Cracker! Seriously!

[Dickie]

To answer a few questions. The other rider was non-caucasian (thanks PC Tim), then again compared to me everyone is. He was riding a Tommaso not a Tommasini but how that matters besides a few thousand dollars I am not sure. I did some reading into the origin of the word and there are many explanations and abuses of the term which pretty much all of you brought up. I am convinced however, based on his tone and glare that the term was used as a racial slur (incorrectly), suggesting I was a typical wealthy white dude riding a predictable bike. The fact that he had to nudge by me at the light with no warning or even a greeting suggested to me he had a “I’ll show you” attitude which he tried to display by leaving me (illegally) in the dust. He might have also interpreted my chuckle as me judging his gear, when really I was judging his actions….. lesson here… don’t judge. Big issue now is accepting my cracker bike…. Geez, I had just dealt with being elite!

[baiskeli]

@Dickie 42766 wrote:

To answer a few questions. The other rider was non-caucasian (thanks PC Tim), then again compared to me everyone is. He was riding a Tommaso not a Tommasini but how that matters besides a few thousand dollars I am not sure. I did some reading into the origin of the word and there are many explanations and abuses of the term which pretty much all of you brought up. I am convinced however, based on his tone and glare that the term was used as a racial slur (incorrectly), suggesting I was a typical wealthy white dude riding a predictable bike.

“Cracker bike” is essentially black slang for “ELITE cyclist.” So you were dissed, badly. Sorry.

[GuyContinental]

He didn’t have pink tires did he?

http://www.arlnow.com/2013/01/31/man-who-fought-thief-for-bike-says-he-had-the-last-laugh/

It would be funnier if it wasn’t 150′ from my house…

[baiskeli]

@Bilsko 42762 wrote:

Warning – this site, of bicycle component failures, is *not* for the kiddies or weak of stomach or anyone who likes bicylces. (Not gore, just lots of broken bike parts). Seriously, unless you want a serious buzzkill for your Thursday, don’t go there.

Didn’t take me long to find the most harrowing squirrel photos. Still trying to walk off the shivers.

http://pardo.net/bike/pic/fail-016/index.html (scroll down, if you dare)

[jnva]

@Dickie 42766 wrote:

really I was judging his actions….. lesson here… don’t judge.

Yeah, I agree. If someone wants to shoal me i really don’t care anymore. Just let them go… Now what I really have a hard time letting go is dangerous car drivers. I definitely judge them! On the weekends when I drive, I find it hard to be an aggressive driver because I’m used to riding my bike so slow. Drivers should be required to ride a bike, exclusively for a couple of weeks before getting a license to drive a car!

[Mark Blacknell]

Well, this was certainly an unexpected thread. Probably best left alone, but . . . cracker, in the US, is always a racial epithet if used by non-crackers (and still almost always, when not).* I’d go into the syntax and effectiveness of various forms, but that’s probably better left for a happy hour.

*Tho’ when I read Dickie’s quote, I lol’d.

[krazygl00]

@Tim Kelley 42700 wrote:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L’esprit_de_l’escalier

Oh you would show me up like that wouldn’t you?

Oh hey and this term is in that article that I posted in this thread! Duh, me!

[krazygl00]

@baiskeli 42771 wrote:

Didn’t take me long to find the most harrowing squirrel photos. Still trying to walk off the shivers.

http://pardo.net/bike/pic/fail-016/index.html (scroll down, if you dare)

This is why I think “bladed” spokes should be literally that…bladed. And razor sharp at that. Look, if a squirrel ends up in your spokes he is done for no matter what, whether he is crushed or sliced into ribbons. Why not save the rider from a fall?

[Dickie]

@baiskeli 42768 wrote:

“Cracker bike” is essentially black slang for “ELITE cyclist.” So you were dissed, badly. Sorry.

Agreed. It’s just a shame his legs couldn’t match his mouth and he was sadly shadowed for 10 blocks by a middle aged balding Brit on a cracker bike.

[KLizotte]

Whoa, I’m gonna be a lot more careful around squirrels from now on.

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