What is this, a bike lane for ants!?
If only separated bike lanes were more common. I’m really not comfortable riding with all those cars just right there.
Imagine how many other bike riders we would have if bike lanes weren’t this terrifying
Shouldn’t it be about double that number because of the second car lane?
Flying by traffic really is one of the best feelings, not quite up there with being on a trail with no traffic, but still… just great.
Even more satisfying is doing it on foot while walking my dog!
And so many of them can’t stay on their side of the line. Glad nobody was opening doors.
Centre Street in Boston. Amusingly enough, this video starts a stone’s throw away from a major transit hub connecting three commuter rail lines to the T.
And worth noting, it looks like this backup is almost entirely caused by the reduction to one lane at the Allandale Street intersection due to construction.
A few observations:
- That’s a fuck-ton of distance for 150 cars.
- “One more lane, bro” wouldn’t make a goddamn difference.
- We really need bike lanes… on every road.
The cars aren’t standing still.
Those brake lights tell a different story. Still, what are we talking… a 1 or 2 km length of road for 150 cars to be passed by a single cyclist? Such an inefficient use of space.
A fun game for cyclists : it’s called The Race. I think there were rules somewhere on the internet. I’ve forgotten the details but this is basically how it goes.
- You get 1 point every time you pass a “slow” bike: people who are taking their time, old contraptions, etc
- 2 pts for decent bikes
- 3 points for cyclists in racing attire
- 4 points for electric bikes
- 5 points for cars
You lose the same amount every time you get passed
On good days I can easily get in the thousands with all the cars commuting. Makes me feel so good.
I used to cross the Manhattan Bridge in NYC on my commute, sometimes the Q or D train would emerge out of the tunnel onto the bridge just as I was coming up the bike ramp and it was a really fun challenge to try racing it up to the apex. If you can manage to pace it on the uphill, you’ll always pass it on the downhill, and then come ripping off the bridge at near 30 mph.
How many points for busses? Trains?
Where I am, cyclists and busses share the same lane, so it would be extra hard to pass one. 20 points?
Passing a train would make you the king/queen of bicycle forever
cable car?
Not including the buses that are sadly stuck there because of cars, I imagine that would be roughly 150 persons 😄
Hey OP
Fuck you, follow traffic rules, speeding and ignoring a red? You’re a horrendous rider. Fuck you, signed by all cyclists who get a bad rap from shit riders like you.
It’s a fucking fire emergency box
Log off, go for a bike ride.
Not a red, but funny enough, all those cars are blocking the intersection…
I think you should buy some glasses mate
I took a closer look and that doesn’t look like a traffic light? I’m not actually sure what it is, it’s kind of a red stand alone red bulb. Maybe it’s meant to be a stop sign (but those usually blink), but yeah, take a look at the video one more time at a slower speed and it’s clearly missing the two other lights for it to be a traffic light 🚦
That’s not a standard stop light. It looks like a globe light that happens to be red - which is admittedly very confusing. What is that thing?
Is that a red light? Looks more like a red balloon or lamp post thing, but it is kind of grainy.
Looks like a reflection on the camera lens for me?
Jesus, looks like they’re speeding for the size of that road, and not even looking for pedestrians at the crossings.
These are the riders that give the good riders a bad rap. Fucking hell.
Edit, saw a speed limit sign, they’re definitely going over 20, fuck this rider.
They also almost clip a few cars that aren’t over the line, this person is a terrible rider lol.
Dunno about where you are but where I live cyclists do not have to adhere to “posted speed limits”.
The video is sped up, right?
Looking at the jogger about halfway through, and the moving cars at the end, looks like it’s 1.5x or 2x speed.
I estimate probably 3x speed. 0.25 playback feels a little slow and 0.5 playback is clearly too fast.
They’re still clearly going over 20kmh or miles an hour regardless.
Still didn’t slow for the crossings.
Fuck this rider.
Edit
Ran a red too, fuck this rider.
Mods: Just ban this neckbeard troll already.
Seriously. Over half this thread is people feeding this troll.
This video had obviously been sped up.
And? They’re still obviously over the posted speed limit.
I love how people all just ignored the other infractions to point this out, but they’re still speeding.
They clearly sped the video up to hide this fact. Why else would they post a misleading video that’s sped up for no reason?
If you’re using Boost or app capable for controlling playback speed, turn it to 0.25. That’s the actual speed. Look out for the jogger at 25 second mark, that’s the hint. Any other speed and the jogger will run in cartoonish speed.
Lol, I reviewed it at .25 and I think you’re right. I did that part again at .5 and it looked straight up silly. Those cars are fucked with how slow that is going, although I do think construction near the end might be impacting it.
They are still clearly going over the posted limit, they probably tried to hide that fact by speeding the video up.
Just ignoring the other infractions as well?
Fuck this rider.
Limit seems to be 20 and assuming that is mph, it’s around 32kmph. Slowing down the footage, it seems they ride in a speed around 22 to 26kmph? Doesn’t seems that fast to me, i tend to ride around 17kmph and it seems to past the stationary car just a bit faster than i do, and feels similar when i do it with my ebike on 25kmph. The camera seems to be wide angle which often give the viewer the false sense of speed.
Also speed limit might not applicable to bicycle.
it’s obviously sped up and even if it wasn’t this seems like a perfectly reasonable speed to bike at. This looks to be america and so you rather have to go fast in order to reach your destination within the hour…
And it’s still obvious they are clearly going well over the posted speed limit, and all the other stuff? It’s not reasonable speed for that road, they almost clipped a dozen vehicles lmfao.
Fuck this rider.
And a red light. Which was also blocked by gridlock, but still.
Also, oops a Uber passenger just ended their ride early and got out to walk, opens door on the biker because they are flying too fast.
That’s against the law in MA, passenger would be at fault.
Motorist Responsibilities (see MGL Chapter 89, Section 2 and Chapter 90, Section 14)
Motorists and their passengers must check for passing bicyclists before opening their door. Motorists and their passengers can be ticketed and fined up to $100 for opening car or truck doors into the path of any other traffic, including bicycles and pedestrians.
