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[consularrider]

@Vicegrip 146962 wrote:

Please don’t focus your hate on a single group like that. Do what I do and never be disappointed. Like dogs and hate people.

But she’s a cat woman?

[Tania]

@consularrider 146976 wrote:

But she’s a cat woman?

True but dogs > most humans.

[slowtriguy]

@Drewdane 146950 wrote:

This is unfortunately all too common behavior on the W&OD (and I assume on other paths as well). Heck, at least this person used their bell – I sometimes wonder if I missed a memo announcing a prohibition on calling your passes.

Sadly, after a decade of bike commuting along the W&OD, I can absolutely understand why some other trail users would hate cyclists.

Yeah, after five+ years of daily W&OD commuting, inconsiderate behavior by trail users – riders or pedestrians – usually doesn’t get to me too much. The behavior I vented about in this case was quite something…

Of course, that doesn’t mean I don’t see behavior that puzzles me on a regular basis. I’m just grateful to have the forum to vent to when needed. It keeps my family from having to listen to me rant.

Happy riding, all!

[zapata]

You (Fancy Carbon Fiber Race Bike): Narrowly avoiding hitting me while passing because you couldn’t slow down to safely wait to pass the pedestrian in your lane.

Me (Crappy $40 Craigslist bike from 1978): “Idiot”

You (Breathless in your Fancy Carbon Fiber Race Bike): “Typical Entitled Arlington Asshole”

[baiskeli]

So nice to see a family with young children cycling through downtown.

Oh, wait, not so nice to see them running a red light, with a car approaching fast enough to have to slow down for you.

Don’t teach your kids to be stupid. Wait until they are adults and learn to be stupid all on their own.

[Drewdane]

Dude on the e-assist fat bike (like, obese. Those wheels have to be at least six inches wide): that thing must weigh a ton – wouldn’t it be just as easy to ride a traditional muscle-powered skinny-wheeled bike?

[gibby]

@Drewdane 147494 wrote:

Dude on the e-assist fat bike (like, obese. Those wheels have to be at least six inches wide): that thing must weigh a ton – wouldn’t it be just as easy to ride a traditional muscle-powered skinny-wheeled bike?

is that on the MVT? I probably see the the same guy every few days and think I’ve been magically transported to a tractor pull.

[bentbike33]

@zapata 147215 wrote:

You (Breathless in your Fancy Carbon Fiber Race Bike): “Typical Entitled Arlington Asshole”

@zapata, sounds like a self-description rather than a dig at you.

[Drewdane]

@gibby 147538 wrote:

is that on the MVT? I probably see the the same guy every few days and think I’ve been magically transported to a tractor pull.

The W&OD is where I see him. Portly fellow, bike is black with scuba yellow accents (rims, etc.)

[Tania]

@Drewdane 147570 wrote:

The W&OD is where I see him. Portly fellow, bike is black with scuba yellow accents (rims, etc.)

I see this guy pretty frequently between Little Falls and maybe as far west as Citizens Bridge.

[sjclaeys]

@Tania 147571 wrote:

I see this guy pretty frequently between Little Falls and maybe as far west as Citizens Bridge.

And soon he will be able to join Freezing Saddles!

[tnelson]

This evening, just after 6:00pm, on 4MR just after the MVT junction:

You had on what I believe was a white jersey with red stripes, and spent most of the time between the junction and the water treatment plant yelling at another rider about a bad pass she made earlier by the airport. I was in front of her and didn’t see exactly what happened, nor did I hear what she called you, but your reaction and behavior towards her was completely inappropriate. First of all, it’s unproductive to address bad cyclist behavior with that kind of anger. Second, she apologized, why did you continue to yell at her until she turned off the path? It appeared to me more like you were bullying her than trying to accomplish anything. I’d think after you 25 years riding these paths, you would have learned better behavior in these situations. It was embarrassing to me as a cyclist and as a person to witness.

[JorgeGortex]

A double your pleasure special:

To the gent last night, as we exited the stretch of the Custis Trail near Lyon Village on the way to the corkscrew: thanks for sitting on my left shoulder, as we approached a pedestrian from behind, neither easing up, passing, or saying “boo.” I had to grip the brakes so as not to hit the pedestrian while you launched yourself around me on your way to the Tour.

To all the other rude, in a hurry, people I’ve enountered as I’ve commuted from Rosslyn to Westover over during the last two days: thanks for using pedestrians/runners, and slow bikers as your personal slalom cones, saying nothing, ringining nothing, and blasting past people like… you are on your way to the Tour. It makes me sad to find the kind of self-important, rude, and reckless drivers I encounter on the roads on the trails too.

[jnva]

@sjclaeys 147578 wrote:

And soon he will be able to join Freezing Saddles!

Why, did the rules change?

[laevanson]

@Drewdane 147494 wrote:

Dude on the e-assist fat bike (like, obese. Those wheels have to be at least six inches wide): that thing must weigh a ton – wouldn’t it be just as easy to ride a traditional muscle-powered skinny-wheeled bike?

You don’t know what sort of mobility issues this person may be dealing with. Or he may have a really long commute that is made easier with that bike.

I feel like there is a TON of judgment and righteous indignation on this thread (which I know is my favorite emotion on my bike). But I try to remember I don’t know what pain and challenge other people are dealing with, and the world is a better place if we remember that we’re all doing the best we can in the moment.

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