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12. Shit like this is why my bike is rotting in the garage.

Sat Jun 19, 2021, 04:41 PM

Jun 2021

It's literally rotting away, the non-metal parts, anyway. Had one close call too many, and had too many things thrown at me. The roads around here are unsafe for cyclists. No shoulder, no bike lanes, lots of idiots on the roads who have no business behind the wheel of anything, even a golf cart.

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Group of bicyclists run down in Arizona [View all] Grokenstein Jun 2021 OP

OMG! Horrifying! SheltieLover Jun 2021 #1

F150's aren't Super Duty... WarGamer Jun 2021 #3

I think some are SheltieLover Jun 2021 #4

You're splitting hairs for no good reason. Both are big damn trucks. LonePirate Jun 2021 #10

I'm criticizing the reporting... which is low quality lately... WarGamer Jun 2021 #41

I agree, not a Super Duty. Grumpy Old Guy Jun 2021 #18

Super Duty is any Ford pickup above the F-150 jmowreader Jun 2021 #31

Jmowreader you are correct. Grumpy Old Guy Jun 2021 #36

This message was self-deleted by its author tenderfoot Jun 2021 #26

Really? I ride a bike and have ridden bikes in several southern states. Treefrog Jun 2021 #16

See post 17 ornotna Jun 2021 #19

I am shocked that anyone finds this amusing. sheshe2 Jun 2021 #39

If he lives, he'll rot in jail. WarGamer Jun 2021 #2

Some incredible fucken assholes are loose on the streets. One of my friends who RKP5637 Jun 2021 #5

Well this is scary as hell peggysue2 Jun 2021 #6

Messed up his pickumup truck, too gratuitous Jun 2021 #7

how did the roof get so crumpled? hitting a byclist wouldn't do that Takket Jun 2021 #9

Maybe A Couple Riders Got... ProfessorGAC Jun 2021 #14

Hitting a person can cause that damage. Google deer/car collisions if you don't believe me, but the SaintLouisBlues Jun 2021 #15

Driver fled the scene, probably smashed himself up good Grokenstein Jun 2021 #23

If he was going fast enough, that could definately happened from the mass of six riders and bikes .. marble falls Jun 2021 #27

The front damage BGBD Jun 2021 #34

He also hit a power pole. Shrike47 Jun 2021 #28

Looks like it rolled Bristlecone Jun 2021 #29

the "protest" laws won't be of any help to this person Takket Jun 2021 #8

99.99% the driver of the truck was a white Republican. LonePirate Jun 2021 #11

Yep. triron Jun 2021 #20

He was shot and is in critical condition. It's not as if they went easy on him... N/T Jedi Guy Jun 2021 #21

he'd best be glad Jilly_in_VA Jun 2021 #30

I expected somebody to say this. BGBD Jun 2021 #37

Shit like this is why my bike is rotting in the garage. GoCubsGo Jun 2021 #12

Was Trump in Arizona? lpbk2713 Jun 2021 #13

some pics of this horrible event.............. riversedge Jun 2021 #17

Damn. This is gruesome. Damn evil Trumpers (wich I bet he was). triron Jun 2021 #22

Gruesome photos! Grumpy Old Guy Jun 2021 #24

That is truly horrific! peggysue2 Jun 2021 #33

Holy shit berniesandersmittens Jun 2021 #25

Gundamentalists coming out to say "see, you can kill people with cars to ban them" in. . . AZLD4Candidate Jun 2021 #32

"People control?" I thought all those loons were all about the FREEDUMB! Maru Kitteh Jun 2021 #40

Will be interesting to hear why they had to shoot the driver Ferrets are Cool Jun 2021 #35

Bet he beat up his wife or girlfriend before he did this. Scrivener7 Jun 2021 #38