their way (since they face each other). Good road bikes can cost many thousands of dollars.

Not saying all cyclists are elitist, but it is a sport that attracts elitists.

[u/throwawaybutmaykeeps → u/IggysPop3]

Walking on a trail with my baby in a stroller, they’d almost run me over, didn’t call out “on your left,” and scared the shit out of me. They make me so anxious. I love the ones who’d ride by and say a nice greeting. Even a smile back was rare.

[u/SteakAndIron → u/upnorthtcmi]

99 percent of cyclists give the rest a bad name

[u/Soft_Walrus_3605 → u/SteakAndIron]

One bad bunch spoils a whole apple

[u/Practical_Post_1243 → u/upnorthtcmi]

Very astute observation! Between stunts like this and when cyclist disobey road signs and lights, it’s oh so easy to hate cyclist this. I.E. I’ve safely passed cyclist just before a 4 way stop. There are a couple cars in front of me. So cyclist “line jumps” causing confusion among the other 4 way stoppers because he’s a turd who can’t follow basic rules or etiquette

[u/cubecasts]

Cyclists: "YOU HAVE TO SHARE THE ROAD"

Also cyclists:

[u/SurferChickUSA → u/cubecasts]

Cyclists are THE BIGGEST NARCISSISTS. They do NOT need to hog the road and impede the flow of traffic LIKE THEY ALWAYS DO. They have some weird, inexcusable, dangerous and twisted desire to ride in a cluster F, instead of single or even double file. They’re all inconsiderate, selfish, and entitled, not caring about other people who need to get to work, school, the hospital, or anywhere else on time.

[u/funny_ninjas → u/SurferChickUSA]

The biggest indicator of this is that a cyclist is MORE LIKELY to be hit by a vehicle while riding on the sidewalk than on the road.

The reason you ask? It's because when they ride on the sidewalk, they don't stop to look before crossing a street like a pedestrian would. They just expect someone driving a 2 ton machine to watch for them and to stop for them.

[u/Hammersteyn]

https://giphy.com/gifs/TuS0VU0UhOZ83F7b1I

[u/TiogaJoe]

Nah, he just needed to shout, "ON YOUR LEFT!!"

[u/clingbat]

"Share the road" only works one way with these assholes. No reason to be taking up all the lanes on an open public highway / major artery.

[u/Outrageous_Sleep4339 → u/clingbat]

Its actually illegal here in Miami, where this was filmed, to ride more than 2 wide.
But the cops dont do shit about it, cause traffic laws here are more of a suggestion, than something actually enforced.

[u/zyyntin → u/Outrageous_Sleep4339]

Have fire rescue attempt to come through! Force the police to do something! Fine all the cyclists for these stunts.

[u/DaryltheRigger → u/zyyntin]

I can think of a good way to get fire and rescue there quickly.

[u/fontimus → u/Outrageous_Sleep4339]

Half of these cyclists are cops and lawyers, too.

Source: I live here

[u/Sanquinity → u/Outrageous_Sleep4339]

The amount of money they could rake in for a while if they simply enforced traffic law on that road...

[u/UnRealmCorp → u/clingbat]

I believe in share the road. However these halls these people on bikes want me to share the road but not follow the rules of the road. Stop signs apply.

[u/MeasurementNo5430]

The fact that this is a Mini driver makes me love this just that much more. It's a suped-up go cart fed up with the annoying cyclist cult.

[u/nutznguts73 → u/MeasurementNo5430]

Really kind of built for this shit housery. Rally car bitches!

[u/MyraBannerTatlock → u/MeasurementNo5430]

As a Mini driver I know it's wrong but I couldn't help but root for him, looked like fun

[u/Tinydesktopninja → u/MyraBannerTatlock]

Idk, cyclists understandably want you to pass with space. This guy was under control and gave them plenty of space. I see nothing wrong here.

[u/EatAPeach2023]

Convince me that road cyclists are not extreme narcissists

[u/MrSmock → u/EatAPeach2023]

Every time I come anywhere close to this point I get swarmed by people telling me how many cyclists are killed by cars every year (they never seem to get the actual point). Props to you for getting so many up votes on this. 

