Don't fight stupidity with more stupidity
Whatever one thinks of Portland's overheated (and overpriced) bicycle agenda, and however frustrated one becomes with the more obnoxious cyclists that one encounters on the city's thoroughfares, it's criminal assault to go throwing tacks out on the streets that bikers frequent. We hope whoever's doing this either stops or gets stopped before they kill somebody. The cyclists have every right to be royally p.o.'d at such a deranged person.
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Comments (12)
There were tacks on Route 30 during the STP race too.
However nasty some of the bicyclists are, this is not an appropriate action to try to disable bikes.
Posted by portland native | September 18, 2011 8:13 AM
Weird didn't work.
Stupid isn't working.
And "Portlandia" finishes filming, and re-ups for another season.
Posted by Harry | September 18, 2011 9:16 AM
I can't agree more, Jack. All this does is steel the resolve of the Critical Mass dweebs when they start screaming about "taking back the streets". The best response is to be courteous and civil at all times, and in fact shine in your presence and presentation. It then drives them even crazier when they hear, repeatedly, the one word they've never heard in their lives: "No."
Posted by Texas Triffid Ranch | September 18, 2011 10:08 AM
It would not surprise me one little bit that one of the militant bi cycle buoys did the deed. Just like the fake victims of lets say racism that get caught pissing on their own cause to further it. But that would be placing blame before the facts are proven or perpetrates caught.
Posted by Flat Jack | September 18, 2011 11:20 AM
Flat Jack may be right - which derails my original train of thought steamrolling towards Newton's third.
Posted by msmith | September 18, 2011 12:25 PM
Today's Sunday NY Times has a great article on the backlash in Copenhagen and other European cities to the bike nazis. And from a fellow long term bike rider like myself.
Maybe Sam will take another trip to Europe before his demise and then do something about bike nazis before he leaves office. Fat chance.
Posted by lw | September 18, 2011 3:35 PM
The first link in this post is to that article.
Posted by Jack Bog | September 18, 2011 7:37 PM
Thank you for posting this, Jack.
Posted by Gordon | September 18, 2011 8:07 PM
The "nasty bicyclist" theme must be unique to the City of Portland, because out here in the suburbs where the bicyclists are much fewer the main "nasties" are the automobile drivers.
Posted by Gordon | September 18, 2011 8:09 PM
It is true many bicyclists are inconsiderate, angry and just poor neighbors on the streets. But, ahhh, this description also fits a whole heck of lot of car/truck/RV drivers. There are differences to be sure. Drivers of vehicles using fuel from petroterrorist states and Texas billionaires kill bicyclists. It does not happen the other way around. Say what needs to be said about bicyclists. But, when a citizen takes on the responsibility of driving tons of mass at street speeds (or higher), said citizen has, by the law of physics, taken on a greater risk factor/ responsibility than the person traveling at human power speed with one thirtieth the mass.
Posted by dweeb cyclist | September 18, 2011 8:31 PM
Sorry Jack, that will teach me to click onto all your links. I read the NYTimes article this morning before I read your blog without clicking. Your blog is liking reading all the news of the US and now the World.
Posted by lw | September 18, 2011 9:11 PM
And you deserve a Blog Pulitzer.
Posted by lw | September 18, 2011 9:13 PM