# Some Street Cyclists

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-street-cyclists/484797>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [February 7, 2009, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-street-cyclists/484797 "2009-02-07T11:14:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2009, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-street-cyclists/484797/164 "2009-02-22T21:44:26Z")

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> [@Princhester](#):
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> He would be able to provide a cite to the effect that something that hasn’t happened - but which he assumes will - how exactly? I’m not going to ask someone for a cite that they won’t be able to provide.

And how, exactly, is **Lust4Life** supposed to provide a cite for an observed behavior?

> [@](#):
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> _If you mean am I going to ask him for a cite to the effect that some road users blow off stop signs then no I’m not because I absolutely accept that. It doesn’t have anything to do with my area of disagreement with this OP, so why you raise it, I don’t know._

You see no similarities between

> [@Fucking Bicyclist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-bicyclist/486235/12):
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> Soon, the bicycle people in their Lance Armstrong costumes will be out. They will ride down this hill in both lanes, and will not even pause at the stop sign or look for cars coming out of the other road.

and

> [@Lust4Life](#):
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> [T]hey are playing at pretending to be pro racers they have absaloutley no awareness of what the fuck is happening around them.  
> They are bent over the handlebars staring straight ahead and going much faster then their reaction ability can handle resulting in everyone else in their vicinity having to get out of their way or risk a collision.

? Really?

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