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>>1623550
Media call everything that's not a deliberate attack a tragic accident simply so the general public isn't confronted with its own stupidity. "Accidents happen" is a far more comforting assumption than "your stupidity may kill you some day".

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Anonymous Thu 18 Mar 2021 19:32:35 No.1623560 Report

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Cyclists are known to take stupid risks as they mistake right-of-way with immortality, and in this case he didn't even have the right-of-way. I think that as a cyclist you get into a mode of "these cars and the city are all assholes and I'm going to ride however I want" and that can be very dangerous. I see this attitude in groups I ride with where we'll be approaching a lot of traffic and some people want to almost "bully" the cars and it makes no sense to me. I mean I don't want to pick a fight with giant hunk of aluminum and steel with a retard behind the wheel on her mobile phone.

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Anonymous Thu 18 Mar 2021 19:43:41 No.1623562 Report

Quoted By: >>1623570 >>1623572 >>1623581

>>1623550
If you try to do something but something else happens instead, that makes it an accident you pettifogging faggot.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 18 Mar 2021 19:51:07 No.1623570 Report

Quoted By: >>1623592

>>1623562
wow, somebody's heated. did you break out the thesaurus for this post? anyway, nothing petty about mentioning the glaring difference between what happened and how it was reported. this is tragic, but not an accident.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 18 Mar 2021 19:53:10 No.1623572 Report

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>>1623562
An accident is something that could not be reasonably foreseen or occurs at incredibly small odds. It doesn't take a lot of thinking at all to deduct that danger is a very possible consequence of trying to beat a drawbridge. You wouldn't call someone blasting through a red light and getting T-boned an accident either because that's what you fucking expect to happen.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 18 Mar 2021 20:04:25 No.1623581 Report

Quoted By: >>1623594

>>1623562
>riding up an opening draw bridge on a bike
is riding your bike head on into a train an accident too? i see your point, but that media article does propose it like this was some freak accident when it was really a moron that might as well have rode straight into a wood chipper

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Anonymous Thu 18 Mar 2021 20:06:51 No.1623582 Report

Quoted By: >>1623591

>>1623535
Ride their bike in the middle of the highway

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 18 Mar 2021 20:13:32 No.1623591 Report

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>>1623582
I never really see this, but I for sure see them not look and drive into traffic/right lane fairly often. Whenever I see a cyclist with the gay little uniforms on I know to be on guard because at any moment they'll pull out in front of me without looking because they think they own the road (and they kind of do, even if a cyclist pulls out in front of you, you'll probably get blamed for the accident)

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Anonymous Thu 18 Mar 2021 20:14:14 No.1623592 Report

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>>1623570
>quibbling over whether something was technically an accident or not isn’t petty

Whatever you say friend

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 18 Mar 2021 20:15:39 No.1623594 Report

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>>1623581
>is riding your bike head on into a train an accident too?

Not comparable. A better analogy would be thinking you can beat a train and riding through the intersection as the barricades come down, then getting clobbered by the train. If your intention was to make it through then the unintended consequence was an accident.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 18 Mar 2021 20:22:36 No.1623601 Report

Quoted By: >>1623602 >>1623612 >>1623613 >>1623614 >>1623824 >>1626550 >>1626930

>>1623535
>Out for a morning ride
>Have to suit up in full spandex

I really don't get spandex aliens. If I was on a 500 mile odyssey, yeah, you want to minimize chafing and maximize comfort, spandex can make a lot of sense.

But what's with these guys on carbon bikes in full spandex just to go 20 miles?

If you enjoy short rides, wear regular clothes and ride a basic single speed bike. You're after the joy of bicycling and the exercise. You don't need a carbon road bike to get that. You don't need a full spandex space suit to get that.

This is why I'll never be a "cyclist" despite adoring bicycling.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 18 Mar 2021 20:23:28 No.1623602 Report

Quoted By: >>1623613

>>1623601
Was with you until “single speed.” Why do fixie faggots have to inject their retarded life choices into completely irrelevant discussions?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 18 Mar 2021 20:42:31 No.1623612 Report

Quoted By: >>1623613 >>1626526

>>1623601
In another article it said he road 22,008 miles last year.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 18 Mar 2021 20:43:03 No.1623613 Report

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>>1623601
>>1623602
>>1623612
how many miles before it makes sense to put on the spandex?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 18 Mar 2021 20:45:52 No.1623614 Report

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>>1623601
If you're just out for a jaunt in the country or just meandering around then yeah wear whatever you want. If you're trying to go FAST (and want something you can sweat in) then spandex does make a difference. If a someone has already invested in a carbon bike, chances are they're interested in going fast.

