RANT! damn hippy biker parade on van ness

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Old Sep 29, 2012 | 02:00 AM
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RANT! damn hippy biker parade on van ness

Don't know what the **** was going on, but I was stuck at an intersection for 15 minutes as a hug train of obnoxious hippy bikers were running the red lights. a few of bunch would park their bikes in front of cars at the intersection while waving and smiling WHILE smack talking. there were THOUSANDS of these a$$hats, and traffic was backed up for blocks when i poked my head out of my window.

smh smh

as someone who biked for 4 years in college at UC davis, bicyclists in the city are the ****ing worst.
Old Sep 29, 2012 | 02:26 AM
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Critical Mass bro.

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Old Sep 29, 2012 | 05:10 AM
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That's what you get for having a liberal mayor who let stuff like this go on...

I saw one news report showing an SFPD telling a driver that he should have known better to drive on the last Friday of each month.

Sigh.... that's why I hate that city so much...
Old Sep 29, 2012 | 06:36 AM
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When I lived in Chicago we'd have to sit and wait for the drawbridges. First world problems.

Be thankful at least some of those bikers don't bring their car every day.

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Old Sep 29, 2012 | 11:06 AM
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Let's raise awareness about driving with cyclists on the road by being a bunch of jackasses wheee
Old Sep 29, 2012 | 11:18 AM
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Originally Posted by eastbaysubaru
Critical Mass bro.

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Old Sep 29, 2012 | 11:32 AM
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^^I was going to post that.

(Skip to 0:55 BTW)


This kind of bike **** is super annoying though. Sharing the road applies for both parties.
Old Sep 29, 2012 | 12:24 PM
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Speaking of which, has anybody seen what the city did with the parking on JFK Dr in Golden Gate Park near the museums? They were concerned about parked cars opening their doors and hitting bicyclists on the bicycle lane.

So a couple months ago they decided to move the parking to near the middle of the road, and moving the bike lane to the curb (essentially they reversed the bike lane and parking). This made it "safer" for the bicyclists, but basically made it dangerous for everyone else. The driving lane is super narrow (barely enough for a bus to go through without going over the solid white line on the right, or the double yellow line in the middle). On top of that, anybody who parked their cars and opened their doors are now in danger of getting their doors hit by a passing car. Same goes for the driver. Drivers have to swerve if someone suddenly opens their door, and the driver is now in danger of hitting oncoming traffic.

And after all that, not only is it more dangerous to drive there, there's significantly less parking space as well.
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Speaking of significantly less parking space, in SF, Oak and Fell Streets will, in a couple months (sometime in spring 2013), have 100+ parking spaces eliminated in order to accommodate a separated bike lane for both streets.
Old Sep 29, 2012 | 01:18 PM
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this was the 20th anniversary of critical mass to boot. lots of people i bet.
Old Sep 29, 2012 | 01:38 PM
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Originally Posted by TurnWRX
Speaking of which, has anybody seen what the city did with the parking on JFK Dr in Golden Gate Park near the museums? They were concerned about parked cars opening their doors and hitting bicyclists on the bicycle lane.

So a couple months ago they decided to move the parking to near the middle of the road, and moving the bike lane to the curb (essentially they reversed the bike lane and parking). This made it "safer" for the bicyclists, but basically made it dangerous for everyone else. The driving lane is super narrow (barely enough for a bus to go through without going over the solid white line on the right, or the double yellow line in the middle). On top of that, anybody who parked their cars and opened their doors are now in danger of getting their doors hit by a passing car. Same goes for the driver. Drivers have to swerve if someone suddenly opens their door, and the driver is now in danger of hitting oncoming traffic.

And after all that, not only is it more dangerous to drive there, there's significantly less parking space as well.
Wow that's really stupid...bicycle rights!
Old Sep 29, 2012 | 01:40 PM
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Originally Posted by TurnWRX
Speaking of significantly less parking space, in SF, Oak and Fell Streets will, in a couple months (sometime in spring 2013), have 100+ parking spaces eliminated in order to accommodate a separated bike lane for both streets.
And that's really stupid as well..where is everyone supposed to park?

Reminds me of that portlandia scene...bicycle rights!
Old Sep 29, 2012 | 01:41 PM
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Dirty Hippies!
Old Sep 30, 2012 | 06:46 PM
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man i love riding my bike but these things realllllllly tick me off, bike party here in san jose is a bunch of bull crap also.
Old Sep 30, 2012 | 06:49 PM
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I hate people who over think their "right of way" No ****ing joke.. once Lady runs into street without stopping at crosswalk to check, and then I had to slam on brakes and she gave me the "WTF" look... -.-

Asshats who abuse their right of way, need to be killed with fire.



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