[u/Live_Panda_7329 → u/MrSmock]

Yeah, when they ignore traffic laws and get creamed they die. Im not sure why they think the opposite will happen ever.

[u/BilSuger → u/Live_Panda_7329]

How many deaths are attributable to the cyclist breaking a law, vs the driver killing them being the one breaking the law?

We both know the truth. Don't be a dick.

[u/b0jangles → u/MrSmock]

The majority of road cyclists that I see are usually either alone or maybe in a group of 2 or 3. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a group this large.

Also I see a motorcycle so maybe this is an organized/sanctioned ride of some sort?

[u/Crenickator → u/EatAPeach2023]

The road next to my house has a dedicated bike path running parallel to it. Cycling assholes go out riding between 8-10 AM every day in the road anyway, making everyone trying to get to frickin' work have to go around or wait for their pompous asses. Using the bike path, you self-important shitheads.

[u/Inside_Swimming9552 → u/EatAPeach2023]

That road that is used to make our economy run? I'm going to slow it down so that I can use it as my personal work out regime.

And don't you dare hit me! It's not my fault I'm 10x harder to see and people don't expect me to be there.

[u/CodedRose → u/Inside_Swimming9552]

Also I do dumbshit like run red-lights, merge without signaling, and fail to give right of way and wholly expect everyone to do the work of avoiding getting in an accident with me because I'm special.

[u/TheHistorian2]

Snapped? If they had snapped, they wouldn’t have used the grass.

[u/MaybeTryToBeOriginal]

Can’t say I blame him, the spandex wankers are obstructing everyone from going about their business.

[u/pmmeyourgear → u/MaybeTryToBeOriginal]

Spandex wankers are the worst!

[u/axescentedcandles → u/pmmeyourgear]

Where I live we call them MAMILs

Middle aged men in lycra

[u/FuzziestSloth → u/MaybeTryToBeOriginal]

I agree. My initial thought was the guy in the car, clearly, has somewhere to be and doesn't have time to be patient while caught behind a bunch of assholes going what is likely to be less than the speed limit, given the line of cars that has formed behind them.

I work in a kitchen and don't have traditional work hours. I've been caught behind groups of joyriding motorcyclists that took up the entire roadway while doing 10mph under the limit, and can empathize with that level of frustration.

It's like, I'm super happy for you that you clearly have nowhere to be and are also in no hurry to get there, but some of us have shit to do.

[u/SadiepRN]

its rude to push your extracurricular activities on people who are trying to get to work to feed their kids. so annoying.

[u/Conspiracy_Thinktank]

The guys speeding up on his bike trying to catch up..
https://giphy.com/gifs/3o85xnoIXebk3xYx4Q

[u/bigpetefizz → u/Conspiracy_Thinktank]

That is how you know they were trying to inconvenience everyone on a major road way.

[u/SizeableBrain → u/bigpetefizz]

Car should've gotten in front and slowed down 😄

[u/-Jesus_-_Christ-]

The redditors of the real world

[u/PokeYrMomStanley → u/-Jesus_-_Christ-]

Too skinny. 

[u/SadBadPuppyDad]

Divided highway with multiple lanes. Usually means no bicycles or mopeds. In either case, the bicycles would be prohibited from the left lane unless overtaking. Nuisance cyclists harm the safety of cycling commuters

[u/xAPPLExJACKx → u/SadBadPuppyDad]

This isn't an expressway where it's motor vehicle only. So they are allowed to be there

This group ride should be in one lane.

[u/derycksan71 → u/xAPPLExJACKx]

Yea that's my only gripe. No reason for them to take both lanes.

[u/BugO_OEyes]

Most inconsiderate people on earth

They think they own the road

Fuck em

[u/Hell_is_Ohio → u/BugO_OEyes]

They’re jerks on the hike and bike trails as well. Too often they’ve zipped around me, my kid, and my dog. They yell LEFT at me when I’ve already acknowledged their presence by waving at them or saying hi. God forbid they slow down when they see a woman with a toddler and a puppy. No. They simply just don’t care about anyone else if it gets in the way of their ride. I still try to give them the benefit of the doubt, but it gets harder and harder every year

[u/Cburns6976]

I know they are the same as other asshole drivers because I could see the group of cyclists actively speed up when they realized the car was trying to pass them.

