I'm all for people staying fit any way they can but there's one group that irks the hell out of me: bicyclist's.
I'm not sure what pisses me off more, the absolutely ridiculous outfits including brightly colored stretch fabric, the stupid friggin' helmets or the way they hog every single road they ride on and act as if they own it and everyone else is in their personal space.
Well, they went way too far in the liberal city of Seattle:
A mob of bicyclists riding in Seattle with the monthly Critical Mass demonstration injured a motorist after an altercation Friday.It turns out they are advocates for bicyclist's rights and were put out that a man actually had the audacity to back his car out while they were taking up an entire street. Now were it me in that car, there'd probably have been a multi-colored melee with helmets, bikes and those goofy-ass shoes they wear flying all over the street. I may get my ass kicked one day but it ain't gonna be by a dude wearing a pink, brown and purple bike shirt I can guarantee you that.
Seattle police spokesman Mark Jamieson said between 100 and 300 bicyclists were riding down a street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood, blocking traffic in both lanes, when a man and a woman in a Subaru station wagon tried to pull out of a parking spot.
But some of the bicyclists blocked them, sat on the car and began banging on the vehicle, police said. Words were exchanged between the male driver and the bicyclists.
The other day I saw a guy on a bike take a header into the grass with absolutely no one around him and I couldn't keep myself from laughing once I made sure he was okay, honking and giving the guy a thumbs up for his clumsiness. It was wrong but it shows how arrogant these people are that I took satisfaction in it. I mean no disrespect to those who ride courteously but that was not the care in this instance.
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I'm glad I'm not the only person who gets annoyed by these clowns. I have to deal with every Saturday morning. I take a boxing class, and every Saturday morning we spar. I park at a municiple parking lot. Every Saturday morning a crew of these cyclists meet in the same parking lot to prepare to go on their little bike ride.
I don't have a problem with responsible cyclists, but these clowns think they own the lot, and own the streets that they go down. There have been times in the past where I've come close to hitting one, because these geniuses don't have the common sense that my three-year-old has regarding how dangerous parking lots can be - they zip in and out between the cars, oblivious of the cars coming in and out.
This last Saturday took the cake. 20 - 25 of these guys were gathered for their weekly ride, and they were all gathered in the entrance of the parking lot, just talking. I pulled in... they ignored me, and blocked my getting in.
I sat there and stared at them incredulously. These jackasses expected me to not pull into a $%!% parking lot. They ignored me. I inched closer and they actually sneered at me. I gave them my best 'are you guys going to move sometime this month, or am I going to have to just drive through you?' look. A couple finally grudgingly moved a couple inches. I guess they thought that would satisfy me. I tapped on the accelerator and they got the hint.
I don't care about these guys using the parking lot to meet for their little bike ride (I get out of my car, carrying all my boxing gear, and I get a real chuckle of these guys in their colorful little getup). You hit this right on the head. These chowderheads exhibit an air of superiority that makes me want to invite a few into the ring with me.
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