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Anonymous Thu 18 Mar 2021 20:57:20 No.1623621 Report

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>>1623535
>'To me, this is about cycling safety and making sure the city, county and state have the right infrastructure to make cycling safe for everyone in the city,' he said.
Bitch how much safer can you make it than having hazard striped blockers, flashing lights, a whistle and signs explicitly stating not to do what he tried?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 18 Mar 2021 21:16:45 No.1623639 Report

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>Fred medina
Kek

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 18 Mar 2021 21:33:52 No.1623650 Report

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>>1623592
okay, retard

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 18 Mar 2021 21:36:26 No.1623653 Report

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>shit cyclists do
Act like you're always right and everybody else on the road is wrong.

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Anonymous Thu 18 Mar 2021 22:06:53 No.1623667 Report

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>>1623535
>But Medina didn't make it in time and was left clinging on to the bridge as it rose into the air before plummeting to his death

>no video

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Anonymous Thu 18 Mar 2021 22:16:06 No.1623673 Report

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>>1623667
Lad should've trained grip strength.

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Anonymous Thu 18 Mar 2021 22:34:30 No.1623689 Report

Quoted By: >>1623692 >>1623942

Now that's what I call getting dropped!

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Anonymous Thu 18 Mar 2021 22:39:56 No.1623692 Report

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>>1623689

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Anonymous Fri 19 Mar 2021 00:14:08 No.1623738 Report

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Anonymous Fri 19 Mar 2021 04:14:30 No.1623824 Report

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>>1623601
>If you enjoy short rides, wear regular clothes and ride a basic single speed bike.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 19 Mar 2021 05:51:52 No.1623858 Report

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>>1623535
>Fred
2slow

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 19 Mar 2021 05:53:59 No.1623859 Report

Quoted By: >>1623899 >>1623907

>>1623535
How the fuck does this happen? Did he just ride up the bridge as it was going up in the air thinking that was fine?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 19 Mar 2021 10:14:33 No.1623899 Report

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>>1623859
I would imagine that's exactly what happened. Guy watched too many movies.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 19 Mar 2021 10:34:56 No.1623907 Report

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>>1623859
His friend made it over ahead of him. Peer pressure and a false sense of invincibility (which many americans have). Guy literally died because he didn’t want to feel like a cuck waiting 3 minutes for the bridge to come back down while his friend laughed at him from the other side. Obviously a moron but i’ve done plenty of equally dumb things in my life and i feel terrible for his wife and kids.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 19 Mar 2021 11:48:49 No.1623929 Report

Quoted By: >>1623945 >>1623946

I read that the guy’s friend was yelling to the bridge operator to stop raising the bridge but he didn’t see or hear him.

Which leads me to ask, what is the point of having a human bridge operator if they are useless in a safety situation? Yes it is 100% the cyclist’s fault, but again, we might as well save some money and have a computer operate the bridge than pay a city employee to do nothing different.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 19 Mar 2021 12:34:30 No.1623942 Report

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>>1623689
carlos!

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 19 Mar 2021 12:39:22 No.1623945 Report

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>>1623929
Because bridges often open on signal. Not sure about that one but the one to my house opens on the half hour from 7am-7pm and then at night opens on signal. They mainly watch that they don't crush a boat when it lowers, and of course scope out the deck of the bridge before lifting. This happened very early in the morning and a lot of cyclists don't even wear lights here (because of the extra weight? I can't figure that one out - I ride at night and I look like a disco ball coming down the road).

I imagine the bridge operator will get a scolding, or maybe even fired, but end of the day this asshole ignore the signals and the giant gates.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 19 Mar 2021 12:40:34 No.1623946 Report

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>>1623929
>>1623945
..oh and I should also add that at the bridge near my house assholes ignore and drive around the gates all the time and the bridge delays going up because of that, sometimes people even stop for photos with the gates down in the middle of the bridge. So, yeah the operators stop people from dying pretty often.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 19 Mar 2021 12:47:19 No.1623948 Report

Quoted By: >>1623951

>>1623535
my brother lives out there
he says there's talk the man didn't die, he made the jump, and it's being hushed up

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 19 Mar 2021 12:48:50 No.1623949 Report

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buy a used road bike and the seat is corroded into the lowest position so they ride all scrunched up on the drops kicking their head with their knees

t. aero style stance masterrace

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 19 Mar 2021 12:57:44 No.1623951 Report

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>>1623948
well your brother, hector, is a retard