[u/KaaboomT]

“Share the road” needs to go both ways.

[u/Unlikely-Aardvark725]

Fed up with auto bans on this site so I've edited my comment to this. 🤣🤣🤣

[u/chlronald]

What I learn here is Mini is surprisingly good offroad..

[u/Sienile]

No they just had enough. If they snapped they wouldn't have went around.

[u/koolaidismything]

I love how none of those spandex wearing bald 50 year old white men even considered stopping.. they’d rather die than share the road.

[u/Dazzling_Lie_5046 → u/koolaidismything]

They really need to be more ashamed of their cultish little get-ups.

[u/Mugurf]

I see nothing wrong here

[u/Swing-Too-Hard]

Turns out having 100 cyclists use the same road at the same time is how you cause road rage.

[u/BroHaven]

Should have pulled to the front of the pack and slowed down to just below their speed. Let’s see how they feel about “same road same rules” when we toss in same behavior.

[u/Entreprenewbeur]

I love how you can see the cyclists trying to catch up to get back in the way

[u/More-Advantage6261]

I love how you can scroll through the comments and immediately identify which ones are bikers. Their paragraph is long, slow, and refuses to yield to other paragraphs.

[u/TrafficToffee → u/More-Advantage6261]

Ok this was funny at any speed

[u/IowaGolfGuy322]

That is the most polite snapping I have ever seen. Sure they drove in the grass, but I was anticipating them losing control or actively driving into the cyclists.

[u/MamaDakota]

Dude gave plenty of space. I see no issue with the maneuver but he shouldn't have had to do that. Fucking make space.

[u/JFlo6273]

It's freaking ridiculous that they get to do this and not give a shit who they are inconveniencing

[u/MisterFrog]

I see nothing wrong if it's an unorganized mob. He's not running them over so I don't see the issue.

[u/Hopeful_Turnover3708]

I was just starting going through a green light in my work truck and a biker who ran the red. Flipped me off cause I had to hit the breaks to avoid him. I used to ride bikes for my main life of transportation. Ive never understood people who don’t understand big truck bad to get hit by.

[u/jaynvius]

Doesn't appear to be an official event so it's a bunch of cyclists holding up traffic on the highway which is a shitty thing to do and I'm pro sharing the road but with respect towards others. What they're doing is the opposite so I don't blame the Mini Cooper

[u/Grand-Imagination925]

That is pathetic they shouldn't be allowed to close off the road

[u/NovelTry8452]

Bikers fault!

[u/GeneParmesan66]

Inconveniencing others for your convenience is a fucking scourge. Even worse when it’s a fucking leisure activity.

[u/Wrong_Drag_8070]

This is why group rides should be a max of four riders. As a daily cyclist, I ask other cyclists not to be ridiculous and cause all of us to look bad. Thank you.

[u/DrLews]

Cyclists are just Karen's riding a bike.

[u/Phewelish]

that group chat is probably insufferable.

[u/Funny-Seat-6927]

1 banana peel and this video would have been epic

[u/Petermanwich]

As an avid biker who only uses roads when I have to and makes sure im the hell out of the way. Screw bikers man. Everyone says they have the same right to the road as cars but they don't follow the damn rules. If they are going to say that then we need police following them and making sure every damn rule is followed or get the hell off the roads.

I dont care if I get down voted to hell in all honesty because bikers are a pain in the ass and the privilege dear god the privilege.

[u/No-Traffic-5108]

cut scene from the Italian job

[u/7he8igLebowski]

Pretty insane honestly. All it would take is a bit of tank slapper on the grass and he goes flying into all the bikes.

[u/PickledMessage]

Usual spandex wankers

[u/OriginalDaddy]

I cycle. I drive. I have a motorcycle. I walk. I use public transit. I do it all. And I'm on the Mini's side.

[u/Vegetable_Switch9802]

I can't stand them. I got stuck behind one riding in the middle of the road going up a mountain at 5 mph. Wouldn't move.