Portland Motorists 2, Cyclists 0.

[Q, West Coast Style]

I bring this to attention only because I'm always hearing about what a great bicyclist town Portland is, and about how large the "cyclist community" is. I remember last year there was a biker who was outside his bike lane but still thought he got cut off by a city bus so he peddled fast and caught up to the bus at a light. He stopped in front of the bus to protest and a rider had to get out and physically push the guy out of the way (it was on security cam, freaking awesome footage)

Anyway, the motorists seem to be turing the tables.


Cyclist dies in wreck with garbage truck
Posted by The Oregonian October 22, 2007 22:20PM
Categories: Top Stories
A cyclist was killed in North Portland on Monday after being pinned by a garbage truck making a right turn -- a near replay of another fatal crash that occurred downtown less than two weeks ago.

Brett Robert Jarolimek, 31, of Southeast Portland was going straight in a bike lane as the truck, with its turn signal on, turned. Although skid marks at the scene show the cyclist tried to brake, he hit the truck, fell underneath and was crushed by the rear set of tires. The Jarolimek, who was wearing a helmet, was pronounced dead at the scene.

With the death of 19-year-old cyclist Tracey Sparling not even two weeks old, Monday's collision is heightening frustration over how vehicles and bikes share the road. Sparling was killed when a cement truck turned right as she proceeded straight after a stoplight had turned green.

[Dinsdale]

I bring this to attention only because I'm always hearing about what a great bicyclist town Portland is

Ranked the #2 cycling city in the world by some international cycling organization or another.

I remember last year there was a biker who was outside his bike lane but still thought he got cut off by a city bus so he peddled fast and caught up to the bus at a light. He stopped in front of the bus to protest and a rider had to get out and physically push the guy out of the way (it was on security cam, freaking awesome footage)

Anyway, the motorists seem to be turing the tables.

Actually, that Bus Rider pretty much kicked Holier-Than-Thou-Cyclist's ass... an no one knew who he was... awesome.


I don't know if you ever read the Portland Craigslist R&R section, but bikers vs. vehicles is pretty much a 24/7 comedy act.



And as a complete U&L aside, re: dude in your avatar, the only unsolved skyjacking in human history...


A couplefew months ago, KOIN News did a "teaser" with a couple of ameteur slueths who claimed to be 99% certain or better that they knew exactly who DB was. They claimed a full report was coming very shortly, just putting the finishing touches on their (unofficial) report.

Last I've heard of it.

Then again, maybe that has something to do with their detailed accounts of gross incompetance from the FBI. Dudes claim that after the composit drawing was released, the FBI phones rang off the hook with a particular suspect... who oddly enough, was indeed DB Cooper. The wannabe researchers claim the trail of evidence makes dude such a no-brainer slam-dunk, that it's possible that the feds would just as soon forget the whole ordeal, since it will bring embarrassment to the feds.

Yet ofddly enough, now I can't even seem to find the "teaser" story on KOIN, or anywhere else.

Dude the have pegged is a skydiving expert who owned parachutes. Dude lived within (long) walking distance from the airport, which explains no one seeing him come or go. He had connections to locations where the money was found. Apparently, dude walked in to his favorite watering hole hours after the escape, looking wet and bedraggled.

There's plenty of other evidence, but with researcher dudes' work apparently being stifled, I can't come up with it.

Funny thing is, dude never went anywhere. After the Thanksgiving weekend, he was back at his regular job, living in his same house(where he still lives to this day), and never missed a beat.

But anyhoo... dudes were quite confident they had the right guy, even claiming it was "obvious." They were actually working on getting DB to grant a television interview.

So, I guess the "world's only unsolved skyjacking" has been solved, but the Feds don't want that to be the case, since they'd just as soon forget.

[Q, West Coast Style]

I remember last year there was a biker who was outside his bike lane but still thought he got cut off by a city bus so he peddled fast and caught up to the bus at a light. He stopped in front of the bus to protest and a rider had to get out and physically push the guy out of the way (it was on security cam, freaking awesome footage)

Anyway, the motorists seem to be turing the tables.

