I was in a cycle lane yesterday (about 4 foot wide minimum) and admittingly I was going up the wrong way because there wasn’t one on the other side which would have meant I was ridiing in full traffic.
Anyway this roadie gives me a full-blown verbal attack++++
I thought we were supposed to look out for each other…no?
No. When you’re on your bike, you’re on your own. Don’t expect anything from anyone.
did he call you a salmon?
hang on you were riding the wrong way in a bike lane and it came as a shock that you copped a mouthful?
Sorry, but I agree, I wouldn’t have necessarily yelled, but would have said something.
no surprises here. ever tried driving the wrong way down a one-way street? same thing here. kinda dangerous.
and yeh, don’t expect special favours from other cyclists. not everyone wants a part in cyclist solidarity.
I suppose you had to be there but point taken
‘I was only below the hard-deck for a matter of seconds, there was no
danger, I took the shot!’
This morning I rode past two or three ambulances and at least two or three cyclists on the ground. It was one of those Copenhagen lane things on a hill (Kew Boulie). I don’t know any details, and perhaps I’m speculating, so please no one hold me to it, but I’m pretty sure the cause of the accident had to do with someone been in the wrong lane whilst overtaking…
Riding in the wrong direction of the lane can obviously cause grave injury. Maybe not the best way for the guy to try and tell you this, but he’s not wrong.
below the hard deck does not count mav
You’re everyone’s problem. That’s because every time you go up in the bike lane, you’re unsafe. I don’t like you because you’re dangerous.
thats right super market of love, i am dangerous
hard deck my ass, we nailed that son of a bitch! homoerotic towel clad high fives all round
Roadie rage.
Saw a guy on a green bike, salmonning in Elizabeth St this arvo who almost took out three schoolgirls that didn’t see him coming.
You mean Yarra Bvd, south of the Eastern Fwy?
Yes. That is what I meant.
Dan you make the best posts!..Top Gun brilliance…
I usually give a salmon a raised eyebrow or perhaps a “dude seriously” if they’re particularly clueless, but then I can be somewhat liberal (though not reckless - had too many prangs to still feel invincible) with road rules here and there myself. This in turn has attracted the odd earful from a Very Proper Bicyclist. Once a VPB, 50+, pulls up next to me at a light on St Kilda Rd, his awesome sit-up Camry-cycle festooned with lights and flags and satchels and him looking for all the world like an escaped pedobear. Had a crack at me for defiling an empty ped-xing further back and then spanked me for having no concern for “our image” … like riding around sitting bolt upright looking like you’re a Catholics priest with pockets full of candy for little girls is a an image I’d want to be associated with. Besides that I don’t think our “image” could get any worse to be frank. Cars don’t notice you unless they think you’re in their way or doing something illegal - you’re either a nuisance (even in a bike lane) or a fricking criminal.
As for us looking out for each other, I don’t see that happening. I’ve had more than the occasional look down the nose from mobile billboards especially - I mean, roadies - so I’m used to it. Rode a bmx until my spine couldn’t take it and copped more than a fair share from the Tour de Lance crowd just, it seems, for existing. But hey, raise the issue that it’s maybe a bit rude for their peloton to coast four-wide down Beaconsfield Pde in Saturday morning traffic and check the response you get … ok I’ll stop cocking on about it now 