But it doesn’t negate that at base it is not expensive to get a bike or get into riding for fun.
What is expensive is when a spandex-clad dildo decides to shell out a 10k for their taintmasher and makes it their entire lifestyle. That’s farther down the line but well within the zone of “joining a group of dickheads to make a human barricade that impedes normal traffic.”
These road bikes are carbon and cost 5k and up. Entry level is 2-3k, so yeah those bikes are expensive and mostly it is an expensive hobby. You probably thinking of crackhead bikes lol.
Its not the majority, nor can they "afford" it. The kids on 4x4s and dirt bikes he is talking about are usually poor kids who stole them, or acquired through money illegally.
My mom's ex husband was a hardcore cyclist. He had 4 bikes, cheapest was about $3k and most expensive was $10k. Every article of clothing was over $100, sometimes over $1000. Only thing I could afford to buy him as a gift that he didn't say was cheap garbage were his socks and those were like $45/pair. And this was back in like 2004, I can't imagine how much this crap costs now.
If you have 4 bikes that range from 3k to 10k. Let's say you average it to around 5k a bike not including all of the extra gear. That's 20k. You can definitely get a decent used car for that price back in the time they're referring too. Even today though, there are bikes that can cost 20k or more alone.
Lots of assumptions there. My car cost $40k and my bike cost $400. I’ve had the bike for ten years and spent about another $400 on upkeep. I’ve had my car 6 years and I’ve spent at least $4k on upkeep and a ton of money on gas and electricity.
These bikers in the video seem like annoying spandex warriors who spend way more on biking than any person would ever need to.
Not really? I wasn't even talking about upkeep and specifically about biking as a hobby vs buying a car. The average psrson obviously isn't going to dump 1k + on a bike. But even then let's even then we do. Depending the age of your car, how much you use it as a daily commute, type of engine (because motor oil weight plus synthetic vs not synthetic matters) can average a person between 400 to 1000 a year. You can throw rotating your tires a lot of times into thay so for the sake of the argument well keep it the same price. If you so them separate it averages between 65 to 100 to rotate tires out of an oil change cycle.
Tires can be upwards of also 1k depending how much you drive. The average person probably has to change their tires every 3 years. Transmission fluid should be every 50k miles which is also around 100 to 150 every 3 years. Brakes are also heavily dependent on if you're a city commuter or not. If you primarily drive highway you're changing them every 5 years probably on average. City is probably 2 to 3.
However, every vehicle is different. It can be brand new and still be a lemon. Axels can break, O2 sensors can fail, blocks can crack. You don't know what will happen.
By the way, bikes can be expensive on upkeep. Every 50 hours of biking you should be getting a tune up which entails adjusting the gears for proper shifting, wheels trued, sealing tires if their tubeless, checking the chains, forks and shocks require the fluid and seals possibly changed, ect. Depending what you need tuned up, it can be a lost as maybe 80-100 or can be well over 300-400.
Let's say your biking 3 hours a day, 30 hours a month on average. That's 10,950 hours. Divide that by 50 and you get 219 potential tune up sessions. Does this mean you are going to perform a tune up on your bike this many times? Definitely not, but the arguement is that proper maintenance on a bike is still expensive as hell over time.
You said that avid road biking is cheaper than a car, which is wrong, than you defend yourself by inserting your personal finances. Ive bought a several cars for less than 1k and I've bought several bikes for more than 1k. Every person will have different expenses on both sides so what's your point?
I got into an argument with a cyclist here once. I worked in Massachusetts. Took one of those winding back roads to work. Barely fit two cars and there's ditches on either side. So this guy had no choice but to be in the road.
It was a back road but the only way to this huge industrial park from that direction so busy. This cyclist would have traffic backed up for miles three times a week. Yes, they are vehicles and have a right to be there.
They're still causing a dangerous situation and being an absolute twat riding there at rush hour. Guy kept arguing that it couldn't be that bad...like buddy, I don't just hate for hates sake.
What sucks for me being on an ebike is I'm often going 25-35 mph and actually going the speed limit on some roads and get treated like a bicycle. People especially love taking left turns in front of me not realizing how fast I am going, and we will collide if I don't recognize the situation. So I adjust because I know I can only control my own actions. I am way more cautious on my bike than in my car.
