The cyclenistas of Seattle are getting more and more violent, and woe to anyone unaware that their righteous path might be crossed.


Vigilante justice will meet more of the same, cyclenistas. Soonewr or later some guy in a car is going to come up shooting. Don't play for victimhood when that happens please. You have been radicalizing this formerly peaceful event for months now.

And kudos to whomever punctured the guys tires and punched him.

Im sure he deserved every righteous blow you struck for bicycle freedom, 2 wheel patriots.

ooohhhhh, you meant 'bikers'... I'm an idiot.

The real story about this "vicious cyclist attack".

Mob rule sucks, but morons who run people over with cars suck more.

Get a car hippies!

bunch of douchebags. If I were surrounded by a violent gang of asshat bicyclists beating the shiat out of my car, I wouldn't hesitate to run their asses over to get out of there and call the cops.

Because when I think of unbiased sources, I think of the Little Green Footballs of cycling.

Your bike weighs around 20-35 lbs. My car weighs 3351 lbs.

I like the odds.

"between 100 and 300 bicyclists were riding down a street"

That's kind of a lousy estimation. They can't tell 100 from 300?

According to the Critical Mass web site, every month, bicyclists ride to promote bicycle use and assert cyclists' right to the road among many reasons.

What's the matter? They were just asserting their right to the road. Who cares if they were blocking off traffic?

You wanna ride in the rode? Fine, but stay out of the way. Otherwise, get a mountain bike and go off road.

soze: The real story about this "vicious cyclist attack".

Mob rule sucks, but morons who run people over with cars suck more.

OK I'll bite. Why is that story from Sweetbike.org real and the other one from a KOMO newsradio false?

You wanna ride in the rode?

lol?

Isn't it ironic that they are fighting to promote bicycle use/cyclists rights, yet they break the very laws they are trying to promote?

I say drivers start having a Critical Smog, where we drive in packs on nature trails and bike paths.

soze: The real story about this "vicious cyclist attack".

Mob rule sucks, but morons who run people over with cars suck more.

According to that story, 3 bikers were blocking off a car trying to legally make a turn onto a street. Hold on, you want to BOTH have the same rights as other vehicles, while taking other vehicles' rights away? What the fark?

Is it legal for a car to park in front of another car to stop it from leaving an intersection? No? Then why can bicyclists do that?

Wow. Should be a fun thread.

Can the perpetual font of righteous indignation that fuels cyclist posting on Fark power them up over the looming hill of morally justifying tire-slashing and terrifying young couples?

/need popcorn, stat

Maybe it is time to either reel in happy bicycle day a little or eliminate it. Wild assed beatings from mobs dont really advance peacefull causes very well.

mikaloyd: soze: The real story about this "vicious cyclist attack".

Mob rule sucks, but morons who run people over with cars suck more.

OK I'll bite. Why is that story from Sweetbike.org real and the other one from a KOMO newsradio false?

Possibly because one has sources that tell both sides of the story.

Fark bicyclists....It's one thing to save gas/get exorcise, but another to be just another hipster-douche-bag.

Mortician: According to that story, 3 bikers were blocking off a car trying to legally make a turn onto a street. Hold on, you want to BOTH have the same rights as other vehicles, while taking other vehicles' rights away? What the fark?

Is it legal for a car to park in front of another car to stop it from leaving an intersection? No? Then why can bicyclists do that?

Is it legal to run over people, damaging plenty of property and injuring at least two, then attempt to leave the scene of the crime?

mikaloyd: Wild assed beatings from mobs dont really advance peacefull causes very well.

You forget that the vast majority of people don't have the common sense and logic to realize this. If they were, there would be a hell of a lot less conflict and shiat everyone else has to put up with in the world.

I'm not taking any sides here, but they want to "...assert cyclists' right to the road..." by taking up all lanes and blocking people from moving their cars into the road for several minutes via corking?

This is not a parade or something. This is a large number of people who are basically going, "Hay guys, let's ride our bikes to promote health and alternatives to gasoline! Never mind all the people behind us, or ahead of us, and screw anyone who needs to get somewhere fast! We're the good guys!"

soze: Is it legal to run over people, damaging plenty of property and injuring at least two, then attempt to leave the scene of the crime?

