gas prices are up! traffic is the worst ever!
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Roadblock at 03.8.07 - 12:50 pm
I love it on those times when I occasionally get in my car and notice that gas prices are up.... I love it when I drive to the west side and experience the most raunchy traffic conditions. may it all come to a grinding halt. muhahaha!!
I have an idea for a race.... the Rush Hour Alley Cat.
cars vs bikes. east side to the west side (why east to west? because the sun rises in the EAST mothafugga j/k)
the rules. anyway anyhow, get over to the 3rd st. promenade from Hollywood/ Highland. and yes, the drivers will have to find parking. muhahaha you know where my bet is at.
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Bikes will win easily! This was once a town that a car could be reasonably driven in, but not really any more.
mr rollers03.8.07 - 12:53 pm
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I think a fist fight with an infant would be about as fair as that race.
City Hobgoblin03.8.07 - 12:56 pm
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it would be a great publicity stunt actually... anyone care to help organize something and make some noise?
Roadblock03.8.07 - 12:58 pm
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Preach the word RB!
Couple weeks ago I commuted by bike from a gig in El Segundo up through the westside to a gathering at Barney's Beanery. It was 5:30 p.m. at Imperial Hwy and Aviation Blvd. and by the time I landed at Barney's 15 miles later, not quite 70 minutes had passed -- and that included me having to stop and "educate" an ASSUV driver who beligerently honked at me on Roberston near Pico.
This past Tuesday, I did the same route by car, my destination this time was Bar Lubitsch about a mile further east on Santa Monica Blvd. It was 5:45 p.m. at Imperial/Aviation and it goddam took me 95 minutes and all those emissions along the same exact route (plus one mile) to get there.
Bike vs. Car on that rush-hour oute and the bike would win every fucking time, hell yeah.
Agent Orange03.8.07 - 1:26 pm
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aight then! The Rush Hour Alley Cat is on natches! lemme figure out a date. we need an angry motorist to challenge.... anybody know a bicycle hater motorist we can irk?
Roadblock03.8.07 - 1:54 pm
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HAHAH!! maybe we could post this on car forums. let a whole bunch of motorheads enter. lol
Roadblock03.8.07 - 2:01 pm
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OMG i know just the guy. He has the worst road rage and hates bicyclers. He drives the new JEEP Wrangler X 4 door.
I'll try and talk him into it
richtotheie03.8.07 - 2:55 pm
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aww fuck. why do we even need to challenge anyone... we'll win hands down.
but if we do, rules should state that drivers can't use freeways (not that they would help)...
FuzzBeast03.8.07 - 4:24 pm
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Well there's no freeway that goes directly from Hollywood & Highland to the 3rd St. Promenade so I say let 'em have their freeways. We'll see what good it does them.
.K
onethirtynine03.8.07 - 5:09 pm
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I'm an angry motorist and will race you on my fossil fuel-burner.
Jeronimo03.8.07 - 5:34 pm
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freeways are a part of it. it's got to be fair to the driver
Roadblock03.8.07 - 9:59 pm
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No wonder you're angry, that's a Honda that can't decide wether it wants to be a Japanese sportbike or an American Harley. It's like being someone who can't decide which gender they want to be. It'll be alright once society transcends gender role ideology, then you won't have to be angry anymore. In the meantime, just race on a bicycle.
Anyway, this thread was about cars vs bicycles, not about motorcycles vs bicycles.
spiraldemon03.8.07 - 11:22 pm
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For publicity sake, I think the deputy mayor of los angeles for Transportation and his hummer would be the perfect contender.
It would show justification for that beautiful mobile of his.
This would be so much fun. Who doesn't love riding by cars parked on the street in rush hours.
Jeff your closer out of that closet, your opening the door, next move is to start stepping.
sexy03.9.07 - 12:58 am
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Sexy why don't we document you actually challenging him to it? That would be hilarious
richtotheie03.9.07 - 1:02 am
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I'll come out for Borfo, but he's married. I guess I'll have to settle for you, Sexy.
spiraldemon03.9.07 - 1:07 am
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There's a difference between gender role ideology and homosexuality.
spiraldemon03.9.07 - 1:13 am
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dress like a girl and have fun already.
Electric Otis is already trying to get him to ride to work. I'll talk to him about how that is going and see if he wants to do this too, or instead of riding to work. I'm sure EO read this, and his brain is churning.
sexy03.9.07 - 2:08 am
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My motorcycle gets no respect just like Orange County cyclists, so it's fitting.
Driving in the LA Metro area sucks, which is why I rarely do it. It's either the bicycles of motorcycle.
Just for shits and grins, today I "raced" some traffic on a major thoroughfare for about five miles and won. It wasn't a parking lot, but the traffic light timing assist was nice. There was some goofy woman in an Acura on a smellphone that seemed to be transfixed and angry at the same time about it all.
Jeronimo03.9.07 - 6:28 pm
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I am right there with you Jeronimo. Whenever I zoom by a motorist, they ususally make sure that they floor it so they can really let me know who's in charge when they fly by me.
It's like they know deep down that their suckers for allowing themselves to be chained to their cars, and feel vindicated once they've proven them self to you.
anonymitytheif03.9.07 - 6:57 pm
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Whenever a gasser does that I can't help but wonder just how much a) they just spent on fuel for that and b) how they can afford to do that. That simple yet ineffective act is actually very narcissistic.
Jeronimo03.9.07 - 7:04 pm
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