Of any kind. Commuting, road biking, touring, mountain biking etc.

Been a cyclist of various types for 20 years now. Never seems to be non-controversial. Even among other cyclists… many hate other types of cyclists. And now there is a lot of specific e-bike hate/controversy.

I don’t get it man. What do you think?

IME assholes are assholes regardless of being on a bike or not.

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    6 hours ago

    Plenty of people are doing their commute as their training ride because it makes sense to do so,

    Super convenient for them, but also very inconvenient for everyone else…

    Which is my entire point about some cyclists being selfish assholes and them being the minority…

    In another comment I mentioned how those selfish cyclists will always pretend they can’t be separated out, which I feel like is relevant here. And I know no amount of comments will change your mind because of that

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      Why should my half hour be worth less than your minute or 2 until you can safely overtake.

      Not to mention that if their bike commute allows them to take a car of the road, you might be faster on average you just think that the bike makes you slower. Plus the 1000s of dollars in just waste if they would need to own a car instead and so on …

      You know what’s super convenient for you(r group) but super inconvenient for everyone else, car centric infrastructure development.

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        yeah i don’t get it.

        when i am driving i just… slow down and pass when it’s safe.

        i get delayed by a few seconds. it’s not a big deal. but people act like you are a heinous criminal for having to tap the brake/gas and move your wrist a little bit…

        stop signs and lights delay me a lot more than cyclists ever have. should we abolish those too?