I see these every time a bicycle path intersects with any kind of car or train infrastructure. It just seems really patronizing, as if we’re not capable of slowing down without getting off the bike; it also shifts responsibility onto the cyclists if there is a crash based on something arbitrary (mounted vs dismounted).
DRIVERS EXIT AND PUSH CAR
I see these signs at the entrance points to the pedestrian zones. And they are usually ignored by the bikers.
SIGN
EAT MY ASSIDK I think the “bike lanes” that are actually just fucking gutters that have never been cleaned is a more infuriating sign: Paint doesn’t really protect people but places that put up these “bike lanes” give themselves a big pat on the back, put up bullshit “bike friendly” signs, and then DGAF when a cyclist is killed or injured by another shitty driver who will barely be held accountable, if at all.
It’s those few asshole cyclists that give all the others a bad name. Joe Cool whizzing past you and startling you ain’t that cool. Slow the fuck down with your branded “Hey! I got a cool bike!” bicycle. You don’t need to dismount though.
Rage inducing because you know cyclists won’t heed it, right? Right?
I’ve only seen these in my area when you are entering very busy pedestrian areas. It is basically saying that you should expect to be moving slow enough that balancing on your bike will be more hassle than it is worth, so you should just dismount. And if you try to go through at full speed, you’re being a dick
I have this sign in the tunnel under the train tracks, there’s no way you’re crossing that on your bike there’s people walking in all direction all the time
Concur, same here. What gets me going is a sign saying cyclists are allowed to use the road. Think about it since years to put up an add on that says “cars too, but only on this road”. There’s such a thing as legislature and that already defines that we may bike on any road or except a motorway. So why the hell would someone patronize a normal road like that ffs
Not sure about rage inducing.
I would say it’s a contender for the most ignored sign.
I’ve never dismounted for one that’s for sure.
You are one of those guys who race full speed through the pedestrian zone then? Because that’s where those signs usually stand, to be ignored by nearly all bikers.
It just seems really patronizing, as if we’re not capable of slowing down
I don’t know your region, but around here the cyclists seem very unable, and that sign is only used where it is absolutely neccessary.
I would be annoyed to see this sign to. there is no need to dismount until you reach your destination. where the heck do these signs live?
At the entrance points to the pedestrian zone. Don’t worry, bikers just ignore them.
There’s a couple near me. 1 on an arched footbridge, on a busy pedestrian path. The other on a narrow, cut through. It’s near a school and people turn into it around a blind corner.
I consider both completely reasonable things to ask.
We have them around here in the UK, they are given as little respect as they deserve.
There’s a short bike/pedestrian lane built near me to raise property values near some boutique stores–anytime it intersects the car road, there’s a sign to dismount. Message: you clearly aren’t riding your bike to get anywhere.
I also see it when a path intersects a railroad.
The railroad ones almost make sense depending on the conditions. At a level crossing which goes across the road at an angle rather than dead perpendicular, the groove next to the rails will catch your front wheel which may or may not result in you getting thrown off and/or winding up with a bent rim.
It’s not a problem if you’re paying attention. Assuming that most bike riders are paying more attention as compared to, say, most car drivers is probably still being unreasonably charitable. But in that case they’re unlikely to obey a sign, either.
The ones we have here spell it out with “angled rail catches wheels” and a picture of a ball headed safety dude getting bucked off of his bike rather than just blithely telling people to dismount.
At a level crossing which goes across the road at an angle rather than dead perpendicular, the groove next to the rails will catch your front wheel which may or may not result in you getting thrown off and/or winding up with a bent rim.
Only if you’re riding through it completely not paying attention. I’ve got exactly such a crossing near my house, and I ride over it very frequently, both on a mountain bike and on a skinny-tire road bike. And I’ve never once had the slightest issue, because I pay attention to where the tracks are and momentarily go at an angle to make sure I cross over them more perpendicularly. Just takes a slight swerve at the right time, really.
