saw the roadie pricks today

[Dave Taylor]

Wow! I was on 514(amwell road) from hillsborough to flemington. I saw a group of cyclists spread out over about 5 miles. Must have been 75-100 riders. On a very busy part of the road they were on a steep 1/4 mile or so incline 5-6 wide with atleaat 15 cara waiting behind them. Who the hell does this? This is why they have a bad rep. Single file is gow it should be. All these guys are scumbags in my eyes. There were NFG.

 

[Dusty the Whale]

I can't wait to read a serious conversation on the internet. Topics like this bring out the best in everyone

 

[bigW]

Wow! I was on 514(amwell road) from hillsborough to flemington. I saw a group of cyclists spread out over about 5 miles. Must have been 75-100 riders. On a very busy part of the road they were on a steep 1/4 mile or so incline 5-6 wide with atleaat 15 cara waiting behind them. Who the hell does this? This is why they have a bad rep. Single file is gow it should be. All these guys are scumbags in my eyes. There were NFG.

Hmmm, I recall MTBNJ chatter last year to the same effect ( and perhaps same location ) about the Major Taylor Newark-NewHope ride. Which I believe was today. My understanding is they were to have traffic control. Perhaps it did not work out.

Sounds like a route improvement is in order.

W

 

[Blair]

I think 5 riders 5 wide might be considered pricks, not 100. Use waze for reroute next time.

 

[njmark]

This is why I ride in the woods, other than the occasional angry trailrunner in booty shorts, the trees don't complain too much.

 

[Dingo]

Another reason to ride off road. I hear it alot.. "oh you ride a bike?" You must be one of those who thinks they own the road and blah blah.

Me "nope just a trail rider" They still don't get it. "but you ride a bike?" Yeah in the woods far away from people like you.

 

[stb222]

I wonder if @THATmanMANNY stopped each smaller group and lectured them to the rules of the road?

 

[stb222]

I can't wait to read a serious conversation on the internet. Topics like this bring out the best in everyone

Well spoken from a roadie prick. Protect your own.

 

[The Kalmyk]

Some of them pricks could be good people caught up in the shared experienced. So not all are pricks. Can we find a common ground?

 

[GSTim]

I was riding in the truck from Flemington to 6-Mile with my newly minted permit daughter driving 😱, and while we saw many riders, none were more than single file (~1pm). I still had a few times where I had to give instructions to about how to properly navigate bikes to a new driver, but no one I saw was out of line in the least.

I have to say with all of the great roads in this area, I don't understand why they would route on 514 there, but no issues going this way at least.

Tim

 

[BiknBen]

I never see pricks in the woods. All mountain bikers are angels.

 

[mattybfat]

I never see pricks in the woods. All mountain bikers are angels.

Except those who remove rocks, cut turns, go around puddles, cut trees, build up logs, and most importantly build rouge trails. Other then that yeah they are angles.

 

[Pearl]

remember when mitch ran into that guy at allaire?

 

[Juggernaut]

remember when mitch ran into that guy at allaire?

Yeah, I remember. Dude had it comm'n.... Going up a down trail; who does that? 😉

 

[njmark]

 

[walter]

the other day I was whipping down the road on the motorcycle, there was like 18 kids in wheelchairs crossing the street. I really had to slow down. I called them a bunch of pricks and went around them on the wrong side of the road anyway.

 

[Dave Taylor]

I ride on the road too but choose to stay near the edge as much as possible unless it's an area where i need to protect myself. These guys weren't affecting me as they were going the opposite direction. They were blatantly taking up an entire lane of a county road though.

 

[ryderX]

 

[stb222]

rip

 

[RobW]

blame strava.