Comments on: Bikes Only?

By: laexpat

laexpat — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:35:04 +0000

I always hated that. Several times, I started to make up a handout — in 10 languages — that said “Get the F$^K off the BIKES ONLY path!!!”

By: lasnark

lasnark — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:15:32 +0000

I can usually spot a jackass that’s going to walk across the bike path without looking from about 50 feet away. “Bike path dipshit!” seems to get the most entertaining responses.

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Yesterday’s ride, after which I attend a meeting « BikingInLA — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:09:40 +0000

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By: robbbbb

robbbbb — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:07:47 +0000

I’m occasionally one of those “assholes” that is on the bike path. I’m a runner, and running on the boardwalk is literally impossible with the crowds. (when there *IS* a boardwalk; there are some areas of the beach where there are no paved alternatives, period.) That said, I always stay to the side of the path and keep alert to cyclists approaching.

By: Dave Share

Dave Share — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:51:07 +0000

I’m the “asshole” that buzzes the tower and rides as close as I can to those people. If they shift and I end up grazing or hitting them….not my problem.

By: Jeff Donaldson

Jeff Donaldson — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:10:17 +0000

Welcome to the beach. Down in Newport we get the same thing on the boardwalk. The 4 abreast dragging boogie boards is my biggest peeve. That and the shift from current bearing for no apparent reason.

By: marshall

marshall — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:08:15 +0000

I believe there’s a gravitational power that attracts morons doing totally ridiculous and dangerous things to bike paths. Avoid them at all costs.

By: chezshoes

chezshoes — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:26:58 +0000

I’ve taken a couple of spills because of the people stopping every 5 feet, standing, etc. on the Long Beach bike path. Lesson learned – I only use the bike paths early early early in the morning, before most large groups of people have had time to pack their herds into their SUV and head to the beach.

By: Tammara

Tammara — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:47:17 +0000

OMG!!! This is sooo one of my pet peeves. Last year I lived at the beach and everyday rode the bike path. Everyday, I had to swerve to avoid some idiot variation of the above to avoid a major collision. When I said something invariably people got agitated and huffy. I constantly wondered why it wasn’t policed more carefully having witnessed several nasty falls.