I think the crossing I’m thinking of might be at a 30 degree angle or so, so that might be the logic there. But in that case: Caution Angled Railway would be more likely to result in actual caution instead of contempt.
I do remember a sign of bike crashes someone made for a city and all the hotspots were angled railway crossings.
Yeah I can’t even imagine. The bike lanes were I am at are on the street and constantly intersect other roads that also have other bike lanes. It would almost be funny to put one of these up as a joke but then I would worry some car head would think its a good idea.
Yes, it’s clearly some car-brained suburban shit from people who’ve never had to ride their bike to work.
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I once went over the handlebars when I hit one of these. The sign was less of an ask and more of a demand.
I’m in the market for a good angle grinder. How do you feel about Bauer? Spiritually I’m Bausch but economically I’m Dewalt.
Bauer is good shit.
90% as good as the big brands, for 50% of the price.
Harbor Freight gets a bad rep, but that’s because HF has multiple lines of tools for sale. Usually they have a really cheap-ass option and a mid-range option. The cheap-ass option really is a piece of junk and deserves the HF reputation. But if you go to HF and get their mid-grade stuff, it’s actually quite decent pretty much every time. Lots of people go to HF for cheap tools, so they get the absolute cheapest one … and then that one ends up being a piece of shit that breaks, so they say HF sucks and avoid it. But if you get the mid-range stuff at HF, you still save a lot of money, but you get decent tools that will get the job done reliably.
Are they full-on professional level, made for someone who will be using it on the job all day every day? No, not really. But 95% of people don’t need that. If you’re an amateur, someone who will just be using the tool occasionally and mostly for light jobs that won’t be stressing it out to the absolute max, then I’d definitely recommend Bauer.
Basically, buy a cheap one, and if you manage to break the cheap one, then go out and buy an expensive one.
I appreciate the advice. I don’t know what Harbour Freight is but I know a lot about it now.
Makita is what my family uses. A bit cheaper than Milwaukee and has served my family very well.
It’s crazy that Makita is now cheaper given they used to be the premium option.
Milwaukee absolutely ate their lunch in the last 10 years with the amount of places that sell them though.
Ah, I am always happy to talk to a fellow angle-grinder enthusiast. I’ve had too many Dewalt bushings go bad–they’re a false economy, enshittified to make line go up.
For me, Milwaukee is that sweet spot for value and quality.
I hope to be an enthusiast soon enough, it’s one of the major tools missing from my workbench. Milwaukee -is- pretty good, and I already have the battery packs.
But after working with a shipwright who had all Bausch tools I’ve been spoiled.
Cut down many signs?
Oh, no, sir. That would be a crime.
I mostly use angle grinders for my sourdough. A bread can never be too hard is my personal opinion.
You must have the jaw muscles of a mastiff and the palate of beaver.
Maybe not unable, just unwilling.
Yeah, not doing that
I like the ones around here which say, “Bicycles may use full lane.”
May? I don’t need your damn permission; that’s already the law on every square inch of road in the state that’s not an interstate highway. Yes, I know that’s more of a reminder for motorists than anything else, but the lack of education there is rather astounding. Plenty of people labor under the misapprehension that bicycles aren’t allowed on the “real” road somehow, and get frothingly butthurt every time they see one.
Our state is a bit archaic on that front. Unless something has changed recently, last I looked our interstate/controlled access highway restrictions still assume that all vehicles will be combustion powered; Bicycles, animals, and any form of conveyance without an engine of at least (IIRC) 55cc is prohibited. So presumably this also lassos all electric vehicles, which don’t have any engine displacement to measure whatsoever. But nobody seems keen to do anything about it.
Beyond that restriction, anything with wheels here is a vehicle. I could roll my office chair down the street and would be entitled to the full set of rights and responsibilities of operating it on the road, including my space in a lane.
Ah, the cities that feel putting up a few ‘share the road’ signs (in seemingly random locations) is a suitable replacement for having protected bike lanes.
Sounds like you need to CH-CH-CH-CHECK YOUR PRIVILEGE.
