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- 2003 CF Ronces to Santiago
Hospi San Anton 2016.
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RENSHAW said:I'm sure you had a good Laugh at my jest
Nandy61 said:Overweight cyclists caught in undersized spandex should be fined, flogged and then forced-marched into Santiago. They'd lose more weight, and gain a better understanding of what the Camino is really all about.
CaminoGen said:Cyclists be warned, I am not above knowingly cutting you off. .
RENSHAW said:, I only despise Cyclists that are ignorant and endanger other pilgrims.
1. Cyclist who injures Pilgrim on foot through ignorance and carelessness - head chopped off , bike confiscated and destroyed:
Dael said:While walking, wearing my kilt, ...... he dropped and smashed his camera.
Actually, it isn't always that bad. If you walk in a month when there is lots of rain and hence mud, you only see cyclists on the trail for a day or two. Then somewhere like Puenta la Reina you see them spending ages in the evening trying to clean all the mud out of their gear system..... Funnily enough, by next day they have largely disappeared to a more sealed surface somewhere!!CaminoGen said:Is it really that bad?
You tell'em Rebekah! :mrgreen:Rebekah Scott said:Of all the Littering Swine on the Camino, bikers are the worst. These guys should be made to collect all litter for the next 100 km., walking, in their cute little shoes.
take away their biking shorts..give them regular shorts..preferably denim...with lots of seams!!
These guys should be made to collect all litter for the next 100 km., walking, in their cute little shoes.
Overweight cyclists caught in undersized spandex should be fined, flogged and then forced-marched into Santiago./You guys are really pathetic. You dislike cyclists because they don't dress the same as you. The roots of prejustice can be found right here on our board.
Yes, I wear practical cycling clothes. I'm not sure what "spandex" is but if it works, fine. I'm not sure if my shoes are cute, but they clip to my pedals and work well.
It seems the walkers like those pants with the zip-off legs. Frequently, they zip off the legs at a rest stop and leave them. When I find them, I bike them ahead for a few days and hang them in a prominent spot, hoping that the peregrino who lost them will find a milagro occurred, and recover them. I do that even though they are neither cute nor spandex, they just belong to a fellow pilgrim.
Josecob said:Hi RENSHAW,
Here is one opinion from a cyclist. You are correct about using the bell to alert walkers on the same path. You mentioned, “Cyclists caught cycling on narrow path”…. Please tell us what “narrow” is to you.
When I am voted in as President of Spain, the following rules will be enforced .
I will be biking the narrow trails again in June. Help Help
RENSHAW said:Next to this path was a quiet , perfectly surfaced ROAD , but NO! , there were a bunch of idiots , without bells who just had to get by me on my tiny path .............. Send them to clean toilets after a big football match , confiscate their bikes!
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I really hope some of these "characters" will be walking in May and June. The road will be long if I don't find fellow sarcastic pilgrim.Rebekah Scott said:Note to the Ironically Challenged: Renshaw and Co. are JOKING with you. The camino is full of strange and wonderful characters. You may qualify as one of them. So LIGHTEN UP, OK? :roll: ?
Rebekah Scott said:Note to the Ironically Challenged: Renshaw and Co. are JOKING with you. The camino is full of strange and wonderful characters. You may qualify as one of them. So LIGHTEN UP, OK? :roll: ?
[/ Newfydog well touched it when he said “ The roots of prejustice (prejudice) can be found right here on our board.”
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The proper way to correct spelling of another post is to post "( sic), you moron!"
Thanks, it looked weird, but I are an engineer.
newfydog said:[/ Newfydog well touched it when he said “ The roots of prejustice (prejudice) can be found right here on our board.”
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The proper way to correct spelling of another post is to post "( sic), you moron!"
Thanks, it looked weird, but I are an engineer.
Josecob said:P.S.
I will not react or respond about the moron hit. Instead, I wish him happiness and wellness.
wayne57 said:All this "to-do" about cyclists is entertaining! ...being an idiot knows no mode of transportation! Loving everyone you meet is contagious. Respect goes a long, long way.