Actually, that Bus Rider pretty much kicked Holier-Than-Thou-Cyclist's ass... an no one knew who he was... awesome.

Here's the footage. It's grainy and choppy but pay attention to all for screens for a few minutes it is freaking awesome!

[web]http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonia ... imet011606[/web]

[MuchoBulls]

RACK the video

[Dinsdale]

Bicycle guy should have paid attention the day they taught physics in high school.

Intelligent take, BUT...

Physics is "science," and by definition, is based in reality.

U&L Biker Nazi is so far from having any grasp on "reality," it's a lost cause.


Lots of people use bicycles to commute around here. Traffic is pretty bad(just like every other freaking city in the country these days, it seems), parking in downtown sucks huge ass(probably about the same as where you live), and gas is now expensive.

And this area is without peer for recreation cycling... which makes it quite popular.


And those who commute or exercise with bikes aren't a problem, nor are the ridiculed for it (unless they wear spandex yellow jersies, and think it's a good idea to ride right down the middle of rural roads).

Heck, the city busses have bike racks on the front, so a person can combine bikes and mass transit to get anywhere in the extended area.



It's Militant U&L Nazi Biker Faggot Fun Hater that gets all the shit... and they deserve it. Beatings and sideswipings of the Faggot Fun Haters aren't that uncommon 'round these parts.

And I think the arrogance of that small segment of the biking community might be a partial explaination of why few people stop after they nail a bicycle -- Faggot Fun Hater marches in the streets to prosecute the car driver, even though Dumbass swerved into his lane, under the belief that bikes have some Right of Moral Superiority to any chuck of asphalt they can get their bike on. Their wannabe vigilateism is what kills their cause.


Stupid Faggit Fun Haters on their mountain bikes. And road bikers might be worse.

Aaaaaaand, don't EVEN get me started on the new breed of U&L fucking idiot transplant... the insideous Downtown Hipster Fixie Crowd.


If you aren't familiar with a "fixie" -- it's a raceing bike with fixed sprokets and no brakes. Pretty æffective bike... if you're in a velodrome. On hilly downtown streets with heavy traffic, they're an absolute menace to society, and truly an instrument of Darwin. The city has all kinds of laws against them, yet the Hipster Fixies seem to expand their numbers, as some sort of protest against nanny-state-ism(yeah, you picked the right town to move to for that, buddy). The cops are writing tickets for fixies with reckless abandon, but the movement grows.


For myself, I find "babysitter laws" ie seat belts, helmets, and that sort of thing tremendously offensive, and I'm opposed to laws against fixies. I'm a firm believer that Darwin will sort it out. Hopefully soon. Too many Midwest freaking dorks around here with their goddamned stupid big-black-framed galsses proclaiming "I'm a Portland Hipster!!!" ...

Which begs a couple of questions...

A) Was that the best use you could come up with for that Liberal Arts degree you got from **insert name of Midwestern university**? To move here without a pot to piss in, get a job for minimum wage in a coffeeshop, and call yourself a "hipster"?


If so, that's pretty sad. While I was fortunate enough to be born and raised in the Garden Spot of the Universe, if I wasn't, I doubt I'd want to move anywhere just so I can brand myself as being part of undefined sicial group in an effort to look cool.


B) Did the Hippies of San Francisco feel this way in the mid/late 60's, when every low life loser dork in the country though living in a particular city somehow made them cooler than the dork they were in their hometown?


Go home, Hipsters. And take the stupid belt and galsses with you. You probably have 20/20 vision anyway, you fucking tools. And quit singing the praises of any POS band that plays dorky fucking pop music, just because you got lit up on $1 PBR night at your stupid fucking nightclubs.

And should the day come that I ever order a "half-caf triple latte Americana mocha organic marmot-ass sundae" from you... just shut up and cook the coffee. I don't need you to explain "Portland Culture" to me, since I kinda helped invent it, you fucking loser midwestern tard (not to pick on the Midwesterners... there seems to be no shortage of Chowds in the mix... but mostly Midwesterners)

[Q, West Coast Style]

[Actually, that Bus Rider pretty much kicked Holier-Than-Thou-Cyclist's ass... an no one knew who he was... awesome.


