Mountain biker attacker on North Table

[CS1983]

I wasn't aware I could shoot anywhere I wanted to in public.

Nor that I could drive wherever the hell I want.

[davsel]

Which amendment is it that protects the God given right to ride a bicycle in traffic?
Relating the two arguments in any way is simply ridiculous.

[SuperiorDG]

I sure hope they get this guy so we could get back on topic.

BTW I was joking about having a problem with bikes on roads. Being that I live up in Coal Creek Canyon I just wish they had a little more common sense about were they ride.

[Ah Pook]

I sure hope they get this guy so we could get back on topic.

Yep

[davsel]

As to the topic:
Pic does not look like he was repeatedly punched in the face.
The marks on his neck, taken much later, appear freshly enhanced - the mark on his back does not have the additional pale redness surrounding it like his neck.
Guy is a bicycle blogger of some sort = has a good story to tell.

From his blog, "drunkcyclist.com":

Perhaps the bicycle rider should invest in some self defense training and some protein powder.

[hollohas]

As to the topic:
Pic does not look like he was repeatedly punched in the face.
The marks on his neck, taken much later, appear freshly enhanced - the mark on his back does not have the additional pale redness surrounding it like his neck.

I thought the exact same thing.

Question for the cyclists here, mountain or road. How many of you have bells on your bike? How about your riding buddies? Serious question.

I'm not a cyclist but there are a number in my office. A few ride to work every single day. They are serious. None have bells on their bikes. I understand how it might be useful, but the only bells I have seen on any bike in quite some time are on the Hello Kity and Frozen bikes in my garage...

[Aloha_Shooter]

If http://drunkcyclist.com/2017/03/28/t...etting-stompd/ is indeed the full cyclist's side of the story, then it appears to me we "have a failure to communicate" -- especially when taken with what's purported to be the runner's side of the story because they don't match and neither one seems complete. The runner's side of the story doesn't address the oncoming cyclist or his warning that someone wanted to pass and the fact that apparent witnesses seemed to come forward wanting to help the cyclist catch the runner indicates to me that others felt the runner's conduct was unwarranted.

OTOH, the cyclist's account does give an impression of a self-entitled s--t and his pictures of his injuries ...





... c'mon, really? Those abrasions along his back look like the bike frame to me -- certainly doesn't look like anyone's fist or foot. For that matter, where's the bruising that comes from the kind of beating he described? I see abrasions but I don't see the usual dark purplish bruising I would expect from fists and shoes.

At this point, I'm going to retract anything I said on the cyclist's behalf and suggest both parties need to go on "Judge Judy" and get reprimanded for acting like kids.

[hollohas]

And here's the cyclist's self-description. Sounds like a great guy. Malt liquor, strip clubs and mommy. Awesome.

A fan of riding bikes with one gear, malt liquor, riding without knowing how many miles I’ve covered, and strip clubs that let you bring your own keg. I typically have a stupid grin on my face, it is because deep down I know that no matter what, my mom thinks I’m cool. Denver, Colorado, USA

[davsel]

My favorite comment from his blog of this event:

Daves_Not_Here_Man on March 29, 2017 at 9:12 pm said:
Totally agree with John Walker. Insults, deserved or not, are provocations and provocations have consequences. Nature has its way of working these things out – you’ll think twice before condescending to strangers again. Your comeuppance involved no permanent injury or real loss, so you got a valuable life lesson for free.

I rather suspect there’s more to the story. Like how, in addition to the head shake, there was the disgusted in-your-face glare? And how you were emboldened by thinking you were faster and couldn’t get caught? Insulting people while you run away is cowardly. And cowardice has its own rewards as you discovered.

How would things have worked out if you had just accepted that some people may not hear a bell? If you took the personal responsibility as the overtaking party to yell when it was obvious you had not been heard? If you gave a cheerful “thanks” to a person who gave way when he realized you were there?

Memo to Cyclists: Nobody gives a damn what you think about earbuds, or anything else for that matter. That you cannot engage in the simple child’s pleasure of riding a bike in public without drama is why you are so universally reviled. Your self-righteous confrontations have no constructive effect and only get other cyclists’ asses kicked. GROW UP!!

[davsel]

But wait, there's more.

Daves_Not_Here_Man on March 31, 2017 at 12:05 am said:
Moral of the story is you reap what you sow. And cyclists have been depositing to the Bank of Pleasekickmyass for years. Cyclists spend more time than any other species sneering, condescending, whining, shaking their fists, complaining, one-star-Yelp-reviewing, eye rolling, swearing, flipping off, lecturing, gesticulating, offense taking, sniveling, scowling, scolding, panty bunching and rudely confronting motorists, runners, pedestrians, other cyclists, equestrians, heterosexuals, seagulls, elderly couples, kittens, people in wheelchairs, parked cars and small children.

Cyclists live by the Inverse Golden Rule – I am entitled to have the entire world treat me as I would want to be treated. And if it doesn’t, I’m entitled to have a goddam meltdown hysterectomy without getting my ass kicked.

And you doubt me? For evidence, just browse http://www.bikeforums.net to gauge the collective winning personality of the cycling community, with their endless internecine snipe-fest Pity Party about a world that doesn’t give Shit One about the concerns of cyclists. A phalanx of moderators has listed 36 pages of Banned Users for acting like … well … asshole cyclists, pardon the redundancy.

Or, notice how cyclists gripe that overtaking motorists should be more patient, pass with plenty of room, be conscientious, respect right-of-way, assure the safety of the more vulnerable party? But reverse the roles and place the cyclist among slower pedestrians and ask them to extend identical considerations for identical reasons – Oh My God, now I have to slow down, I will to berate this person who better not kick my ass in response. Because, earbuds anger me and I’m the safety police. Of course, I don’t mean to generalize – I’m only talking about cyclists.

Or look up Yelp reviews for any bike shop in the country (the main problem with running a bike shop is your target market is infested with cyclists). Filter by lowest rating to read a veritable hate-fest of self-entitled brats whining that their asses were not sufficiently kissed for their $4 tube investment. Any of these reviewers not need their asses kicked? I rest my case.

So why is it that cyclists are insufferable and so in need of ass kickery? I’m thinking it’s both environmental and genetic, stemming from constant saddle pressure on smaller than average brains.

And I love it when I hear “violence is not the answer” when they don’t even say what the question is. If the question is, “Would you rather have 4 hours of mind-blowing sex with the entire Switzerland’s Winter Olympics Women’s Ski Team, OR, kick some cyclist twit’s ass?”, then you must agree, it’s violence in a landslide.

So when we find that a cyclist got his ass kicked and bike thrown off the side of a mountain (I LOVE that visual) for sneering at someone else for his own violation of trail etiquette and common courtesy, i.e., behaving like a cyclist, we come to the only reasonable conclusion – there is a God. And then when he photographs his injuries (Sorry Andrew, not impressed, I’ve had rougher first dates), takes it to the victim-celebrating media (the one lifeform lower than cyclists), and whine posts so as to inflame co-offended sister cyclists, it just doesn’t get any better than this. Because I get to write this knowing they’re reading it.

SO CYCLISTS LISTEN UP!! You are a pestilence upon this earth. You are universally despised and for good reason. Every person you insult just files it away and cheers when you get your ass kicked. You want to be treated with courtesy and respect? Then YOU do your part as YOU brought this on yourselves. Is it all your fault? No, but mostly. Which is great news for you as you therefore have the most power to improve the situation (yes, you have personal agency, a novel concept in today’s culture of victimhood).

I have a new internet hero