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Permalink Reply by Mike Zumwalt on July 7, 2014 at 2:15pm

they interfere with an otherwise smooth-flowing system Yeah, I-55, The Kennedy all real smooth flowing without a bike in site.

Croostown traffic will take you upwards of an hour or 2 from Jersey to Brooklyn, now on a bike?

Running a red is dumb on the bikers part, weaving is something we can do to get further ahead and keep the momentum going, you're just all sitting in you 8x15 foot rolling boxes going nowhere fast.

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Permalink Reply by Gort 12-mile Pinklegneep on July 8, 2014 at 5:12am

This is a good article that covers a lot of the bullshit arguments BUT I do chuckle about the "can you believe that someone from NPR was being dumb about something?" 

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Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on July 8, 2014 at 11:14am

And now even Ira Glass' insipid whining about us letting our High Fidelity membership lapse when the credit card was changed isn't going to make me feel bad any more. 

So long legacy journalism. It was fun for a while.  

I can't wait until gas is $50/gallon. 

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Permalink Reply by Irvin Steinert on July 9, 2014 at 2:25am

Should read: "Why Twitter makes smart people say dumb things".

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Permalink Reply by Irvin Steinert on July 10, 2014 at 2:35am

twitter is the spear tip front of the sound bite psychosis that cements our present day banality

rwein5 said:

Nah

Irvin Steinert said:

Should read: "Why Twitter makes smart people say dumb things".

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Permalink Reply by Tricolor on July 10, 2014 at 4:57am

Cars don't shoal one another nearly as much as bikes.  I want to get one of those t-shirt cannons and blast everyone I see with a free shirt with 'shoal asshole' written on the back.

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Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on July 10, 2014 at 5:10am

+1

Shoaling is proof-positive that bicyclists can be every bit as self-centered, rude, and entitled as auto drivers. 

Tricolor said:

Cars don't shoal one another nearly as much as bikes.  I want to get one of those t-shirt cannons and blast everyone I see with a free shirt with 'shoal asshole' written on the back.

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Permalink Reply by John Wilson 6.0 on July 10, 2014 at 8:08am

Retweeted.

Irvin Steinert said:

twitter is the spear tip front of the sound bite psychosis that cements our present day banality

rwein5 said:

Nah

Irvin Steinert said:

Should read: "Why Twitter makes smart people say dumb things".

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Permalink Reply by Michelle Milham on July 10, 2014 at 8:15am

When drivers say bikes cause traffic I ask if they've ever been stuck behind a bike for more than 3 min. The answer is always no and then they feel dumb. 

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Mulcky on July 10, 2014 at 8:28am

My main consolation is that shoaling dies down once the weather gets below 50 degrees. 

James BlackHeron said:

+1

Shoaling is proof-positive that bicyclists can be every bit as self-centered, rude, and entitled as auto drivers. 

Tricolor said:

Cars don't shoal one another nearly as much as bikes.  I want to get one of those t-shirt cannons and blast everyone I see with a free shirt with 'shoal asshole' written on the back.

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Permalink Reply by David Altenburg on July 10, 2014 at 8:37am

I now get this tune stuck in my head every time I get shoaled, and it always makes me laugh: 

http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/think-of-this-as-a-missed-...

Tricolor said:

Cars don't shoal one another nearly as much as bikes.  I want to get one of those t-shirt cannons and blast everyone I see with a free shirt with 'shoal asshole' written on the back.

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