There’s not really a trick to plowing through a crowd of onlookers.

Truly, Cruise Ships are the Assholes of the Sea.

you complain to anker they respond.. and make you happy

you complain to anker they respond.. and make you happy

I will and do. Lifelong road biker here, and I hate that there are asshat cyclists. We’re not all like that! Sorry for the ones that are.

The hypocrisy is inherent in your own statement.

If that’s your logic, I hope you didn’t illegally pass that cyclist in a No Passing zone on the way up that hill.

Lifelong road biker here. He didn’t have to. Part of it is just plain fun. He’s probably ridden that hill for years and knows it well. He looks like a fairly accomplished rider from what I can see.

I’ll be sure to remember this when I’m taking the full width of a single lane road with double yellow lines and just chock it up to “following the law”.

The rider spent who knows how long (hours) grinding up that monster of a hill so he could fly down it. He’s pretty much only putting himself at risk and he has earned his turns. He knows what he’s getting into. Not all of us seek thrills that way, but some do.

I’ve ridden amongst motos on canyon road descents many times, even on my mountain bike. Cars I either keep my distance behind, or if they are rubber-necking tourists driving erratically, I just pass them when the opportunity presents itself.

Let’s see... most of the time everyone else is passing the bicycle at a 20mph speed differential, and you’re worried about him passing others at 5mph? I can see him wait until the motorcyclist in front sees him in the mirror and moves over, then accelerate past.

True, but it’s not like his choices were only to brake or to pass everyone. He could have stopped pedalling, and that would have cut a lot of his speed.

Would you be OK with the corollary- traffic backed up as a bicyclist chugs uphill?

There was nothing unsafe about passing the motorcyclists other than the potential for them to get angry. The motorists ahead of the motorcyclists 90% of the safety risk is them getting angry because a bicyclist passed them. Otherwise it’s just the same as when those motorists passed the bicyclist on the uphill side.

Braking at that speed will build up enough heat to blow a tire. It is absolutely a pants shitting moment and any cyclist riding a Time RXR with bike handling like that guy will know that. TL:DR Braking on long descents can/will fucking end you on a roadbike (unless using disc brakes...)

Both motorcyclists that are not dooshes don’t live in this country.

Honestly, it’s mostly bravado, and a sense of wanting to get your reward. Before the cyclist got to the point where they could enjoy that descent, they first had to spend probably an hour or more grinding their way up the hill. The descent after such a workout is a pure treat, and one wants to take advantage of said…

Because if there’s one thing you never do as a cyclist is waste the opportunity to take advantage of a descent. Also, brakes on bicycles are marginally effective at high speeds, so riding the brakes to stay at the same speed as the motorcycles and cars will lead to the rims getting warm and a potential blowout.

Because it’s fun. Seriously? Who wouldn’t do that? Someone line all those people up. They will be categorized as not my friends anymore or not my friends in the future.

Not even a little bit? On a wide open runway at low speeds with nothing to hit?