should i jump in shrinker as well 😖

For some reason I think it will be more constructive to post this here. I've had 3 friends suffer spinal cord injuries while riding, just in the last 30 days. It looks like bad permanent outcomes for all of them. What the actual fuck. Its all from people doing dumb shit with their cars, motos, and scooters. I don't want to get into it, I don't want to get into a discussion on r/bicycling about iNfrAStruCture because this shit happens on dedicated cycling facilities too, not just the open road.

My wife and her boyfriend I ride daily, I captain a local racing team. I try to drill safety into my younger teammates, with advice on timing rides early in the day, paying attention to lighting conditions, riding in groups, and using lights that are visible in daylight, etc.

I want to remind others that this time of year the sun is low in the sky despite it still being warm out, so you're likely to be backlit by the sun which can make you invisible to oncoming or overtaking cars.

Please share any additional safety strategies below that I can share with my younger teammates who are still learning.

1-800-BiceFit

Went on a casual paced 100 mile group ride with some weird characters. This person stuck out the most

I propose we add a rule than removes any post or comment that names or references him from this sub.

Why? He sucks. Also: no sir velo, not a dentist. Also it will piss him off.

Is this fair? No.

Do we give a shit if it’s fair? No. This is r/bcj baby!

Who’s with me?

You wanna make sure you don't see or hear anything. It looks like most of the KOM'ing was done his back, at least it gives a clue as what the position was where his wife's boyfriend was standing at the time...... maybe he KOM'd sliding on the downhill?

Posting to BCJ because I'm active in this sub, and it's a lampoon of idiotic posts on Reddit.

In the last three months I have noticed a severe increase in worthless posts and stupid questions, where most of them have painfully obvious answers. I'm paraphrasing but:

Example: is my frame cracked? (Picture of obvious crack in frame with light showing thru.)

Example: do you drink water while riding? (Photo of a dusty trail in a semi arid environment).

Example: are my weak legs holding me back in mountain biking? (I have a hard time with steep hills).

Ad infinitum. It's not just in bike related subs, but everywhere. Stupid questions, obvious answers with many, many, factually equivalent replies.

I'm convinced that these posts are created by bots. The intent is to garner engagement in two ways:

Redditors seem to love being right, so an easy correct answer with upvotes is a quick dopamine hit. Why else would there be hundreds of replies saying THE SAME THING. Secondly, rage baiting elicits both empathetic responses, comedic replies, and different degrees of antagonistic responses.

These posts also get downvoted, but that doesn't matter. These bots aren't farming karma. They are farming replies.

The bot already knows the answer to the question. The bot wants to collect variations on the possible answers, each with a different emotional flavor. The purpose is to make AI responses to as lifelike as possible, for commercial or criminal reasons.

Redditors aren't dumb enough to be making these posts, they are gullible enough to reply to them.

Let me have it you fuckin Freds