Is it legal to assault someone who is posing no further danger to yourself (or anyone else) instead of simply writing down their registration number?

Those bicyclists are the biggest bunch of arrogant douchebags that I've heard of in a long time. I hope they feel the long, hard shaft of justice in the very near future.

Rakishi: soze: Is it legal to run over people, damaging plenty of property and injuring at least two, then attempt to leave the scene of the crime?

Is it legal to assault someone who is posing no further danger to yourself (or anyone else) instead of simply writing down their registration number?

Just something from Soze's Fark profile before you get too worked up:

mikaloyd: Maybe it is time to either reel in happy bicycle day a little or eliminate it. Wild assed beatings from mobs dont really advance peacefull causes very well.

I don't think this is all that much of a peaceful cause anymore.

Mortician: Then why can bicyclists do that?

BECAUSE BICYCLISTS ARE BETTER PEOPLE11!!!

I mean, SPLUH.

soze: Is it legal to run over people, damaging plenty of property and injuring at least two,

Actually, if a mob surrounds my car... yes, I believe I could make a legitimate argument in court suggesting that I felt my life was threatened.

Critical Mass... Christ, I don't want to think about what I'd do if I encountered one of those rallies. I'd probably decide to do my own version as a pedestrian, blocking their way and falling over into their bikes. Farking douchbags

/done and done.

soze: Is it legal to run over people, damaging plenty of property and injuring at least two, then attempt to leave the scene of the crime?

Maybe he had to take a real bad shiat? Are you going to get in someone's way who has to poop? No. No one has that right. The Founding Fathers wrote the Declaration for this very reason: To prevent the King of England from using his soldiers to block my way to the bathroom.

Or something. Either way, the bikers were in the wrong by blocking the guys path, and the guy was in the wrong by trying to flee the scene of an accident. However, they started the shiat first, so fark them

Douchebaggery begets douchebaggery. Shocking.

TuesdayClub: Fark bicyclists....It's one thing to save gas/get exorcise, but another to be just another hipster-douche-bag.

I don't think that word means what you think it means...

soze: Mortician: According to that story, 3 bikers were blocking off a car trying to legally make a turn onto a street. Hold on, you want to BOTH have the same rights as other vehicles, while taking other vehicles' rights away? What the fark?

Is it legal for a car to park in front of another car to stop it from leaving an intersection? No? Then why can bicyclists do that?

Is it legal to run over people, damaging plenty of property and injuring at least two, then attempt to leave the scene of the crime?

They slash the tires, they break the windshield, they deserve to get run over. I think the driver would be well within his rights taking such steps to defend himself and his passenger. These bike-tards got lucky to have walked away.

I would not mess with the klöven hööf in my little mazda.

PenguinTheRed: Critical Mass... Christ, I don't want to think about what I'd do if I encountered one of those rallies. I'd probably decide to do my own version as a pedestrian, blocking their way and falling over into their bikes. Farking douchbags

PLEASE, someone do this.

In fairness, this would not have started had they stayed away from Mr. Faustin's daughter.

...Wait, you mean cyclists? Well, dammit then, I have no pop-culture references.

puffy999: soze: Is it legal to run over people, damaging plenty of property and injuring at least two,

Actually, if a mob surrounds my car... yes, I believe I could make a legitimate argument in court suggesting that I felt my life was threatened.

This man wins. Not to mention the fact the mob already began damaging the car and there was more of them nearby. He was being threatened. He took off, ran 1 down that refused to allow the man to leave the threatening situation. One could also say a weapon could legally be drawn in self defense. What is even worse is if it was on his property. I would call the police on bikers taking up 2 lanes. (improper lane usage)

puffy999: Actually, if a mob surrounds my car... yes, I believe I could make a legitimate argument in court suggesting that I felt my life was threatened.

You're absolutely right. Next time I'm stuck in traffic, surrounded by people in 3000lb death machines, I'll U-lock the fark out of them. After all, cars kill thousands of people every year. You moron.

Jesus Christ. Lock the doors. It's enough when you people go through "economically disadvantaged" neighborhoods, but it's not enough for a bunch of skinny hipsters and white collar commuters? No, you have to run those farkers DOWN because you had to wait a minute.

