Anonymous May 31, 2013 at 8:49 am

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As a runner, I'll occasionally end up on the road in places where the sidewalk is exceptionally bad and/or poorly lit, and occasionally step onto the road to pass when there's a group sauntering along and completely oblivious to the world around them.

Still no excuse for a runner to be in the way of a car or bike. If you're going to use the road, pay attention. And don't do it at times or places where the road will be in use frequently. If the road is big enough for a bike lane, the runner should definitely be on the sidewalk.
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I stumbled a pond once, and let me tell you, I was soaking wet.
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Get the hell out of my pond, I'm not sharing anything with you!
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Get your damned bike out of my way, pond stumbler...
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I'll had it!!!!!!!
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That is an awful place to put a pond!
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'...you who is to special for the sidewalk.' you:special::sidewalk:_____. Street performer? A nice derriere? A penny facing up, glinting in the elusive sun?? Now there's something to make your head cave in momentarily.

And having your tail tailgated is the worst.
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We must eliminate all cars from Portland. Leave your cars in Tigard along with your guns. Nevertheless, pedestrians are always fair game.
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Buzz me and I'll shove my cane in your spokes. I'd shove it up your ass, butt you'd like it too much.
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Dear Anonymous:

Please take your meds before getting behind the wheel of your vehicle.

Sincerely,

Every walker, runner, wandering wino or whoever else you stumble a pond.
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IA is an antisocial douchebag.
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This is a complete non-issue, if you can't deal with things like this while riding, don't ride. Despite this, I somewhat agree, I always feel like runners have a preconceived notion of safety by running the wrong way in the bike lane, but play chicken with them next time, it's fun! Also, again this isn't an issue at all.
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authentic frontier gibberish!
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^ I know right! Let's flex some muscles and take I-phone pics in front of a mirror instead....

Or maybe a brooding shot with shades. You pick.
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mild inconveniences are worth becoming angry enough to piss and moan online about.
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Running with a baby stroller in the street seems like the stupidest thing anyone could possibly do, and yet you see these dumbass women doing it all the time.
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I sympathize with the runners, but then again how hard is it to fire up your "Partially Zero Emissions" Subaru Outback and drive to a muti-use path? Oh wait there might be hobos on those paths. They will eat your children and steal your iPhone. Better stick to running three-abreast with "all terrain strollers" the wrong way down one of those bike boulevards. Nobody will mind. I mean, that's why the city painted those little bike symbols on the ground: so you can lose those 3lbs left over from being pregnant. And it must be tough squeezing child-rearing in around all those yoga classes. U r so strong.
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Oh, is someone operating the wrong kind of vehicle in your lane? Are they going too slowly? Are they far enough from the side that they're difficult to pass? Do they not give half a shit about the backup they're causing?

Well, these complaints sure sound familiar. Any idea where we've heard this before?
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I thought this was fake at first, but then low and behold on Belmont this afternoon, a spandex-clad moron jogging in the bike lane!
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Hey, Torgo, you're a moron. The only other option for bicyclists other than the right side of the street is the sidewalk-- which is incredibly unsafe and inefficient.

And you realize you're in Portland, right? You know, Portland... the city that's built is basic reputation around bicycling for the last, oh, twenty years?

Maybe I can take a trip to Houston or Birmingham and harass and mutter under my breath at dudes in boosted F-350s and wrap-around oakleys.
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@the dilisliker, can't pick sorry. Don't play the guitar anymore you see
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Lyle, what are you talking about? I point out that this guy is making the same argument that drivers make all the time, and you assume that I'm some raging southern truck-driving Oakley wearer? That's quite the leap you've made, and I think it probably says more about you than me.

Here, without subtlety or irony (so that you don't get too confused), is my point: Public throughways are a shared space. That is not only true when bikers need/want to operate in a roadway. It is also true when pedestrians need/want to share a bike lane. It is also true when bikes or adjacent property owners need/want to share a sidewalk. There are other people in this world, and they all think that they are just as important as you think that you are. They are all going to get online later and write IAs about "those jerk-ass (bikers/drivers/walkers/runners/sightseers/etc.) who are always getting in the way on MY (sidewalk/bike lane/park trail/roadway)." And every time, I will try to remind them that there are a bunch of other people who think exactly the same thing about them. Why? Because (as they say) sharing is caring, but demanding that others share while you withhold is just being an asshole.
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Im confused. What happened in this one?
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Yeah, I've been noticing this a lot lately; joggers running in the street/bike lanes; even those fat ass old lady slow paced wanna-be speed walkers take the bike lane. Why? It makes no logical sense; especially when there is no one on the sidewalk to obstruct them. Fucking dumb ass transplants. Hawk a fat loogie on them; that'll show them, if it happens to them enough times; perhaps they'll get on the fucking sidewalk where they belong. Or move away. Hopefully they move.
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lyle, you are wrong to think that Portland has built its' reputation around cycling for the last 20 years.
Maaayyybeee 10. 20 years ago it was about music and food.

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