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 19 Mar 2021 12:58:44 No.1623954 Report

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>>1623738
could totally make that ;)

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 19 Mar 2021 16:26:01 No.1624058 Report

Quoted By: >>1624096

>>1623535
>literally named Fred
it's like pottery

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 19 Mar 2021 18:00:08 No.1624096 Report

Quoted By: >>1624098

>>1624058
brainlet boomer here, what's a "fred"?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 19 Mar 2021 18:07:10 No.1624097 Report

Quoted By: >>1624105

>>1623535
I don't know what happened here. That site is so lousy with intrusive ads and other elements that I closed the tab in disgust before the article text had even rendered.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 19 Mar 2021 18:08:12 No.1624098 Report

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>>1624096
You

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 19 Mar 2021 18:28:05 No.1624105 Report

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>>1624097
you need ublock orgin, but there are other articles you can google about it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 23 Mar 2021 05:59:16 No.1626416 Report

Quoted By: >>1626417 >>1626513

>>1623555
we should be honest about the fact that this could be a problem for any cyclist, even those who are highly intelligent:
https://youtu.be/QJm_nvxI7R4

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 23 Mar 2021 06:01:53 No.1626417 Report

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>>1626416
why's this motherfucker look like he got aids?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 23 Mar 2021 12:53:17 No.1626513 Report

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>>1626416
too bad it wasn't this faggot that yeeted off a bridge

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Anonymous Tue 23 Mar 2021 13:21:57 No.1626526 Report

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>>1623535
>>1623612
>Last year, he logged 22,008 miles (35,418 kilometers), according to his Strava fitness tracker app.
How is this possible? That works out as 60 miles a day, every single day, with no days off. Assuming a 15 mph average (which might be generous for someone of his age), that's a 4 hour bike ride, every single day, with no days off.

How would you fit in work and everything else? I think the 22,008 mile figure must be for a period longer than 1 year, because I can't believe he did a 4 hour cycle every single day with no days off.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 23 Mar 2021 13:23:00 No.1626527 Report

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>>1623653
Based cyclists.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 23 Mar 2021 14:19:53 No.1626540 Report

Quoted By: >>1626543

so the guy rides up the bridge, the bridge fully opens, the guy falls/slides down, hits the ground and dies?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 23 Mar 2021 14:38:17 No.1626543 Report

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>>1626540
That's what it seems like

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 23 Mar 2021 14:47:31 No.1626550 Report

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>>1623601
He was riding from Aventura to key biscayne. It's 25 miles one way

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 23 Mar 2021 17:03:56 No.1626607 Report

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>>1623550
Yeah but he's not white so they're not gonna say that

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Anonymous Tue 23 Mar 2021 18:16:05 No.1626637 Report

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>>1626526
>15 mph
>24ish kmg
I don't know if you are horribly out of shape or just too burger4me. It's not generous, most hipster on rusted fixies in europe ride faster through cities. 25-30 mph is more reasonable in a group and that makes 2 hrs/day, a reasonable amount of exercise if he doesnt go to the gym

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 23 Mar 2021 19:31:54 No.1626684 Report

Quoted By: >>1626792

>>1623613
If you have to ride for more than 2 hours than maybe it's acceptable. Other than that it's gay af and only posers do that shit. It's like those retards buying high end expensive mountain bikes to ride around the block and in the city park on the concrete

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 23 Mar 2021 19:53:18 No.1626690 Report

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>>1626637
>25-30 mph is more reasonable in a group
He's not a pro cyclist you fucking idiot.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 23 Mar 2021 22:56:43 No.1626792 Report

Quoted By: >>1626930 >>1626934

>>1626684
>It's like those retards buying high end expensive mountain bikes to ride around the block and in the city park on the concrete

full kits are gay regardless of the practicality. some people only have one bike and might just want to test or enjoy a quick stroll.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 24 Mar 2021 03:09:00 No.1626930 Report

Quoted By: >>1626993

>>1623601
>>1626792
what's the horrible downside? what are you fearing is gonna' happen if you wear tight clothing?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 24 Mar 2021 03:18:24 No.1626934 Report

Quoted By: >>1626993

>>1626792
Bro your English is really broken, I can't take your claims seriously.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 24 Mar 2021 05:46:28 No.1626993 Report

Quoted By: >>1627052

>>1626930
not a fan of the aesthetic, but i understand some of the practical aspects. dont want to look like a fag.

>>1626934
yes, lazy posts, but you get the point.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 24 Mar 2021 09:07:45 No.1627052 Report

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>>1626993
yes, the point is you're an insecure teenager

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