I probably have to wait longer for idiots who don't understand gridlock to clear the intersection than I would for Critical Mass.

I think that pedestrians should play the Invisible Rope Prank at the next critical mass.

soze: You either share the road with other drivers, or walk. I'm a responsible driver who doesn't mind bicycles on the road, but trying to purposefully piss people off won't win over any fans.

Learn from the motorcyclists: wear your gear, shut the fark up, watch out for other drivers. It's not like sharing the road with two wheeled vehicles is a new thing.

Sounds like a good argument for concealed-carry laws.

soze: The real story about this "vicious cyclist attack".

Mob rule sucks, but morons who run people over with cars suck more.

I've now read both TFA and your link. Between the two, do I understand correctly that this Critical Mass rally essentially amounts to intentionally obstructing other traffic?

Any farkers can feel free to clarify. I'm not quite clear on whether the cyclists were simply traveling on the roads the same as cars do, or if they were more deliberately holding up everybody else.

soze: If someone has just run down my buddy and gets out of his car frothing at the mouth and threatening me, I'm going to bean him because chances he's road raged himself right into retard strength.

Oh, you mean AFTER they assaulted his vehicle in an attempt to stop him from leaving likely making him think his life was in danger: "Cyclists tried to stop him from leaving until police arrived, but the man wouldn't stop. By the time the police showed up, 2 windows had been smashed (including the windshield) and all 4 tires had been slashed and cyclists were waiting for police to arrive."

I repeat my question "Is it legal to assault someone who is posing no further danger to yourself (or anyone else) instead of simply writing down their registration number?"

soze: Possibly because one has sources that tell both sides of the story.

There are two sides to every story and then theres also the truth.

I must have missed the car driver's account in that story.

Penman: About the pic, I agree. Very nice.

So, you just said "Very nice" to a picture of a drunk driver killing people.

Grats, you win the Dumbass Award.

I think it would work better if they did it riding as close to the right as possible, and single file like they are supposed to... and fixed gears suck, those hippies are all assholes...

Addendum to my post above:

The bikers were in a closed off road, and it was a marathon. No other cars were on the road, except for this dumbass drunk driver.

Don't feel so high and mighty because a drunk driver killed innocent people.

MBK: Penman: About the pic, I agree. Very nice.

So, you just said "Very nice" to a picture of a drunk driver killing people.

Grats, you win the Dumbass Award.

Methinks you have misread his statement. Fail.

mason4300: You wanna ride in the rode?

lol?

Me spell good?

MBK: Penman: About the pic, I agree. Very nice.

So, you just said "Very nice" to a picture of a drunk driver killing people.

Grats, you win the Dumbass Award.

You are right. I apologize. I thought that picture was from last year's Critical Mass.

Soze, don't put the picture in your profile if you don't want others to see it, christ.

I'm all for cycling and not driving since I ride my bike everywhere on campus, but I don't really see the point in participating in a monthly mass demonstration that only seems to piss people off.

hej: I've now read both TFA and your link. Between the two, do I understand correctly that this Critical Mass rally essentially amounts to intentionally obstructing other traffic?

Any farkers can feel free to clarify. I'm not quite clear on whether the cyclists were simply traveling on the roads the same as cars do, or if they were more deliberately holding up everybody else.

Many Critical Masses do "corking", which stops intersecting trafficoontil all the bicycles are through. (Most) CM's don't fark around with this and boogie through as quickly as they can. When done properly, it is a temporary inconvenience for drivers but improves the overall flow of traffic* as you don't have a large number of patches of bicyclists. Think of it as a long bus.

I don't speak for Crit Masses that are infested with douchebag trustafarian faux anarchists. Albany's is pretty laid back, taking up one lane and obeying traffic signals. We have kids who ride along with us so we try to keep the group together as much as possible to help insulate them.

* - smooth traffic flow, btw, determines the speed and safety of traffic more than anything else. One mass of vehicles moving the same way and speed is going to cause traffic to move more smoothly than a bunch of little groups of vehicles. There's like, science and shiat to back this up but I don't feel like digging out my DOT links.