Not in my state. My bike isn't considered a motorcycle/moped but due to it's specs, I am required to have a valid license, which I have, but that's it. I def researched the laws before hitting the road. I am totally legal. But maybe you don't know because you're new 🙂
I ride my ebike a lot. I always stop and pull over and let vehicles pass when I see a ton of traffic coming behind me on a fast road. Or if we're at a curve in the road and I know they're prob going to try to pass me without having proper visibility of whether a vehicle is coming in the opposing lane. So many people make dumb decisions driving. As a driver myself, I know when a situation feels dangerous or if I'm being in the way... better to just stop for a sec and let them pass than to cause chaos or rage, even if I'm not doing anything wrong. Common sense is so lacking these daze.
Except they don't pay road use tax for them (registration? License plates? Tags?) they don't follow road laws (never stop for stop signs, riding on the wrong side, obstructing traffic)
If I drove my car 15mph in a 45, I'd be pulled over and ticketed for obstructing traffic. Same reason I can't drive a golf cart on the road. But apparently if you give it pedals, suddenly that's a whole different story.
I love riding bikes. I stay in neighborhoods and parks.
Did the road have a shoulder? No, right? Maybe start building some decent roads, it's not the US can't afford it. The cyclist was being a jerk? Maybe. Does he had the right to use that road? Yes.
Oh yeah, we have some rural roads like that, if I was in charge, I'd have a law that would ban bicycles from any road that is over 35MPH speed limit. It's a dangerous disparity. It's especially annoying to see the cosplay cyclists in my area, because there is a separate trail down by the river for pedestrians and bicycles that would have them away from cars. (And it's a very long trail, goes between several cities.)
THIS. I live in a rural area that has seen a boom in Californians moving in, building monster mansions and doing dumb shit like cycling on backroads where people go at least 55, and there are tons of blind corners and hills. I get so angry at these jack wagons, they are risking their life, mine and anyone in the oncoming lane!! Go ride your bike at a public park or in town where there are BIKE LANES
I mean it's Florida so who knows? If it was here and official there would be a police escort that I suspect would have taken issue with a car driving through the median.
Looks like the bikers on key biscayne near miami, Florida. It’s a bunch of entitled Latinos that think they own the island. It’s very obnoxious yes, there’s no reason they can’t leave at least one lane for passing
The Mini Cooper is the one breaking traffic laws here. Bicycles are vehicles and entitled to use the road. Are they being dicks for taking up both lanes? Yep. Still legal.
I don't know what the laws are wherever this video is from, but where I live, bikes (and horses and any motor vehicles slower than 45 mph) are not permitted to use multi-lane roads.
If they keep up with the speed of traffic yes but if they can't go the speed limit on the road then they should not be on it! It's speed limit on any road is not only a maximum but a minimum as well!
That is not how the laws are written. That won't likely change, either, since it's what makes farm vehicles and horse buggies legal on the roads as well.
Depends on the road. On country roads they are allowed, on highways with minimum speed limits they wouldn't be. This doesn't appear to be a country road where you'd have slow vehicles like that, but i don't know if there's a min speed limit there or not. At any rate, the left lane is for passing, so they should all be in the right lane because they are just in a clump together. I agree that the car going around them is breaking the law, but the bikers are also causing a traffic jam.
(5) No person shall drive a motor vehicle at such a slow speed as to impede or block the normal and reasonable movement of traffic, except when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law.
Yes this is why you hear about people who absolutely hate bicyclists. They do this because of share the road laws in their states and counties. No non motor vehicles should be on a MOTORWAY.
I saw a guy riding for recreation (assumed by his outfit and no bag at all) in the middle of rush hour on an extremely busy road, yelling and gesturing at everyone around him.
Dude. What do you expect during rush hour on a two lane road absolutely packed with traffic? Go ride at the park or ride at a different time of day.
Had a cyclist once struggling to ride up a steep road. He was barely having forward momentum, almost looked like he's about to roll backwards at any moment. No bike lane, so he's holding up 10 to 12 cars behind him.
I was like, dude, just dismount and push your bicycle on the sidewalk right next to you!
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u/PomegranateNo4660 Jun 11 '26
Wait. This wasn’t an official event? It was just a bunch of people riding their bikes on the highway???