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Posted: 11/23/2014 5:14:25 PM EDT
A Cambridge law firm, Irwin Mitchell, quizzed 7,000 people on the issue as part of Road Safety Week and the results reveal that much of the population is well versed in correct road etiquette and the laws – though there is still a large number who are unaware of correct behaviour. Of the eight questions asked, however, cyclists scored 70 per cent correctly with drivers scoring only 58 per cent. http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/cyclists-beat-drivers-road-safety-survey-146059 See if you can pick out the ignorant and unsafe road users in the below picture.  If you pointed to the cyclists, you fail. |
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Posted: 11/23/2014 5:16:33 PM EDT
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I've always scored 100% on every written drivers test I've ever taken.
Fuck cyclists. 
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Posted: 11/23/2014 5:17:02 PM EDT
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They cause more accidents than car drivers, and too many of them don't understand the Lug Nut Rule.
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Posted: 11/23/2014 5:17:13 PM EDT
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In on 1, this one is going to go deep.
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Posted: 11/23/2014 5:19:20 PM EDT
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A Cambridge law firm, Irwin Mitchell, quizzed 7,000 people on the issue as part of Road Safety Week and the results reveal that much of the population is well versed in correct road etiquette and the laws – though there is still a large number who are unaware of correct behaviour. Of the eight questions asked, however, cyclists scored 70 per cent correctly with drivers scoring only 58 per cent. http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/cyclists-beat-drivers-road-safety-survey-146059 See if you can pick out the ignorant and unsafe road users in the below picture. http://i.imgur.com/Efbbp5X.jpg If you pointed to the cyclists, you fail. Well given the plates on the vehicles, I am going to still go ahead and say it is the limey bastards on the bikes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCt7T20N07U&feature=youtube_gdata_player |
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Posted: 11/23/2014 5:19:40 PM EDT
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Yes, yes we do.
People who live in 5000lb cages not so much. When all that is between you and the road is a thin piece of lycra you had better know what you are doing. |
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Posted: 11/23/2014 5:20:06 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/23/2014 5:20:32 PM EDT
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Maybe cyclist aren't as retarded in the UK as they are here in the US?
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Posted: 11/23/2014 5:20:47 PM EDT
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British law firm, polling British drivers and cyclists.
Don't care. 
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Posted: 11/23/2014 5:21:23 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/23/2014 5:21:25 PM EDT
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They have more to lose.
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Posted: 11/23/2014 5:21:38 PM EDT
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How many pages/bans? Over/under?
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Posted: 11/23/2014 5:21:51 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: They cause more accidents than car drivers, and too many of them don't understand the Lug Nut Rule. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Cite? Bicycles do not have lug nuts and are thus exempt from the rule. |
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Posted: 11/23/2014 5:24:13 PM EDT
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I've always scored 100% on every written drivers test I've ever taken. Fuck cyclists. |
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Posted: 11/23/2014 5:24:18 PM EDT
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Just because they know the rules doesn't mean they follow them.
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Posted: 11/23/2014 5:25:12 PM EDT
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Cyclists might know the rules, they just don't follow them.
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Posted: 11/23/2014 5:26:11 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: British law firm, polling British drivers and cyclists. Don't care. Quote HistoryQuoted: British law firm, polling British drivers and cyclists. Don't care. Cycling actually makes you smarter regardless of the country. Cycling a lot will turn you into an ubermench. http://ccbike.org/articles/can-biking-make-you-smarter/ Dr. Hillman’s group investigated the immediate effects of exercise by having 20 school-aged children complete cognitive tests in two sessions, one after 20 minutes of aerobic exercise on a treadmill, and one without the exercise. The results showed that aerobic exercise increased performance on academic tests (reading comprehension, spelling, and arithmetic), in addition to increasing accuracy and decreasing response time on a cognitive function test. |
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Posted: 11/23/2014 5:26:23 PM EDT
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When riding you do have a vested interest in safety. Our numbers are probably lower since fewer of our cyclists are responsible adults. But then many of our drivers are idiots so it's anyone's guess.
