Spartan925
Warriors' Watch Rider
I figure the video speaks for itself, but holy shit was this guy obnoxious. Not even counting the bright neon green everything from the bike to the helmet to the highlighter green gloves. Kudos for being visible, I guess. But it was more his attitude and the constant. fucking. revving. I get that his bike has bags and is wider than most but there were so many times I had to slow up for him because he had to slow up and rev. He also had his hazards on the entire time, even when not splitting, which while makes sense, is illegal if memory serves.
I never felt quite comfortable trying to pass him because A. he didn't seem to ever give me a good chance to and 2. he was actually parting the sea fairly well, albeit through douchy methods. There was another rider behind me who I gave a few chances to pass me but he apparently didn't want to be behind ol' Greeny. I can't blame him, as I was having trouble focusing on my own positioning since I had to make sure he wasn't come to a complete stop for "not having enough room". Maybe I could have either hit the #2-3 split for a bit. I just wasn't confident I could get past him as his overall speed wasn't that bad.
And what the hell was he doing at the 1:20 mark? I don't think it's obvious in the video, but at every car he revved at and must have felt squeezed by (yet in reality had a metric shit-ton of room), he would glare at them for a good couple of seconds. :wtf
Also enjoy the irony of the moment he almost clips a Camry with his left side bag and doesn't even seem to notice. :rolleyes
As I passed by cars in his wake I seriously felt like I should be apologizing on behalf of the rest of us. Nothing he did was inherently dangerous, maybe aside form taking his left hand off the bars while actively splitting, but it was just best described as obnoxious and annoying and so many unnecessary things. If I ever come upon him again I'm absolutely removing myself from that equation.
youtu.be/bm3syYhHJBc
I never felt quite comfortable trying to pass him because A. he didn't seem to ever give me a good chance to and 2. he was actually parting the sea fairly well, albeit through douchy methods. There was another rider behind me who I gave a few chances to pass me but he apparently didn't want to be behind ol' Greeny. I can't blame him, as I was having trouble focusing on my own positioning since I had to make sure he wasn't come to a complete stop for "not having enough room". Maybe I could have either hit the #2-3 split for a bit. I just wasn't confident I could get past him as his overall speed wasn't that bad.
And what the hell was he doing at the 1:20 mark? I don't think it's obvious in the video, but at every car he revved at and must have felt squeezed by (yet in reality had a metric shit-ton of room), he would glare at them for a good couple of seconds. :wtf
Also enjoy the irony of the moment he almost clips a Camry with his left side bag and doesn't even seem to notice. :rolleyes
As I passed by cars in his wake I seriously felt like I should be apologizing on behalf of the rest of us. Nothing he did was inherently dangerous, maybe aside form taking his left hand off the bars while actively splitting, but it was just best described as obnoxious and annoying and so many unnecessary things. If I ever come upon him again I'm absolutely removing myself from that equation.
youtu.be/bm3syYhHJBc
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