This!! 
I recall one such ninja leading the group around a roundabout, almost got skittled by a car entering the intersection. Driver was looking into the sun, the group was coming out of shade.
My gloves are also dayglo: what use is sticking out my arm if the arm isnāt seen? My complexion is quite dark for a caucasian.
Iād rather look like a Christmas tree than a squashed wallaby.
Even if thereās a single red flasher on the ninja bike, do they consider if a car driver has an undiagnosed retina degeneration? Or if the flasher itself is in the driverās A-pillar blindspot but the rest of the cyclist isnāt, but is in colors too muted to be seen?
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RACING in another teamās jersey? Sure, thatās maybe not a great look.
But I donāt think the guy on your local group ride wearing an EF Education kit is either convincing anyone that theyāre a member of the world tour team or devaluing the team in any way.
Just like the guy playing pickup basketball in the park in a Lakers jersey isnāt devaluing the real Lakers team.
If anything, the more people wearing a World Tour teamās jersey, the higher value that bring to the team. These teams are marketing and entertainment engines. You buying that jersey puts a couple hundred dollars into the team, brings it and itās sponsors to the eyes of dozens (or more) people who might never actually see that jersey, etc etc.
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In most states Iāve looked at in the US youāre allowed to āproceed carefullyā through an intersection after like 2 complete cycles that miss you or 2 minutes (the specifics vary between states) of continuous red.
Not sure of other countries but might be worth actually looking at the laws around you.
The other work around is to ride over to the pedestrian crossing and hit that button (if that exists).
Washington and Idaho at the very least allow cyclists to treat stop lights as stop signs and stop signs as yield signs. Naturally some people make transitive jump which is a bad look. Also, at least in Washington, most people probably donāt know about the āIdaho Stopā law as itās relatively recent, so I bet users of it always look bad.
Thanks. I didnāt now that any states had those laws. Interesting.
The NTSB has a nice summary of these laws
https://www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.gov/files/2023-03/Bicyclist-Yield-As-Stop-Fact-Sheet_032123_v5_tag.pdf
| State | Enacted | Yield At Stop Sign | Red Signal As Stop Sign |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | 2019 | Yes | Yes |
| Delaware | 2017 | Yes | No |
| Idaho | 1982 | Yes | Yes |
| North Dakota | 2021 | Yes | No |
| Oklahoma | 2021 | Yes | Yes |
| Oregon | 2020 | Yes | No |
| Utah | 2021 | Yes | No |
| Washington | 2020 | Yes | No |
Looks like Minnesota , DC, Colorado, and Alaska have added laws since this table was published.
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I occasionally wear black ankle socks with my white shoes on the days a certain rider decides to grace us with his presence. It never gets old. Like you, I prefer the mid calf socks.
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Squeaky chains
there is no excuse
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Completely agree. Since I started waxing my chains, Iāve become even more sensitive to any chain noise. Nothing like the first few rides on a freshly waxed chain.
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When cyclist on Strava count mega miles from their indoor marathon session and it shows up on your local club group leadrboard that you belong too and itās like 1,000 miles this week and longest ride is 500 miles. Typically these same folks are the ones that have joined every group there is to join. Iām like, cāmon, those arenāt real miles!
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Iām on the fence with this one. I agree that there are a lot of athletes clocking up average speeds that they couldnāt maintain out in the wilds unless absolutely everything was optimised, thanks to powerups & Zwiftās drafting capabilities. Maybe Iām just salty about it because I donāt own a trainer, because I feel like being on a trainer for anything over active recovery is a special kind of horrible, & therefore am not participating. I remember when a local shop was demoing it back in its early days & being surprised by how absurdly easy it was to get to 100 kph. Maybe the physics models have changed, but 
ā¦ I suppose I could just chuck my bike on a dumb trainer, minimal resistance, & clock up a metric century in under two hours.
On the other hand I live somewhere very flat, with good access to a cycleway & a purpose-built almost-flat closed circuit. Since I moved here 11 months ago Iāve been clocking up distances & average speeds I couldāve only dreamt of in my previous (hilly) locale.
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Iāll chuck another one in the ring. Not sure if this is a peeve or just something that makes me simultaneously roll my eyes & shake my head:
People who are proud of their crazily loud freehubs, but who lose their minds at the tiniest bit of brake disc rub.
Makes me want to stickytape a leaf inside the arch of their fork so that it rubs against their tyre. 
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Can I be annoyed by both?
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I donāt have any.
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At least you donāt see them that often
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My pet peeve is people who donāt have pet peeves 
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Okay hereās an actual peeve of mine that reared its ugly head again today.
Cleat bolts that are too 
short 
These ones have torn the outer thread off the plate on this shoe.
Now I (once again) have to reinstall a new plate in my shoe.
On the other shoeā¦ clearly they could be 1Ā½mm longer without issue.
Change is possibly because I went from Shimano SPD to Xpedo cleats. Even with the Shimano cleats the bolts are struggling to reach the plates, making installation a nuisance.
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Noone considers zwift or other virtual cycling speeds as realistic. But i bet using these tools makes the average time crunched cyclist MUCH faster IRL.
Realistically i only get to go out on my bike once a fortnight or so.
I had had to stop watching and listening to his youtube channel and the bonk bros podcast because of him. He preaches his Christianity while constantly hating and judging others. It became too much and I am much happier not being influenced by his content.
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I love ya dude but that phrase is my #1 pet peeve right there. I blame Chris Carmichael.
Joe
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Nah, because you donāt get power ups in real life, and you canāt put a fake weight in.
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