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Posted: 11/23/2014 5:27:34 PM EDT
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It's not the rules that will get you.. it's the physics.
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Posted: 11/23/2014 5:28:12 PM EDT
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The knowledge does not translate to real world as I see Every one of these Lance Armstrong fucks riding 2 and 3 wide as well as running stop signs all the time
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Posted: 11/23/2014 5:28:37 PM EDT
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Cite? Bicycles do not have lug nuts and are thus exempt from the rule. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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They cause more accidents than car drivers, and too many of them don't understand the Lug Nut Rule. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Cite? Bicycles do not have lug nuts and are thus exempt from the rule. Yup. Definitely a cyclist mentality. Because all that entitlement mindset really counts when you get squashed by any asshole in something that does have lug nuts. Bike<smartcar<regular car<big car<big truck<18 wheeler. See the direct correlation to lug nuts and mass? It is okay if you do not. Your cute angsty troll thread will doubtlessly have others try to explain it to you. Oh but your pride and sense of well being from all that healthy exercise helps you feel confident that your choice is the smarter choice? But go ahead and argue. I got hit by 2 cars and a golf cart growing up as a kid before I learned to try to grow eyes out the back of my head and be wary of traffic. And I deserved it every fucking time because I was at fault when my dumb ass put myself in a place that a bigger, heavier, faster object was trying to be. Most other bikers seem to be tempting fate/darwinism with the shit they pull. Its okay, 4k+ pounds at 25-40+mph versus your 150-300 pounds at 10-15mph. Be as entitled to your behaviors as you want, it only takes one asshole, drunk, sociopath, or texting while driving type to make you a grease stain. |
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Posted: 11/23/2014 5:29:02 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Cite? Bicycles do not have lug nuts and are thus exempt from the rule. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: They cause more accidents than car drivers, and too many of them don't understand the Lug Nut Rule. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Cite? Bicycles do not have lug nuts and are thus exempt from the rule. From today's San Diego Union-Tribune: http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/nov/22/bicyclists-drivers-crashes-statistics/ In accidents where the investigators could determine fault, bicyclists were at fault more than half the time. |
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Posted: 11/23/2014 5:29:44 PM EDT
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small accident for a car can be death for a cyclist so I wonder why they should pay more attention. great white sharks don't look over their shoulder the way a seal does and for good reasons.
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Posted: 11/23/2014 5:29:44 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Well given the plates on the vehicles, I am going to still go ahead and say it is the limey bastards on the bikes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCt7T20N07U&feature=youtube_gdata_player Yet notice how fat the orangutang* is who made that commercial. *spelled orangutang correct on the first try. Must be the cycling. |
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Posted: 11/23/2014 5:31:04 PM EDT
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So Blasting thru stop signs and Lights is in the rules? I call that study junk.
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Posted: 11/23/2014 5:31:58 PM EDT
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http://m.utsandiego.com/news/2014/nov/22/bicyclists-drivers-crashes-statistics/
Sorry for cold link. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 11/23/2014 5:32:50 PM EDT
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Cite? Bicycles do not have lug nuts and are thus exempt from the rule. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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They cause more accidents than car drivers, and too many of them don't understand the Lug Nut Rule. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Cite? Bicycles do not have lug nuts and are thus exempt from the rule. Bicycles aren't exempt from the laws of physics, which is exactly what the lug nut rule is trying to teach you. The more lug nuts a vehicle has, the bigger it is (most likely) and the more damage it will inflict on you when it hits you. |
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Posted: 11/23/2014 5:33:21 PM EDT
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I used to ride like I was invisible.
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Posted: 11/23/2014 5:34:03 PM EDT
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They make have the "moral victory", but I still can walk.
