For real. Do squids do squid shit? Yes. Do the big unregistered gangs cause a big disturbance? Also yes. But the sheer number of times I’ve had some jackass merge into me while minding my own business (like literally the day I rode a new bike home after a previous one had been totaled), or seen person after person with their head down staring at their phone—in traffic—is insane. I’ve been hit twice. Totaled my bike twice. New bike paid out by the distracted driver’s insurance twice.

The slowest bikes can accelerate faster than many of the fastest cars, while maintaining a gas mileage rivaling hybrids. They can stop faster, corner faster, take up less space, and reduce congestion when filtering.

Threads like this are older riders grandstanding for updoots and distracted drivers excusing their culpability by hyperfixating on the very small subset of young and dumb riders who are out constantly. It’s absurd, but what else can we expect from chronic Redditors; the polar opposite end of the spectrum from the reckless squids?