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Yeah, and none of these Biker Nazis should be able to bitch about how we haven't found Bin Landen, because they couldn't even find their own Bin Laden or White Whale if you will in their own city. So good!

[Dinsdale]

Two words --

"Dar"

and

"Win"


Although I'm not exactly sure what a Big Orange Taxi weighs (and find me one POS "hipster" in this town that knows what the Big Orange Taxi even is, since busses haven't been orange in a lot of years... hint: it's a good way to get to the Starry Night when you're drunk), but I'm guessing it weighs quite a bit... several tons.


But I am pretty sure I know what Faggot Fun Hater on a Mountain Bike weighs... about a buck-fiddy, including bike.''


So, the Tale of the Tape...


Height:


FFHoMB -- 5'8" (with gayassed biking shoes straight from Bike Gallery... because thewy make you go faster)


TriMet Bus -- something like 12 feet

Advantage -- TriMet

Weight:


BikerNazi -- ~150. Possibly 155, after OG U&Ler shoves a brick up their ass


Advantage -- Bus



Reach*:


Let's see... The bike has one rider. A rush-hour TriMet has like >50 fuckers who are pretty fucking pissed off to be on the bus with a bunch of unwashed tweekers with suspended drivers licenses.

Advantage -- Bus


* -- not counting the bus' bike rack's ability to reach Cuda any time, anywhere


Natural toughness due to sexual orientation:


Yellow spandex.

Nuff said?

Advantage -- Bus


And finally...


Experience:

TriMet busses have been splattering stupid people from all walks of life for decades now. Faggot Fun Hater has been serving espresso at Stumptown for like two weeks now.

Advantage: Bus




Yet these stupid motherfuckers still want to defend their Devine Right To Be An Idiot because they're on a bike.



And for this, I salute you, the Most Honorable Mr. Darwin.

[smackaholic]

I am a cyclist and I have very little pity for somebody that lets themselves get hip checked by a freaking garbage truck.

There is another word for cyclists, it's called targets. If you are gonna pedal, you best be aware of this. Whenever you get anywhere near an intersection your fukking head had better be on a swivel. Better yet get one of them little round mirrors to hang off your helmet.

I don't have one now, but, I plan on getting one soon. Not that big a deal out here in cowtown, but, when I was in the navy, living in nofuck, vagina, you can damn well bet I had one. It was absolutely neccessary to keep from getting rolled.

BTW, the lycra shorts are mandatory....in black. If you put any time in the saddle at all, your ass will thank you for that padded patch. I gotta agree with you on the shirt though. If you have a skin tight lycra neon shirt, it's official. You suck cahk.

As for shoes.... once you ride a bike with cleated shoes and matching pedal clips, you will never ride anything else again. It is much more comfortable and you can come out of the clips immediately if you want to. Can't say the same for the old cages that held your sneakers in no matter how bad you crashed.

One last thing. As a cyclist, you are kind of a guest on public roads. Those roads are built and maintained with gas tax money supplied by that little old lady in the marquis bearing down on you at this moment. The roads belong to them, so stay the fukk out of the way.

[PSUFAN]

I think Dins has undeniably earned a RACK here.

[Dinsdale]

Jesus! A good friend and co-worker is in Portland this week. But I don't think he's driving y'all's garbage trucks.

Tell him to stay off bicycles(and they have community ones you can rent for a coule of bucks downtown), and he should be fine.

Oh, and tell him when a Portland cop yells at you to do something, chances are you're about to get a severe case of lead poisoning.


As far as the local discussions, while posting this, I clicked on the Craigslist R&R -- I had to go 6 posts down to find one pertaining to the bike vs. cars battle... interspersed between the ridicule of california transplants, who are the most easily baited subset of people on the planet.

[warren]

Dinsdale: "Suspect was a skydiving expert, who actually owned parachutes."

You've got to be kidding, all the experts I know either borrow that shit or nick it off of a homeless fucker in an alley with a bottle of Boone's between his leg's.

No wonder that genius has evaded law enforcement all these years.