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Posted: 11/23/2014 5:34:24 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: http://m.utsandiego.com/news/2014/nov/22/bicyclists-drivers-crashes-statistics/ Sorry for cold link. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile That's okay, I did a hot link of the same article above.  |
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Posted: 11/23/2014 5:34:50 PM EDT
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In general cyclists are also smarter and better looking than motorists
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Posted: 11/23/2014 5:34:51 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: From today's San Diego Union-Tribune: http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/nov/22/bicyclists-drivers-crashes-statistics/ In accidents where the investigators could determine fault, bicyclists were at fault more than half the time. San Diego obviously lets too many drivers on bicycles. They need to get back in their cars. |
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Posted: 11/23/2014 5:35:13 PM EDT
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Yet notice how fat the orangutang* is who made that commercial. *spelled orangutang correct on the first try. Must be the cycling. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Well given the plates on the vehicles, I am going to still go ahead and say it is the limey bastards on the bikes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCt7T20N07U&feature=youtube_gdata_player Yet notice how fat the orangutang* is who made that commercial. *spelled orangutang correct on the first try. Must be the cycling. I would rather be fat and alive driving a car than a smug healthy guy on a bike who just got ran over. Healthy and dead are kinda mutually exclusive. |
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Posted: 11/23/2014 5:36:07 PM EDT
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Mountain biking ftw...
Get me off the fucking streets... |
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Posted: 11/23/2014 5:36:15 PM EDT
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Then why the fuck do they ride on the white line seperating traffic from the bike lane instead of in the bike lane?
I'm a cyclist. I'd guess that 95% of cyclist are mentally retarded with only 5% of riders able to keep from endangering themselves and the public. Word isn't back yet on which group I'm in, but I sure as shit stay in the bike lane, or off the road damn road entirely. It's not safe to ride a bicycle on the street where traffic is thick, or moving faster that you can on a bike. |
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Posted: 11/23/2014 5:36:25 PM EDT
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small accident for a car can be death for a cyclist so I wonder why they should pay more attention. great white sharks don't look over their shoulder the way a seal does and for good reasons. Killer whale>>> great white shark Great white will flee in terror and sign of a killer whale. |
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Posted: 11/23/2014 5:36:39 PM EDT
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I see more cyclists running red lights and stop signs than people driving cars, I have on more than one occasion about taken out a cyclist who ran a red light.
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Posted: 11/23/2014 5:37:39 PM EDT
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San Diego obviously lets too many drivers on bicycles. They need to get back in their cars. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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From today's San Diego Union-Tribune: http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/nov/22/bicyclists-drivers-crashes-statistics/ In accidents where the investigators could determine fault, bicyclists were at fault more than half the time. San Diego obviously lets too many drivers on bicycles. They need to get back in their cars. Obvious troll thread, tread lightly...I'd hate to see you banned again man.
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Posted: 11/23/2014 5:38:11 PM EDT
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In general cyclists are also smarter and better looking than motorists 78% of bicycle riders age gay, its a fact. I heard it on here somewhere. |
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Posted: 11/23/2014 5:39:05 PM EDT
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I see bikes on the wrong side of the road, blowing stop lights and stop signs all the time. riding on the sidewalk is against the law here but they do it anyway and pretend they are a pedestrian when state law says they are subject to all traffic laws.
One of these days some fucker is going to run a stop sign in front of me, and I'm going to go piss on them when they're down. |
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Posted: 11/23/2014 5:41:10 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Then why the fuck do they ride on the white line seperating traffic from the bike lane instead of in the bike lane? I'm a cyclist. I'd guess that 95% of cyclist are mentally retarded with only 5% of riders able to keep from endangering themselves and the public. Word isn't back yet on which group I'm in, but I sure as shit stay in the bike lane, or off the road damn road entirely. It's not safe to ride a bicycle on the street where traffic is thick, or moving faster that you can on a bike. Because cars kick all the road debris into the bike lane and riding there will give them a flat tire. I'm not a cyclist, but I do ride a bicycle from time to time. |
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Posted: 11/23/2014 5:41:20 PM EDT
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Knowledge? Maybe.
