Comments on: Take the easy road — ride a bike http://narrowcampus.com/2008/10/10/96/ The skinny on college life in Boston, from Babcock Street to Kenmore square... and beyond. Fri, 01 May 2009 14:25:10 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: A Hipster’s Guide to Allston Part 2 « The Narrow Campus http://narrowcampus.com/2008/10/10/96/#comment-12 A Hipster’s Guide to Allston Part 2 « The Narrow Campus Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:44:03 +0000 http://narrowcampus.wordpress.com/?p=96#comment-12 [...] back on Brighton Ave there is Landry’s Bicycles, a great place to go if you’ve been taking Chris’ advice. It’s not the best bike shop in the city, but it’s decent and has all the accessories for the [...] [...] back on Brighton Ave there is Landry’s Bicycles, a great place to go if you’ve been taking Chris’ advice. It’s not the best bike shop in the city, but it’s decent and has all the accessories for the [...]

]]> By: BikeHater http://narrowcampus.com/2008/10/10/96/#comment-11 BikeHater Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:42:14 +0000 http://narrowcampus.wordpress.com/?p=96#comment-11 Whatever. To me, bikers are the worst of both worlds. They have the potential to kill someone (if you think getting hit by a biker going 30+ mph can't kill, you're an idiot), they are fast, they are quiet, and they can pop out of traffic with no warning. But, they also have a pedestrian's sense of entitlement, and feel like "the rules don't apply to them", cherry-picking whichever rules of the road and rules of the sidewalk they feel are most advantageous to them at any time. Yeah, you get to class quickly. Yeah, a bike is cheap. Yeah, your "carbon footprint" is low. it still doesn't make you any less of a self-centered jerk when you blow past me when the light's red in front of Warren, popping out from next to the 57 bus where I can't see you, and toss me the bird when you zip by six inches from my face. Whatever.

To me, bikers are the worst of both worlds. They have the potential to kill someone (if you think getting hit by a biker going 30+ mph can’t kill, you’re an idiot), they are fast, they are quiet, and they can pop out of traffic with no warning.

But, they also have a pedestrian’s sense of entitlement, and feel like “the rules don’t apply to them”, cherry-picking whichever rules of the road and rules of the sidewalk they feel are most advantageous to them at any time.

Yeah, you get to class quickly. Yeah, a bike is cheap. Yeah, your “carbon footprint” is low. it still doesn’t make you any less of a self-centered jerk when you blow past me when the light’s red in front of Warren, popping out from next to the 57 bus where I can’t see you, and toss me the bird when you zip by six inches from my face.

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