One Less Car!

I’m definitely not one of the spandex bunch. They’re so arrogant! As if simply wearing that uniform makes a person a better rider. I can ride rings around lots of them and I really enjoy the looks of shock on their faces when I do. They’re just pretentious as hell.

@Spandex zombies

The arrogance of the affluent. They're also riding $5000.00 + carbon fibre bikes, with Shimano Dura-Ace, blah blah... my CF water bottle cage weighs 18 grams, blah blah... Lame yuppie weekend warriors.

#1 don't get hit.
#2 don't hit anyone

It's even worse as a pedestrian. Don't even try crossing the street at 10th and Vine - or anywhere along 10th, actually. They think just because it's a bike route, they don't have to stop at pedestrian crossings. Entitled morons...

I used a bikeshare twice and it was honestly terrifying. After being told by several people that it was more likely a bad bike than that I had forgotten how to ride, I gave my bike a tune-up and used that instead. Suddenly, no more issues. Bikeshare are clunky, cumbersome, and nearly impossible to navigate.

As a cycle commuter, it horrifies me to see bad cyclists because I think they make us all look terrible. It's not hard to use signals, announce you're passing, to slow down when clusters of pedestrians are ahead. But not common, at all.

However, how often do we see awkward driving? Random lane changes, dawdling in the fast lane, passing on the right? And how about entitled, reckless pedestrians on Commercial Drive and elsewhere?

People aren't very good at things, is the point. The adage that half the people are below average tends to play out in any endeavour.

Let's be careful!

everyone that regularly cycles in Vancouver has to have a death wish.

I used to love cycling everywhere, every day, in all weather. Sold my car a decade ago and committed myself to only biking. It's getting to a frightening point though, with too many people on the road not indicating what their intentions are. With the addition of e-unicycles, e-skateboards, e-scooters to the mix, with many riding incredibly fast on the sidewalk and on the road with no helmets, things just got scarier. It's great to have as many affordable methods of transportation and possible, but education has to come with.
I can't count how many times I've stopped on the Arbutus Greenway because I have a yield sign and there is cross traffic that had the right of way, only to have a herd of bikers slam on their brakes behind me and be surprised that I stopped. I admit the Greenway has the worst signage as it's inconsistent, but the people riding it don't seem to see it and when they do see it they don't seem to understand it. Twice I've been yelled at that I should stop when I'm on a cross street as the biker has the right of way, when they clearly have a yield sign; once I pointed this out and the response was that there was a pedestrian crossing. They didn't seem to understand that they aren't a pedestrian.
I worry about accidents between these many e-methods of transportation and bikes and pedestrians. Since insurance isn't a requirement, what happens when they hurt someone who doesn't have access to sick time at work?