Obey? Not that I've ever seen. |
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Posted: 11/23/2014 5:41:55 PM EDT
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It always amazes me how (adult) bicyclists can quote the traffic code by chapter and verse...but they have zero comprehension of the Laws of Physics.
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Posted: 11/23/2014 5:45:53 PM EDT
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San Diego obviously lets too many drivers on bicycles. They need to get back in their cars. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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From today's San Diego Union-Tribune: http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/nov/22/bicyclists-drivers-crashes-statistics/ In accidents where the investigators could determine fault, bicyclists were at fault more than half the time. San Diego obviously lets too many drivers on bicycles. They need to get back in their cars. I think San Diego is a appropriate example because we have a thriving bicycle culture that operates year-round. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 11/23/2014 5:46:52 PM EDT
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Then why the fuck do they ride on the white line seperating traffic from the bike lane instead of in the bike lane? I'm a cyclist. I'd guess that 95% of cyclist are mentally retarded with only 5% of riders able to keep from endangering themselves and the public. Word isn't back yet on which group I'm in, but I sure as shit stay in the bike lane, or off the road damn road entirely. It's not safe to ride a bicycle on the street where traffic is thick, or moving faster that you can on a bike. I was part of the retarded group as a kid. I could hit 25-27mph on flat ground with a 52 tooth chain ring. Couldnt sustain it forever but it was possible. Fastest down hill I ever hit was 52mph on a steep paved road in Ventura Ca. This is with cars parked on the road and road traffic. 13-15 years old and no helmet. Best thing that ever happened to me was getting my license. Back then I tended to "bounce" from wrecks only to get up and keep going. Somewhere along the lines my mass reached a point where I fit into "sack of potatos" in terms of hitting ground. My view of most cyclists isnt that they are a commuter trying to get some place. Rather they are either "enjoyment" minded socialites where everyone around them comes second or they are intense "atheletes" focusing intently on a work out goal. In the end they behave in ways that forces everyone to deal with them because their shit is more important than everyone elses shit. Ca just passed a 3 feet law where cars must yield 3 feet of space to a bike. That is fine and dandy if the biker is where they belong, close to the curb/road side. Problem is they often align as far from the curb as possible. The former biker in me recognizes those who are deliberate dick bikers when I sees them. |
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Posted: 11/23/2014 5:48:21 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/23/2014 5:48:24 PM EDT
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the results demonstrate, according the law firm’s partner Neil Whiteley, that “there is a need for motorists in particular to be more aware about the rules governing cyclists on UK roads.” Ummmm.... Was this a survey about bicycle laws? What were the 8 questions 
I want to believe, in troll threads |
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Posted: 11/23/2014 5:49:09 PM EDT
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78% of bicycle riders age gay, its a fact. I heard it on here somewhere. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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In general cyclists are also smarter and better looking than motorists 78% of bicycle riders age gay, its a fact. I heard it on here somewhere. Which simply furthers my point that cyclists are generally smarter and better looking 
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Posted: 11/23/2014 5:51:57 PM EDT
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Which simply furthers my point that cyclists are generally smarter and better looking Quote HistoryQuoted:
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In general cyclists are also smarter and better looking than motorists 78% of bicycle riders age gay, its a fact. I heard it on here somewhere. Which simply furthers my point that cyclists are generally smarter and better looking Damnit Pony! Keep it in your pants. This is serious business 
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Posted: 11/23/2014 5:52:12 PM EDT
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Which simply furthers my point that cyclists are generally smarter and better looking attention whores Quote HistoryQuoted:
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In general cyclists are also smarter and better looking than motorists 78% of bicycle riders age gay, its a fact. I heard it on here somewhere. Which simply furthers my point that cyclists are generally smarter and better looking attention whores fixed. |
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Posted: 11/23/2014 5:54:09 PM EDT
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Somehow this article is relevant to this thread:
 http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/23/us/giffords-11-mile-bike-ride/index.html?hpt=hp_t2 |
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