" Keep up the good work!", said the rock to Sysiphus!
splash57
I did once see a very large Lady with these shorts , I did think of confiscating her bike but if her shorts had burst in the battle, a few people may have been hurt so I allowed her to continue on My tiny , narrow path on My Camino. :mrgreen:ksam said:I wear spandex shorts to cycle in & zip off trousers to hike in!! All hideous fashion attrocities that are way to comfy for their respective uses! Just don't anybody here send the fashion police or I'm a goner for life!
OK - Hands up those cyclists who cycled All the way to Santiago without a bell - perhaps you are the ones with all the guilt and thus hammer poor RENSHAW - how could you after forcing me off My tiny path - Are you now able to admit to your ignorance? :mrgreen:Steve.Belfast said:It should be a condition for cyclists on the Camino that their bikes have bells, wouldn't add much to the weight, and elliptical wheels. :twisted:
larryflo said:With Newfydog's last post, and with everybody chiming in, perhaps the subject is a bit worn. It would be nice if Renshaw could, or would retract his initial post, and then we could get on to more important stuff like:
- bed bugs (their presence, appearance, and how to murder them)
- what kind of walking shoes to wear
- how much should your backpack weighA
- stink in the albergue
- the incense in that thing that swings in the Cathedral
- the best falafel in the world in Burgos
- taking toilet paper
you know, the important things.
Larry, a biker, from Kentucky
newfydog said:If I'm right about the location of your photo Carli, it is a perfect example of why I bike on the footpath.
To your left is a road full of cars and trucks which zip by going much faster than a walker or cyclist and think nothing about coming dangerously close.
So I took a better look at the picture Carli, and saw your little Gandhi quote. Hmmm, do you think he'd consider not wanting to share a nice wide two lane path with a fellow pilgrim greed? Suggest he ride out with machines which have killed five of his friends?dutchpilgrim"Well then, have a better look at the picture.
newfydog said:So I took a better look at the picture Carli, and saw your little Gandhi quote. Hmmm, do you think he'd consider not wanting to share a nice wide two lane path with a fellow pilgrim greed? Suggest he ride out with machines which have killed five of his friends?dutchpilgrim"Well then, have a better look at the picture.
Mahatma Gandhi went on foot to gain salt out of the sea, not on bike, nor on machines.
Well, If all cyclists on the Camino were on that kind of bikes,newfydog said:Yeah? Well check this out!
http://www.gandhicycles.in/
MichaelB10398 said:I hope to never see another bike on Camino ever. ...many of us choose to walk for specific reasons; we are seeking a simple time of prayer, contemplation, talking, and reflection. We seek a pligrimage in the very truest sense of the word.
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So they really are the worst? :mrgreen:newfydog said:... even Americans on bikes.
grayland said:Try to understand (bikers) that this is a JOKE. :shock:
THAT...would indeed not be a Joke! :lol:RENSHAW said:grayland said:Try to understand (bikers) that this is a JOKE. :shock:
NOT IF I BECOME PRESIDENT! :mrgreen:
Imagine yourself by foot or on a bike. On which of the two alternatives would you dare closing your eyes for ten seconds?
It was an imaginary thing.newfydog said:I don't close my eyes biking or walking. I think best with my eyes open. Got to say, I don't see other pilgrims stumbling around with their eyes closed either. Another advantage to biking...if there is a weirdo zombie introspective contemplator on the trail you can crank it up and get the heck away!
than please tho that:newfydog said:...if there is a weirdo zombie introspective contemplator
But as far away from the Camino as possible.newfydog said:... you can crank it up and get the heck away!
grayland said:(Are 30% of all Pilgrims really cyclists as posted above?? Seems pretty high to me..but what do I know.)
William Marques said:Please keep this thread civil before it has to be locked. The comments posted here must be taken as humorous or one or two people have serious issues.
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